Cubility, the maker of MudCube, has been bought by funds advised by Triton from Energy Ventures for an undisclosed price tag, a statement about the acquisition said.
Deals
Australian publisher Intermedia adds Beer & Brewer Magazine
Glebe, Australia-based business-to-business (B2B) publishing firm The Intermedia Group added beer and cider consumer publication Beer & Brewer Magazine for an undisclosed sum to beef up its liquor title portfolio.
British e-commerce analytics firm Ometria raises $1.5M in seed funding
London, UK-based e-commerce analtyics firm Ometria raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round from large group of angel investors to expand its workforce and develop its product.
Facebook acquires Oculus VR in $2B deal
Social media giant Facebook acquired California, US-based virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR in a deal valued at $2 billion to help the startup expand beyond non-gaming applications of its technology.
Kraken bitcoin exchange bags $5M for Series A round
Kraken, the bitcoin exchange division of Payward Inc, raised $5 million for its Series A funding round led by Hummingbird Ventures, a statement about the financing said.
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Freightos, a worldwide freight network based in Israel, has secured $4.6 million for its Series B funding round led by Aleph and ICV, TechCrunch reported.
Sequoia Capital led the $10.3 million Series A round for education technology startup Clever that helps teachers avoid the tedious work of manual data entry, VentureBeat reported.
Palo Alto Networks, a cyber security firm based in Santa Clara, California, has bought Israel-based cyber security company Cyvera for a price tag of $200 million, TechCrunch reported.
San Francisco, US-based virtual ad firm DemandBased raised $15 in a funding round led by Greenspring Associates to build the mobile ad capabilities of its B2B enterprise software platform.
California-based YouTube online video content network Maker Studios has been acquired by The Walt Disney Studios in a deal valued at $500 million, TechCrunch reported.
Box, the cloud storage startup that rivals Dropbox, has filed an S-1 form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering, VentureBeat reported.
Menlo Park, US-based venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners (LSVP) closed $950 million for its new investment fund that will back early-stage companies in the consumer and tech sectors.
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom's Mega Ltd intends to list in New Zealand by doing a reverse takeover of TRS, an inactive shell company, Reuters reported.
Illinois, US-based software systems provider Wellspring Worldwide bagged $3.5 million in funding from undisclosed investors, according to a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
