These startups shake up henceforth the digital economy.
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They are now able to raise an exciting amount of money, while their founders are deeply quite motivated to achieve their dreams. New funding captured this week is an essential breathing susceptible to boost their development.
$2.5M / Series A for ChatWork: an enterprise communication platform that brings together text and video chat with task management and file sharing. Founded in 2012 and based in Japan and California. GMO Venture Partners Inc., is a key investor.
$30M / Series B for VSCO that develops VSCO Cam, a mobile app that lets users edit and share their images. Founded in 2011, VSCO has raised $70 million to date. Accel Partners, Glynn Capital Management and Goldcrest Investments among investors.
$35M / Series B for Scanadu: a medical technology company developing devices that allow users to track and monitor their health. Founded in 2011, Scanadu will use the new funding to push its devices to market. Investors include: Relay, AME Cloud Ventures and Tencent Holdings.
$50M / Series D for Refinery29 is a multi-vertical media platform for women. Founded in 2004, Refinery29 has raised $80 million to date and will use the new funding to invest heavily in video. WPP and Scripps Networks Interactive as investors.
$20M / Series C for Signpost: Cloud-based CRM software that helps local businesses build and manage customer relationships. Founded in 2010, Signpost has raised $37M to date. Spark Capital ; Scout Ventures and OpenView Venture Partners among top investors.
$150M / Series B for Infidat: a secretive data storage company, headquartered in Israel, that launched its first enterprise product 18 months ago. Infinidat has raised $230M to date and is valued at $1.2B. TPG Growth is top investor.
$15M / Series B for Rocana, it helps IT operators keep data centers up and running. Founded last year, Rocana just rebranded from ScalingData and has raised $19.4M to date. General Catalyst Partners , Toba Capital and Paul Sagan among top investors.
$50M / Series C for Circle; it lets customers send and receive Bitcoin as well as U.S. dollars. Launched in October 2013, Circle has raised $76M to date and will soon bring its products to China.
Accel Partners , IDG Capital Partners and General Catalyst Partners and majors investors.