Startups fundings: Bloc, Clever and Box can now bolster their staff and their international expansion.

If unfamiliar, Connectikpeople recalls that, this rubric is intended to help organizations, and investors to live in real-time what happens in the startups world; in terms of fundings, acquisitions, strategic alliances and more. Regarding the emerging countries, and startups, this is an instrument for them to discover which Venture Capital or Business angel can fund their projects.  

In this dynamic, Bloc ( Founded in 2012, San Francisco-based online code school), has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Harrison Metal with participation from First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures, and Learn Capital. Bloc offers online courses in iOS, design, and web development, structured around an intense 12-week program with small, personalized classes and an experienced mentor to assist each student. Bloc plans to use this capital to hire software engineers, a guidance counselor, and expand

into new courses.

Clever (Founded in 2011, San Francisco-based educational data platform), has raised $10 million in a Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital.

If unfamiliar, Connectikpeople recalls that Clever is building a standardized API for K-12 schools that allows them to unlock and share data with outside developers. Clever has raised $13 million in total funding with backing from SV Angel, Google Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, SoftTech VC, and others.

Box ( Founded in 2005, Bay Area-based enterprise cloud file storage firm), has raised a Series F round of $100 million, from a list of strategic investors including Itochu Technology Ventures, Macnica, Mitsui, Telefónica Digital, and Telstra.  With about 20 million users at 180,000 businesses, Box intends to use the latest capital to fund international expansion. Box has raised over $400 million in funding to date.