Nearly $2.118B for the digital economy last week.
Carpooling, with Uber leading the game, the Private
Equity, the online market, security and storage appliances have shook up the
wallet last week.
Connectikpeople.co has captured nearly $2.118B in funding for the digital economy last week.
Investors and companies include:
$12M / Series A for
Panorama that surveys students, parents and teachers to help schools make decisions based on data.
Launched in 2013, Panorama has raised $16M to date.
Investors
include: Y Combinator, Google Ventures, Spark Capital and others.
$18M / Series A for
Seriously, a mobile entertainment startup behind the
game 'Best Fiends'. With $28M in total funding, Seriously intends to expand
production efforts and invest in marketing initiatives.
Investors include: Upfront Ventures, Northzone, Sunstone Capital and others.
$100M / Series B for
Zscaler that offers
integrated, cloud-delivered Internet security
including web security, firewalls, mobile security, IoT security and DLP. The
company will use the funding to accelerate investment in its technology and
grow its customer base.
Investors include: Lightspeed Venture Partners, TPG Growth and EMC.
$100M / Series B for
OYO Rooms, an
India-based online marketplace for
affordable hotels. OYO Rooms aims to scale to 50,000 in 200 locations by the
end of this year.
Investors
include: Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SoftBank and others.
$500M / Private Equity
Snapdeal is an
Indian online marketplace for
branded products such as mobiles, electronics, apparel and accessories. Founded
in 2010, Snapdeal has raised $1.6B to date.
Investors include: Alibaba, SoftBank and Foxconn Technology Group.
$1.0B / Series F for
Uber with a valuation reported to be just over $50B. This
brings Uber's funding total to $6.9B across 11 rounds from 44 investors.
Investors
include: Microsoft and Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd and more.
$9.0M / Series A for
Amplitude, a scalable analytics platform built to
fuel app growth. With the $9M, Amplitude plans to offer its basic features for
free.
Investors include: Benchmark, Data Collective, Quest Venture Partners and more.
$75M / Series D for
Fastly, a content delivery service that helps
companies quickly deliver dynamic content to their users. Fastly will use the
$75M to develop new delivery solutions, expand globally, and invest in security
and e-commerce.
Investors include: Battery Ventures, August Capital, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and others.
$125M / Series F for
Tintri that develops
VM-aware storage appliances that
increase the performance of virtual servers and desktop environments. Tintri
says it will use the $125M to expand globally via marketing and to increase its
user base.
Investors include: New Enterprise Associates, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures and others.
$50M / Venture for
Enjoy that provides
consumers who shop on its website or
partner sites with free delivery of their tech devices from experts. The latest
round brings Enjoy's total funding to $80M.
Investors include: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Highland Capital Partners and
Oak Investment Partners.
$90M / Series C for
Practo.com that
allows patients to find and book appointments with doctors through its SaaS platform. With the new capital,
the company plans to expand its presence both in India and overseas.
Investors
include: Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners, Tencent Holdings and others.
$4.0M / Seed for
Rebagg, an online resell marketplace for designer
handbags. Rebagg will use the $4M seed funding to further expand its
third-party resell network across the U.S. and grow its team.
Investors include : General Catalyst Partners, Founder Collective, Crosslink Capital and others.
$11M / Series A for
Jibo , a household robot that provides a variety
of services, including sending email, ordering food, and connecting with
internet-of-things devices.
Investors include: KDDI, Acer, LG Uplus and more.
$24M / Series C for
Ezetap , a point of
sale system that allows a mobile
device to read any card and complete any financial transaction. Founded in
2011, the company has raised $35M in total.
Investors include: The Social+Capital Partnership, Horizons Ventures and Helion Venture Partners.