Funding: Premise, Xapo, and Layer3 TV can now accelerate their expansion.



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Premise (San Francisco-based economic data tracking platform), has raised an $11 million Series B round led by Social+Capital Partnership with participation from existing investors Harrison Metal, Google Ventures, and Bowery Capital. This startup is building a platform for corporations, financial service firms, and governments to collect data to track worldwide business and economic conditions in real-time. Premise has raised a total of $16.5 million to date and is currently present in
30 countries.

Xapo (in stealth mode for the past two years, Palo Alto-based bitcoin finance and security startup), has raised $20 million in new funding from investors including Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital. Xapo aims to make bitcoin storage and protection simpler for big banks and individual. This startup will put the $20 million toward building out and supporting security features.

Layer3 TV (Boston-based next generation cable provider), with the goal to improve the consumer television experience and spearhead a new era of home media, Layer3, founded in 2013 by cable veterans Dave Fellows and Jeff Binder, has raised a $21 million Series A round led by North Bridge Venture Partners and Evolution Media Growth Partners.

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