Startups fundings: Highlight, Oculus VR, Coinbase and Snapchat can now expand their business.

The amounts raised here demonstrate the power of these models in terms of concepts, technologies and adoption.

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Highlight ( Founded in 2011, San Francisco-based local networking app), has raised $4 million in a new funding led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson with participation from existing investors Benchmark and CrunchFund and new investors Greycroft, Semil Shah, and Slow Ventures. The funding will be use to release a smarter version 2.0 of its app that pinpoints users' friends and interesting connections nearby. Highlight has raised $8 million in funding to date.

Oculus VR ( Founded in 2012, Irvine-based virtual reality technology company),  has raised $75 million in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Spark Capital, Matrix Partners, and Formation 8. Oculus VR plans to use the funds to help launch a consumer version of the product. Oculus has raised over $90 million in funding to date.

Shopify (Founded in 2006 Canadian ecommerce platform), has raised $100 million in Series C funding led by OMERS Ventures and Insight Venture Partners. Shopify includes in its portfolio a professional online storefront, a payment solution to accept credit cards, and a POS application to power retail sales. The company plans to use the latest funding to provide offline commerce services. Shopify has now raised $122 million in total funding and serves 80,000 businesses with its ecommerce and inventory systems.

Coinbase ( Founded in 2012, San Francisco-based Bitcoin wallet provider), has raised $25 million in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from existing investors Union Square Ventures and Ribbit Capital. The funds will be used to scale Coinbase to promote and prepare for the broad adoption of Bitcoin. Billed as the largest and fastest-growing Bitcoin service in the U.S., Coinbase has raised $31 million in funding to date.

Snapchat (Founded in 2011, Los Angeles-based messaging app), has raised $50 million in Series C funding from Coatue Management . The funds will go towards growing the business, which currently sees over 400 million snaps sent per day and more than 30 million monthly active users.

Connectikpeople recalls that Snapchat's previous investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Benchmark, SV Angel, IVP, and General Catalyst. Snapchat has raised $123 million in funding to date.