Nearly $1.36B poured last week in the digital economy.
The entertainment continues to generate excitements. So, DraftKings has raised $300M / Series D for its knowledge-based daily fantasy sports website that allows users to play against other users for cash prizes.
Overall, Connectikpeople.co has captured:
$22M / Series B for
Darktrace; a world leader in Enterprise
Immune System technology. Darktrace is currently valued at more than $100M
and will use the funds to fuel growth in the Asia-Pacific.
Investors
include: Summit Partners
$19M / Series B for
Granular that provides
management software and analytics
for large, professionally managed farms to streamline operations.
Investors include: Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures and others.
$20M / Series B for
Cazena, a big-data-as-a-service provider to
enterprise customers. Founded in 2014 and based in Massachusetts, Cazena has
raised $28M to date.
Investors
include: Andreessen Horowitz, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity and Formation 8.
$82M / Series A for
Giosis that operates
an e-commerce website known as
Qoo10. With this round of Series A funding, the company will boost its
operations in Asia.
Investors
include: Oak Investment Partners, Brookside Capital, eBay and others.
$12M / Series A for
Voxel8 that has
created a multi-material 3D electronics
printer. With the $12M, it aims to bring its printers to the desks of
engineers and designers everywhere.
Investors
include: In-Q-Tel, ARCH Venture Partners, Braemar Energy Ventures.
$18M / Series B for
Leadspace that scores
sales leads using company and public
data to help marketers determine which leads to prioritize. Leadspace has
raised $35M to date.
Investors
include: Battery Ventures, Vertex Venture Capital and Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP).
$50M / Series D for
Flipboard, a social magazine and mobile app that
aggregates news and events from social media and other sources, allowing users
to "flip" through topics and feeds.
Investors
include: JP Morgan Chase & Co.
$33M / Series C for
BrightBytes, a data analytics platform that measures
and links the use of technology to learning outcomes. BrightBytes has raised over
$50Mto date.
Investors
include: Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Learn Capital and others.
$54M / Series B for
Vroom, a
hassle-free, haggle-free way to buy and
sell cars online. Vroom has raised $73M in equity funding, and plans to use
the new funding to build out a same-day car delivery service.
Investors
include: General Catalyst Partners, Catterton Partners, T. Rowe Price Associates and others.
$150M / Series D for
Medallia's SaaS application that enables companies
to capture customer feedback across Web, social, mobile, and contact center
channels.
Investors
include: Sequoia Capital
$60M / Series C for
Secret Escapes, an
exclusive members-only travel club
offering discounted rates on luxury hotels and vacations in the U.K. Secret
Escapes plans to use the $60M funding round to expand to the U.S. and Asia.
Investors
include: Index Ventures, Google Ventures , Atlas Venture and others.
$120M / Series E for
Kabbage that has
developed a new, automated way to lend
money to small businesses and consumers. Kabbage will use the $150M in
funding to expand by adding over 100 new jobs in the next year while doubling
its office footprint.
Investors
include: BlueRun Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund and others.
$300M / Series D for
DraftKings, a
knowledge-based daily fantasy sports
website allowing users to play against other users for cash prizes. $250M
of the $300M in funding will be used on advertisements with Fox.
Investors
include: Atlas Venture, Kraft Group, The Raine Group and others.
$15M / Series A for
Zo Rooms , a hotel accomodation service with over
200 rooms in Delhi, Mumbai, and Benglaru. Zo Rooms will use the $15M funding
for marketing, branding, technology, and operations.
Investors include: Tiger Global Management and Orios Venture Partners.
21M EUR / Venture for
Chrono24.com, an internet marketplace connecting buyers
and sellers of luxury watches. They plan to use the new funding to open offices
in New York and Hong Kong.
Investors
include: Insight Venture Partners.
$60M / Series C for
Made.com, an online
e-commerce platform directly providing designer
furniture without third party involvement. Made.com will use the $60M to
accelerate European expansion.
Investors
include: Fidelity Growth Partners and Partech Growth Fund.