Results tagged “vc”

September 18, 2013

Fluencr Taking Act to Vegas

Fluencr founder Gerome Sapp announced that the company has received an investment from Vegas Tech Fund and will relocate to Las Vegas. Fluencr operates an influencer marketing and measurement platform that is designed to create an endorsement ecosystem, linking brands...

September 12, 2013

Linkfluence Takes Investment in Bid to Become Leader in Europe

Linkfluence announced that it has received € 3.5 Million (approximately $4.5 million) in an investment round from Orkos Capital and Banexi Ventures Partners. SMA: Linkfluence press release (PDF) blog post...

September 10, 2013

Clarabridge Brings In $80 Million

Clarabridge announced an $80 million investment round by new investors General Catalyst Partners, Summit Partners, and Yuchun Lee. The company plans to use the money to fund its continued global expansion, product development, hiring, and marketing. SMA: Clarabridge press release...

September 3, 2013

Lithium Gets $50 Million for Growth and Acquisitions

Lithium Technologies announced it has raised $50 million in a pre-IPO mezzanine financing round. The company says it will apply the investment toward technology development, footprint expansion, and strategic acquisitions. The company also announced the addition of former Yahoo! executive...

August 6, 2013

Engagor Lands $2.6 Million Series A

Engagor announced that it has received $2.6 million in a Series A funding round led by Hummingbird Ventures. The company also announced the opening of their US office in San Francisco. SMA: Engagor press release blog post...

August 1, 2013

HootSuite Raises $165 Million

HootSuite announced that it has received $165 million in a Series B Financing round led by Insight Venture Partners. Accel Partners and OMERS Ventures also participated in the round. SMA: HootSuite press release...

July 30, 2013

Bottlenose Takes $3.6 Million to Support Enterprise Version

Bottlenose announced that it has received $3.6 million in a series A investment round led by ff Venture Capital, with participation from Lerer Ventures, Transmedia, Advancit, and others. The new investment is targeted to support the launch of Bottlenose Enterprise,...

June 26, 2013

Introhive Gets $1.5 Million in New Investment

Introhive announced that it has received a $1.5 million investment from Build Ventures. SMA: Introhive press release blog post...

June 12, 2013

Dataminr Brings In Another $30 Million

Dataminr announced that it has received $30 million in a new round of funding led by Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). SMA: Dataminr press release...

June 3, 2013

uberMetrics Technologies Gets First Institutional Investment

uberMetrics Technologies announced its Series A round of investment from Klingel Gruppe and High-Tech Gründerfonds. The size of the investment was not announced, beyond the expectation that it will be "seven figures." uberMetrics Technologies spun out of Humboldt University of...

May 28, 2013

Conversocial Raises $4.4 Million For Social Customer Service

Conversocial announced that it has received $4.4 million in a funding round led by Octopus Investments. The company plans to direct the investment toward product development, hiring, and building its North American presence. SMA: Conversocial Conversocial press release Octopus investments...

May 14, 2013

Gavagai Takes Unspecified Investment

Gavagai announced that it has closed a new investment round, without revealing the details of the round. SMA: Gavagai press release...

April 22, 2013

Echobot Takes First Investment for Growth

Echobot announced that it has received €750,000 from Future Fund Heilbronn. The company's first outside investment is targeted to fund continued growth and hiring. SMA: Echobot press release blog post...

March 20, 2013

Dachis Group Lands $7.5 Million Series C

Dachis Group announced that it has received $7.5 million in a third funding round led by founding investor Austin Ventures. The company says that it will apply the investment toward development and delivery of its social analytics platform. The new...

February 5, 2013

Spredfast Closes $18 Million Series C

Spredfast announced that it has received $18 million in an investment round led by new investor OpenView Venture Partners. Existing investors Austin Ventures and InterWest Partners also participated. In its announcement, Spredfast reported 400 percent revenue growth and a doubling...

January 22, 2013

Simply Measured Brings in $8 Million for Growth

Simply Measured announced that is has received $8 million in a Series B financing round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. MHS Capital and existing angel investors also participated in the round. The company says that it is profitable, and the...

January 15, 2013

Another $9 Million for NetBase

NetBase announced that it has received an additional $9 million in funding from West Summit Capital and Thomvest Ventures. Considered part of the Series C round announced in June 2012, the new investment brings the total for the round to...

December 19, 2012

Over $190 Million Invested in Social Media Analysis Companies in 2012

Companies in social media analysis announced receiving over $190 million in new investments in 2012. Add quiet investments and the value of the year's mergers and acquisitions, and it's real money. Here's a recap of the year's investment activity. Appinions...

November 27, 2012

LeadSift Raises $500K for Growth

LeadSift announced that it has received $500,000 in financing from OMERS Ventures for product development, sales and marketing and hiring. The company's lead-generation platform for social media is currently in beta testing. LeadSift became a partner in the Salesforce Insights...

November 13, 2012

DataSift Lands $15 Million for Continued Growth

DataSift announced that it has received $15 million in Series B funding led by Scale Venture Partners. The round also included previous investors GRP Partners and IA Ventures, and new investors Northgate Capital and Daher Capital. DataSift says it has...