Series A Light has raised $9.7 million in Series A to help it realize a “mission to reimagine the art and science of photography.” The Palo Alto-based startup was co-founded by Dave…
Okta raises $75m – Investment Round Up
Series B Transferwise, which facilitates low cost international money transfers, has raised a $25 million Series B round, with renowned investor Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures and entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson among the…
Mesosphere raises $10.5m – Investment Round Up
Series A Mesosphere, which provides data center systems, has raised a $10.5 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Data Collective and Fuel Capital also participated. The San Francisco-based company…
Kickstarter risks losing itself in the crowd with latest rule changes
Kickstarter relaxed its regulations this week, in an effort to increase the number of projects eligible to receive funding through the site. After five years of enforcing higher barriers to entry than…
Yieldbot secures $18m Series B – Investment Round Up
Series A Inbilin, a social networking voice call app that allows users to call strangers, has raised $15 million in Series A funding from Qiming Venture Partners and Morningside Ventures. The company,…
2014 Red Herring North America Top 100: Winners
The Red Herring Top 100 North America event in Monterey, California brought together a vast and remarkably successful field of companies. The group of finalists hailed from many different industries, offered a…
Gild secures $13.5m funding round – Investment Round Up
Series A India-based gaming company Octro has secured $15 million in Series A funding, in a round led by Sequoia Capital. Octro focuses on reimaging real-word games into mobile multiplayer titles. The…
Invaluable raises $33.75m – Investment Round Up
Series B Zenefits, which provides cloud-based paperless human resources solutions to businesses for free, has raised a Series B round of funding worth $66.5 million. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz…
Fortscale raises $10m – Investment Round Up
Series B Concurrent Inc., an enterprise data application platform company, has secured a $10 million Series B funding round. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, while existing investors Rembrandt Ventures and True…
Hipmunk secures $20m funding round – Investment Round Up
Series A Observable Networks, which provides network security technology, has raised $2.45 million in Series A funding. The round was led by DH Capital and prior backer Vectis II fund also participated.…