Startups fundings: Oyster, uTest and Nutanix can fulfill their vision.



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Oyster (New York-based e-reading startup), has raised $14 million in a Series A funding led by Highland Capital Partners with participation from Founders Fund, SV Angel, Advancit Capital, Founder Collective, and BoxGroup. This startup offers unlimited access to over 100,000 books for $9.95 a month. Following the launch of its iPhone app in September 2013, the company plans to use the new funds to expand to other platforms and draw in more readers.
uTest ( Founded in 2007, Boston-based software testing company), has raised $43 million in a Series E round led by Goldman Sachs with participation from all previous investors including QuestMark Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Longworth Venture Partners, MassVentures, Egan-Managed Capital, and Mesco Ltd. If unfamiliar, Connectikpeople.co recalls that, uTest is an app testing company best known for using an "in-the-wild" community of testers to replicate real-world conditions. uTest has raised $80 million in funding to date and is also announced the re-branding of the name of its main product, Applause.
Nutanix (Founded in 2009,  San Jose-based compute and storage infrastructure company ), has raised $101 million in a Series D round led by Riverwood Capital and SAP Ventures with participation from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, Greenspring Associates, and past backers Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Battery Ventures.

Nutanix is billed as, one of the most funded technology infrastructure companies. Nutanix creates boxes that combine servers and storage. The company has raised $172 million in total to date and the latest round brings its valuation to $1 billion.

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