Results tagged “vc”

December 1, 2015

Little Bird Raises $2 Million, Names New CEO

Little Bird  announced that it has received $2 million in an investment round led by existing investors Oregon Angel Fund. Fresco Capital, Social Starts, and individual investors also participated. The company has promoted COO Ben Kaufman to CEO, as founder...

November 3, 2015

Affinio Raises $4 Million Series A

Affinio  announced that it has received $4 Million in a Series A investment round led by Whitecap Venture Partners. Build Ventures (seed investor in the company), Social Starts, BRaVe Ventures, and angel investors also participated in the round. press release...

October 29, 2015

Brandwatch Raises $33 Million

Brandwatch  announced that it has received $33 million in a series C investment round led by Partech Ventures. Existing investors Highland Europe and Nauta Capital also participated. The company plans to apply the money to technology and product development, additional...

October 9, 2015

Yell.ru Takes Majority Stake in YouScan

YouScan  announced that the Russian online review operator Yell has acquired a majority ownership position from the company's earlier investors. Yell will also invest an additional $1 million toward YouScan's continued development. YouScan, which operates in Russia and Ukraine, will...

September 25, 2015

Wayin Raises $15.4 Million

Wayin announced that it has received $15.4 million in new funding from U.S. Venture Partners and a group of individual entrpreneurs and investors. The investment is intended to support the company's new push to accelerate its growth, which includes co-founder,...

August 7, 2015

Ditto Sees $4 Million in Online Images

Ditto Labs  announced that it has received $4 million in new funding from a group of investors that include Stage 1 Ventures, MDC Partners, Wavemaker Partners and The Whittemore Collection. The company says the investment will support the introduction of...

June 30, 2015

Twtrland Now Klear, Raises $1.5 Million

Twtrland has changed its name to Klear  and announced that it has received a $1.5 million investment from Altair, GIG, and TMT. The company's name change reflects its shift from its original Twitter specialization to a broader social media intelligence...

June 2, 2015

Sprinklr Adds NewBrand to Stable

Sprinklr  announced that has acquired NewBrand  for its location-based customer intelligence capabilities. NewBrand's staff is expected to remain with the company, and its Washington, DC office becomes Sprinklr's newest office. NewBrand is Sprinklr's fourth acquisition of 2015, following Pluck in...

May 29, 2015

GumGum Raises $26 Million

GumGum  announced that it has received $26 million in Series C financing led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. Existing investors including NEA, Upfront Ventures and First Round Capital also participated in the round. The company plans to use the money...

May 15, 2015

Percolate Raises $40 Million

Percolate  announced that it has received $40 million in a Series C investment round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Existing investors Sequoia Capital, GGV, First Round Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Transmedia, Advancit, and others also participated. blog post...

April 30, 2015

NetBase Adds $9 million to Latest Round

NetBase  announced that it has received $9 million in an extension of its latest funding round, bringing the E series total to $33 million. New investor ORIX Ventures led the investment, which was joined by existing investor Thomvest Ventures. press...

April 16, 2015

Recorded Future Raises $12 Million

Recorded Future  announced that it has received $12 million in a series D funding round led by Reed Elsevier Ventures. MassMutual Ventures and existing investors Google Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Atlas, IA Ventures and Balderton also participated in the round. blog post...

March 31, 2015

Sprinklr Launches Experience Cloud, Gets $46 Million Investment

Sprinklr  announced its new Experience Cloud, which extends the company's social media management portfolio into touchpoints on web sites and in commerce. The company also announced that it has received $46 million in a new investment round led by existing...

March 27, 2015

Augure Raises $16 Million for International Expansion

Augure  announced that it has received $16 million in a new investment round from existing investors Serena Capital, Ventech, OTC Agregator, and Amundi Private Equity Funds, plus new investors Seventure Partners and Bpifrance. The company, which emphasizes influencer identification and...

March 24, 2015

Falcon Social Raises $16 Million

Falcon Social  announced that it has received $16 million in a Series B financing round led by Prime Ventures. Existing investors Northcap and Target Partners also participated in the round, which brings the company to $25.33 million in total funding....

March 17, 2015

Dataminr Raises $130 Million for Growth

The real-time information discovery specialist Dataminr  announced that it has raised $130 million in a financing round led by Fidelity. Wellington Management Company, Credit Suisse NEXT Investors, and existing investors Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners also participated in the round....

March 13, 2015

NetBase Brings In Another $24 Million

NetBase  announced that it has received $24 million in a Series E financing round led by new investor Spring Lake Equity Partners. Existing investors Thomvest Ventures, Altos Ventures, and WestSummit Capital also participated. NetBase says it plans to use the...

March 5, 2015

Geofeedia Raises $3 Million

Geofeedia  announced that it has raised $3 million in a new investment led by Hyde Park Venture Partners. Existing investors Tim Kopp, David Gupta, and Gene Delaney also participated. The company, which has raised a total of $6.8 million, says...

February 9, 2015

Bottlenose Raises $13.5 Million

Bottlenose  raised $13.5 million in a series B round led by KPMG Capital, as announced last year. According to a TechCrunch report, Origin Ventures participated in the round, which also included existing investors Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Transmedia Capital, ff Venture...

February 2, 2015

Revinate Raises $15.34 Million

Revinate  announced that it has received $15.34 million in Series B financing to support expansion across its sales, marketing, customer success, product and engineering teams. Tenaya Capital, Northgate Capital and Industry Ventures invested in the round, which also included previous...