Telus-backed Taulia adds another $15m to its funding, just four months after closing its $40m series D round.
Month: January 2015
SoftBank goes shopping at WorkMarket
US-based freelance and contractor management platform WorkMarket raised $20m in series C funding on Wednesday from investors including SoftBank Capital, the corporate venturing arm of telecommunications company SoftBank. The round was led by Union Square Ventures and also featured Spark Capital, Industry Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. WorkMarket received $10m from a 2013 series B… Continue reading SoftBank goes shopping at WorkMarket
Bauer dresses Navabi’s series D in $28.5m
Germany-based online fashion retailer Navabi secured €25m ($28.5m) in a series D round on Wednesday led by Bauer Venture Partners, the corporate venturing unit of publishing group Bauer Media. Bauer’s investment includes an advertising budget that will give Navabi access to Bauer’s portfolio of 600 magazines and 400 digital products. Index Ventures, Seventure Partners, DuMont… Continue reading Bauer dresses Navabi’s series D in $28.5m
Persado persuades corporates to back $21m series B
Persado, a spin-off from marketing firm Upstream, raised the cash from investors including Citi Ventures and American Express Ventures.
Flint Hill refuels Edeniq for $16m series D
Biofuel technology company Edeniq has raised $16m to roll out an improved ethanol production platform that can increase ethanol yield by up to 6%.
Cancer vaccine developer Ultimovacs secures $5.9m
Norway-based Ultimovacs raised the funding through a share placement to investors including corporates Canica and Sundt.
AppsFlyer takes off with $20m series B
The mobile advertising measurement platform, which graduated from a Microsoft accelerator in 2012, has now raised $28m since 2011.
Qualcomm and SanDisk combine for Ravello series C
Qualcomm and SanDisk co-led a $28m round for the virtualisation software developer, boosting its total funding to $54m.
Dharmesh Thakker leaves Intel Capital
Thakker, the managing director that led the unit’s cloud and big data activities, will join Battery Ventures as a general partner at the start of next month.
Data centre technology developer Pluribus raises $50m
US-based networking technology company Pluribus Networks raised $50m yesterday in a series D round backed by telecommunications equipment producer Ericsson and turnkey data centre infrastructure provider Newtech. The round was led by Temasek Holdings, an investment company owned by Singapore’s Ministry of Finance, and also featured existing investors New Enterprise Associates, Menlo Ventures, Mohr Davidow… Continue reading Data centre technology developer Pluribus raises $50m
DNA Electronics buys NanoMR for $24m
Dow Chemical exited the diagnostic testing company, which had raised $24m in total, through the acquisition.
Green Biologics recycles investors for $76m series B
The cash, which included a $42m equity portion co-led by Swire Pacific, will be used to repurpose a US manufacturing facility to produce Green Biologics’ renewable chemicals.
Uber picks up $1.6bn in convertible debt
The Google and Baidu-backed taxi hailing app operator has now raised a total of $4.5bn in financing, and is seeking an additional $600m from hedge funds.
Jibo interacts with Samsung for series A
The $25.3m Jibo raised will fund its first range of interactive personal robots, following a $2.3m crowdfunding campaign.