Startups funding: Flat World Education, AutoGrid, and TigerText can now fund domestic and international expansion.



If unfamiliar, Connectikpeople.co 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. 

Flat World Education (founded in 2007,  Washington, DC-based e-book publishing platform), has raised $9.5 million in a funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Valhalla Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. Connectikpeople.co recalls that, Flat World Education designs and enables personalized learning solutions at scale in order to increase access and lower student costs. Henceforth with these funds, Flat World Education will expand its platform and offer an online BBA degree via mobile device
in partnership with Brandman University.

AutoGrid (founded in 2011, Palo Alto-based analytics company), has raised $12.75 million in Series C funding from E.ON, Foundation Capital, and Voyager Capital. This enterprise analyzes data generated by building management systems and energy meters to monitor where power is going and improve energy use. AutoGrid has raised over $20 million in funding to date and plans to use the latest capital to fund domestic and international expansion.

TigerText ( founded in 2010, Santa Monica-based real-time messaging company), has raised $21 million in a Series B round led by Shasta Ventures with participation from OrbiMed, Reed Elsevier Ventures, and TELUS, as well as existing investors. If unfamiliar, Connectikpeople.co recalls that, TigerText is a secure, real-time messaging platform for hospitals and physicians that works on all smartphone platforms. TigerText has raised over $30 million in funding to date.

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