Separately, the University of Melbourne in Australia has launched a start-up accelerator, Melbourne Accelerator Program, for students, modeled after StartX.
Month: July 2013
Reuters retains stake in RML
IvyCap is now the lead investor, while Thomson Reuters will remain a shareholder in the new entity, renamed as RML Information Services.
Sample6 Technologies hires Curran
He previously held the same role at Vela Systems, which sold to Autodesk last year, and Eleven Technologies, acquired by Trimble Navigation in 2006.
Sauce Labs thickened by $5m
Cloud-based application testing tool provider, strategically supported by Salesforce.com, closes series C funding round.
SoftBank Capital hires Guttman
Josh Guttman joins as partner to focus on early-stage technology startups in New York State.
Kabam employees get to cash in
Investors make secondary offering to buy $38.5m of stock from employee shareholders of corporate-backed game publisher, in deal valuing Kabam at $700m.
In-Q-Tel partners with HyTrust
Cloud security company raises $12.5m from new investors IQT and VMware and from existing investors including Cisco.
DuPont answers Usamp’s funding call
Usamp, a US-based online market research company, has closed a series D round of financing for $15m from venture capital firm OpenView Venture Partners and investment manager DuPont Capital Management, which invests on behalf of US-based chemical company DuPont’s pension fund. Usamp has now raised a total of $29.5m, including a series C round of… Continue reading DuPont answers Usamp’s funding call
Telligent reversing into Zimbra
Intel Capital will join other investors in supporting newly merged software company Zimbra
STV joins in GamesAnalytics’ A round
GamesAnalytics, a Scotland-based company which provides predictive analytics to game publishers and developers, has secured $1.3 million in series A equity funding from new investors, venture capital firm Par Equity and Scottish television broadcaster STV Group. The round includes follow-on investment of more than $612,000 from Scottish Enterprise via the Scottish Investment Bank’s Scottish Co-investment Fund, and… Continue reading STV joins in GamesAnalytics’ A round
Ping Identity secures further funds
Cloud-based identity security company moves towards 2014 IPO with latest funding round led by W Capital Partners and DFJ Growth, with participation from existing investors including SAP Ventures.
Citi and GE say aye to Ayasdi
Data analysis company raises $30.6m series B funding led by IVP with participation from Citi Ventures and GE Ventures.
CatchOfTheDay group hatches incubator
Sketchbook Ventures has been established by Australian e-commerce group.
PeaTix pulls in VC crowd
Self-service event and ticketing platform raises $3m series A funding led by Fidelity Growth Partners Japan, with participation from Itochu Technology Ventures among others.