Mark Chatterley

Softbank fires up IgnitionOne series B

The cloud-based marketing technology developer has now raised $54m in equity after Softbank joined its existing investors in a $20m series B round.

Google’s corporate venturing fund exited the app testing startup through an acquisition by its parent company.

The Kraft-backed medical device maker has now secured $31.5m across three rounds, and will seek to raise a further $7m before its series C close.

The learning management platform plans to expand its product and geographical reach after closing the round, which was led by Intel Capital.

The secure cloud network provider took its overall funding to almost $27m after closing a series B round backed by Qualcomm and Swisscom.

The motion sensor developer has now secured $72m across three rounds as SK Telecom joined MediaTek among the company’s investors.

The customer management app developer has now raised $13.2m in total, after Intel Capital led a $10m series A round.

The Latino-focused YouTube network secured $10m in a series B round that followed a reported $3m investment by Chernin in 2012.

The educational services software provider, which had raised $7.5m across two rounds, has closed after losing many of its customers.

The Japan-based news aggregator has raised its second $12m round of 2014, with investment coming once again from KDDI and B Dash Ventures.

New York Times and ProSiebenSat.1 were among the backers for the ad server’s $12m series B round, which increased its overall funding to $14m.

IDG Capital Partners made its second investment in the animated film production startup, as it gears up for the release of its first film next year.

The publishing company has paid $6.8m for a 20% stake in search engine startup Qwant.

PCH-backed Highway1 has announced the 12 graduates of its 2014 class, each of which will receive an investment from the incubator.