Tech and Finace Connectikpeople has captured this afternoon more than 30 rounds and $274 million in fundings.
PubNub, San Francisco-based is a provider of APIs that publishers and developers
can use to implement messaging, video, and other social services on apps an
websites, has raised $11 million in series B funding led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from Relay Ventures and TiE Angels. PubNub, launched in 2010, has raised a total of $15.5 million. This
latest capital will be used to add more services to its network and
build out
its sales and marketing operations.
FuzeBox (San Francisco-based online collaboration and communication platform
), has raised $26 million in series B funding led by
Hermes Growth Partners with participation from existing investors Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Insight Venture Partners. This brings FuzeBox's total funding to $46 million. Founded in 2009 to
facilitate real-time visual collaboration, FuzeBox, will use the latest influx
of capital to grow engineering and product teams and increase global sales.
Dafiti (Sao Paulo-based Latin American fashion commerce site), has raised
$70 million in funding from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTTP), a Canadian investment fund.
Rocket Internet, launched in Brazil in 2011 and has since raised $225 million in capital,
expanding to Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico within the last two years.