AAA Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 16-20 June 2014

Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 16-20 June 2014

Other Machine, the US-based creator of a 3D cutting machine, has raised a $3m series A round at an $8.5m valuation from AOL-backed venture firm Crunchfund, as well as Broadway Angels, Allegro Venture Partners, Core Ventures Group, VegasTechFund, Slow Ventures and several angel investors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The company will direct the funds to scaling up production of its OtherMill machine, while also creating attendant apps and marketing the device.

Mode, the US-based operator of a platform where data analysts can share their work, exited from stealth on Tuesday, revealing a $2m seed round led by Asian corporate-backed venture capital firm Formation 8. Panorama Point, Arnold Capital, Goldcrest, and angel investors including Alexis Ohanian and Garry Tan also participated in the round, which followed an earlier $550,000 seed round raised in October.

Review Trackers, the US-based developer of software to help businesses analyse online customer reviews, raised a $2m series A round on Tuesday led by VC fund CSA Partners, with participation from American Family Ventures, the corporate venturing fund of insurance company American Family. SymphonyAlpha Ventures and private investor Jeff Rusinow also participated in the round.

Earshot, the US-based developer of social marketing software, secured $1.7m on Tuesday from Point B Capital , the corporate venturing arm of consultancy Point B, Mohr Davidow Ventures, TriplePoint Capital, Birchmere Ventures and Serra Ventures. It plans to spend the cash on accelerating its product development, research and development, and sales and marketing efforts.

Moment.me, the Israel-based developer of an app that enables people to sort and share photos and other social media content online, raised $1.65m on Monday from Singtel Innov8, the corporate venturing unit of telecommunications company SingTel, and Blumberg Capital. Both investors previously provided seed funding in 2012 for Moment.me, which said it has now secured more than $3m since it was founded.

 

 

 

 

 

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