Two weeks in funding meant to the internet-based companies, startups and to digital economy
As whole, no big announcements observed, but a set of funding with great impact.
Over $2Billion raised during these two weeks and Connectikpeople has selected the ones
with determinant impact.
Then for you Connectikpeople can recalls:
$47M
/ Convertible Note
for
Yello Mobile, a mobile media company, based in Seoul,
that operates in several different verticals, including mobile shopping and
advertising, mobile travel, and O2O (online to offline) business.
Investors include: Formation
8 (Lead).
$3.5M
/ Series A
for
CapriCoast, an online modular furniture marketplace
based in Bangalore. The company operates in 20 cities across India and
specializes in kitchens and wardrobes.
Investors include: RB
Investments (Lead), Accel (Lead).
$60M / Series B for
Afanti , a Beijing-based
mobile study app that provides
real-time answers and assistance to primary and middle school students. The
startup has raised $78M in total funding and reports 20 million teacher and
student users.
Investors include: Shenzhen
Capital Group, Fenghuang
Xiangrui Internet Investment Fund.
$22M / Series B for
Vayyar that develops 3D imaging sensors used to power
low-cost, mobile imaging devices. the Israeli startup has raised $34M in total
venture funding.
Investors include: Walden
Riverwood Ventures (Lead), Amiti
Ventures, Battery
Ventures, Bessemer
Venture Partners and more.
$10M / Series A for
Pramata , a sales intelligence startup that helps
companies retain and grow customer relationships. The company was founded in
2005 and is based in San Francisco.
Investors include: Volition
Capital
(Lead), Peninsula
Ventures, Argosy
Capital.
$95M
/ Series C
for
Vroom, an NYC-based
startup that allows people to buy and sell pre-owned
cars from the web, with free delivery and a seven-day trial period. The
funding is partially to support the company's acquisition of competitor Texas
Direct Auto, which it also announced today.
Investors include: T.
Rowe Price, Catterton
Partners, Allen
& Company, General
Catalyst Partners.
$22M
/ Series B
for
Housejoy , an
India-based online home services
marketplace that provides users with services ranging from plumbing and
electrical services to computer repairs. Launched in January of 2015 the
startup has raised $27M to date.
$8.0M
/ Series
A for
Textio , an AI-powered intelligent text platform
that predicts how well text will perform before it's published. It's currently
being used at Twitter, Microsoft and Starbucks to process talent acquisition
documents.
Investors include: Emergence
Capital Partners (Lead).
$11M / Series A for
Oration , a Foster City,
CA-based startup that helps large self-insured employers and state payers (such
as Medicaid) to manage their healthcare.
Investors include: DFJ
Venture
(Lead), GV, Work-Bench, Chicago
Ventures and
more.
$27M / Series D for
Janrain , a
Portland-based customer identity
management startup that mines information from social networks and customer
data. Founded in 2005, the company has raised $80M to date.
Investors include: Split
Rock Partners, EPIC
Ventures, HighBar
Partners, Millennium
Technology Value Partners and more.
$47M / Series D for
Datavail , a managed
services company that provides remote
database management facilities for businesses. Founded in 2007 and based in
Colorado, Datavail has raised $60M to date.
Investors include: Catalyst
Investors
(Lead), Boulder
Ventures, Lumerity
Capital Partners, Meritage
Funds and
more.
$40M / Series D for
Tastemade, an online food network for discovering
places to buy food, creating new dishes, and sharing them. The company has
raised over $80M to date.
Investors include : Goldman
Sachs
(Lead), Comcast
Ventures, Scripps
Networks Interactive, Redpoint
Ventures and
more.
$22M
/ Series B
for
WellDoc that provides an
app for patients to self-manage
their diabetes through real-time motivational, behavioral and educational
coaching.
Investors include: Samsung
Ventures
(Lead), Hudson
River Capital Partners, Excel
Venture Management, Alexandria
Venture Investment and more.
$14M
/ Series A
for
Lily , a robotics
company that makes flying cameras
that can take photos or videos of users on-the-go. Founded in 2013, the company
has raised $15M in total funding.
Investors include: Steve
Jang, Liquid2
Ventures, Seven
Seas Venture Partners, SherpaVentures and more.
$50M
/ Series C
for
Gusto, a payroll, HR and benefits platform for small and
medium sized businesses. The company has raised $136M in total funding to date.
Investors include: General
Catalyst Partners, Hemant
Taneja, Obvious
Ventures, Google
Capital.
$29M
/ Series
B for
Flux Factory that provides
collaboration software for the
architecture design and construction industry. With $37M raised in total
funding to date, the company plans to add support for new designs tools in
2016.
Investors include: Temasek
Holdings
(Lead), Surbana
Jurong Private Limited (Lead), Obvious
Ventures, Borealis
Ventures and
more.
$8.0M
/ Series A
for
NextInput that makes force sensitive buttons, touch pads,
and touchscreens for smartphones and tablet PCs.
Investors include: Sierra
Ventures
(Lead), Intel
Capital.
$5.0M
/ Series A
for
Shotang that helps
retailers, distributors and manufacturers fulfill their sourcing requirements
through an online marketplace.
Investors include: Exfinity
Venture Partners (Lead), Unitus
Impact
$7.3M
/ Series
A for
MapAnything , a geo-analytics and location intelligence
solution provider for Salesforce users. The startup will use the new funding to
expand product development and launch a new suite of geo-focused apps.
Investors include: David
Stern, Michael
Lazerow, Salesforce
Ventures, Harbert
Venture Partners.
