Startups and funding ecosystems: Distil Networks, Acquia , and Jobaline can now expand services, sales and marketing teams.
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Distil Networks ( Founded in 2011, Virginia-based website protection
startup), has raised a $10 million Series A round led by Foundry Group and Bullet Time Ventures with participation from Militello Capital, ff Venture Capital and IDEA Fund Partners. Distil helps website owners detect and block malicious bots to prevent
fraud, data theft, web scraping, and competitive data mining. Distil will use the new cash to expand
sales and marketing teams and open a San Francisco office in the near
future.
Jobaline ( launched in 2013, Kirkland, Washington-based hourly jobs marketplace),
has raised $7 million in a Series B round led by Trilogy Equity Partners with participation from existing investors Madrona Venture Group, angel Rudy Gadre, and Founder's Co-op. This startup provides a bilingual
platform for businesses to hire workers by the hour, such as mechanics,
dishwashers, and landscapers. Jobaline
has raised over $11 million to date and will use the latest cash to continue
expanding the service and double its current team to 30.
Acquia ( Founded in 2007, Massachusetts-based Drupal platform), has raised $50
million in a new round of funding led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from new investor Split Rock Partners and existing investors North Bridge Venture Partners, Sigma Partners, Investor Growth Capital, and Tenaya Capital.
For those who are not
familiar, Connectikpeople.co recalls that, Acquia provides products, services,
and technical support for the open source Drupal social publishing system.
Acquia has raised nearly $119
million to date and will use the new funds to scale its sales and marketing
efforts and build out its big data marketing, personalized engagement, and
commerce services.