Online marketing technology company Livefyre raised $32m in the round, which was announced concurrently with a $15m series C2 round.
Month: February 2015
Fund in the News: Bolt
Venture capital fund Bolt recently raised $25m for its second fund from backers including Cisco, Autodesk and Logitech.
Corporate venturing explosion visualised
Pictures speak louder than words, and the slides used in our webinar last week show how much corporates investing in venture exploded in 2014.
News round up 23 February 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 16-20 February 2015
Apptimize, a US-based developer of optimisation tools for mobile apps, closed a $4m series A round on Tuesday led by venture capital firm Costanoa Venture Capital. Apptimize raised $2.1m in seed funding in January 2014 from a syndicate of 30 investors including Google Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of internet company Google, Merus Capital and… Continue reading Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 16-20 February 2015
BlueTalon grabs $5m
Bloomberg was among the investors as the data management software producer boosted its overall funding to $6.5m, revealing its latest product at the same time.
Renren leads $5m series A for Sindeo
Online mortgage marketplace Sindeo has now raised $6.5m since it was founded in 2013, and will use the funding to expand across the US.
Automated investment service Betterment raises $60m
The Citi-backed investment platform reportedly raised the cash at a $400m-$500m valuation, and will use the funding to expand its product offering.
SolarEdge sharpens $125m IPO
The Israel-based solar inverter maker, which counts Norwest Venture Partners and GE Capital as backers, intends to float on Nasdaq.
Pinterest begins talks over $500m round
The series G round would value the Rakuten-backed social network at $11bn, more than double the valuation at which it raised funds last year.
IDG gives helping hand to Helijia
China-based on-demand manicure service Helijia has secured $50m in a series C round featuring technology research and media company International Data Group (IDG), Tech in Asia reported on Wednesday. Venture Capital firm CBC Capital also participated in the round, which was led by an unnamed VC firm and which included another undisclosed investor. CBC is… Continue reading IDG gives helping hand to Helijia
ScienceLogic senses investors for $43m series D
Intel Capital invested in the IT monitoring company for the third time, helping it to boost its overall funding to $84m.
Pindrop makes noise with $35m series B
Pindrop Security, a US-based provider of phone fraud prevention and call centre authentication services, secured $35m in a series B round featuring Citi Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of financial services company Citigroup, yesterday. Institutional Venture Partners led the round, with Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Webb Investment Network also participating. Pindrop previously… Continue reading Pindrop makes noise with $35m series B
Merganser irons out $28m series A round
Merganser, which is developing treatments for haematological and iron overload diseases, has raised $28m in a Novartis-led round.