Tech & Finance series: ConnectikPeople has captured ,this time, more than $100 million in Seed fundings.
Deliv (Palo Alto-based crowdsourced delivery service), has
raised a series A round of $6.85 million led by Upfront Ventures and RPM Ventures.
With this capital, Deliv plans to hire new staff and roll out services to
hundreds of retailers. Connectikpeople may recall that, founded last year,
Deliv aims to seamlessly connect the customer, retailer, and courier through
their crowdsourced courier model.
Gigya (Mountain View-based consumer management platform ), has
raised $25 million in funding led by Greenspring Associates with contributions from
existing investors Benchmark Capital, Mayfield Fund, DAG Ventures,
and Advance
Publications. Gigya launched in 2006 to help companies navigate
social and
mobile trends and is now used by 700 businesses to reach 1.5 billion
mobile and desktop users per month.
NewVoiceMedia (UK call-handling startup ), has raised $35 million
in series C funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation
from existing investors Highland Capital Partners ,Eden Ventures,
and Notion
Capital. NewVoiceMedia will use the capital for further research and
development, expansion throughout the U.S. and APAC, and building sales and
marketing capabilities. The company has now raised a total of $61.3 million,
including a series B earlier this year.
App Annie (San
Francisco and Beijing-based mobile app intelligence service), has raised $15
million in series C funding to fuel further global expansion. The round was led
by Sequoia Capital with participation from existing investors IDG Capital Partners, Greycroft Partners, e.Ventures, and Infinity Venture Partners.
Apttus has raised
$37 million in series A funding from K1, Iconiq Capital, and Salesforce. Apttus was developed on the Salesforce.com platform and provides
"quote to cash" software for managing bids, contracts, and revenue
recognition. Founded in 2006, Apttus has expanded its offices to London and
Ahmedabad and continues to grow substantially
Blue Jeans Network (Mountain View-based video conferencing service ), has
raised $50 million in series D funding led by Battery Ventures with participation from New Enterprise Associates, Accel Partners, and Norwest Venture Partners. More than 3 million people have held nearly 2 million meetings using the
service. Founded in 2009, Blue Jeans aims to become the top platform for visual
collaboration by transforming the conference experience.