The Funding landscape for digital industry: from February, 2 to Feb 6, 2015.

This week the Funding landscape for digital industry has been particularly compliant with:

·        Shopping platform,

·         Mobile news aggregation service,

·        Content discovery platform,

·         Cloud video conferencing,

·        stateful applications,

·        Refinancing marketplace,

·        Enterprise data storage systems,

·        Wireless routing system,

·        bitcoin mining startup,

·        Sharing platform, and "perks-as-a-platform".

 

The total round table generated reached about $1.276 billion, and is less compliant with seed funding.

Startups involved include:  

    

HelloFresh (raised $149M / Series E) is a meal planning and shopping platform that trends recipes and the required ingredients for subscribers to prepare them. Founded in 2012, HelloFresh has raised $216 million to date and is now 52% owned by Rocket Internet.

 

NewsHunt (raised $40M / Series C) is a mobile news aggregation service based in India that covers over 100 publications. Launched in 2009, NewsHunt is available in 12 languages and counts 35 million downloads from domestic users, with another 40 million from overseas.

 

Taboola (raised $117M / Series E) is a content discovery platform that serves over 130 billion recommendations to over 350 million unique visitors every month. Founded in 2007 in Tel Aviv, Taboola will use the new funds to intensify product development and grow through acquisitions.

 

Zoom (raised $30M / Series C) unifies cloud video conferencing, online meetings, and group messaging into one easy-to-use platform. Zoom has seen triple-digit growth since founded in 2011 and will put the latest cash toward scaling the business.

 

ClusterHQ (raised $12M / Series A) is building the data layer for Docker, enabling stateful applications like databases to run easily in containers. Founded in 2008, ClusterHQ has raised $13 million to date and plans to use its funding to expand its technical and go-to-market resources.

SoFi (raised $200M / Series D) is a student loan refinancing marketplace founded in 2011. Currently valued at $1.3 billion, SoFi will use the new funding to fuel the expansion of its consumer lending products in the U.S.

 

Qumulo (raised $40M / Series B) is a stealthy Seattle-based startup developing simple, scalable, and efficient enterprise data storage systems. Qumulo's product has been available since the third quarter of last year, but the new cash will go toward scaling its go-to market strategy.

 

Eero (raised $5.0M / Seed) is a smart wireless routing system designed to intelligently route data traffic to reduce buffering and get rid of dead zones. Eero will use the financing to develop the product, currently available for pre-order, and get it into market.

 

 

KnCMiner ( raised $15M / Series B) is a bitcoin mining startup that uses powerful machines in a data center in the Arctic Circle to verify bitcoin transactions and receive bitcoin as a reward. Founded in 2013, KnCMiner has raised nearly $30 million to date and will put the new cash toward upgrading its equipment and maintaining its data center.

 

Pley (raised $10M / Series B) is a Lego set sharing platform known as the "Netflix for Lego." Just launching a crowdsourced set creation platform, Pley has raised $17 million to date and will use the latest $10 million to extend operations into Europe and Asia.

 

AnyPerk (raised $8.5M / Series A) is a "perks-as-a-platform" startup that provides perks like discounts or VIP treatment in fitness, entertainment, or travel to a company's employees. Founded in 2012, AnyPerk has raised $13 million to date and will use the new cash to build a mobile app and add new features for managers to its platform.

 

Apttus (raised $41M / Series B) is a SaaS application provider that renders enterprise class applications for end to end management of business functions. Founded in 2006, Apttus has raised $78 million to date and will use the new funding to focus on mobile and grow its business.

FirstCry.com (raised $26M / Series D) is an online shopping store based in India that offers a range of baby care products and toys. Founded in 2010, FirstCry.com has raised $55 million to date and is currently Asia's largest online portal for baby products.

Revinate (raised $15M / Series B) is a SaaS solution that helps hoteliers manage their online reputation. Launched in 2010, Revinate currently sees 24,000 hotel customers across 164 countries and will use the new cash to accelerate global growth.