TraceLink Inc obtained a growth investment of $5.5 million in a round led by FirstMark Capital. Proceeds of the financing will be used for worldwide expansion and to finance more investments in its Life Sciences Cloud network platform.
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Seno Medical Instruments gets $34.6M of $39M Series C equity financing round led by MedCare Investment Funds
Texas-based medical imaging firm Seno Medical Instruments Inc secured $34.6 million of its $39 million Series C equity funding round led by MedCare Investment Funds.
Piazza unveils new recruiting tool backed from Khosla Ventures and Bessemer Ventures
Piazza, a social Q&A platform that connects students, teaching assistants and professors, has rolled out a new recruiting tool with the help of an additional $8 million from Khosla Ventures and Bessemer Ventures in a Series B round which quietly closed last year, TechCrunch reported.
Online eye exam startup Opternative gets $1M to provide glasses prescription directly from the computer
Opternative, a Chicago-based startup, bagged $1 million in seed funding from Tribeca Venture Partners and Chicago Ventures does away with the need to have an in-person eye exam, TechCrunch reported.
The Black Tux secures $2.6M in first funding round
Lerer Ventures led the first institutional funding round for tuxedo rental business The Black Tux which raised $2.6 million to offer clients cheaper yet higher quality suit and tie, TechCrunch reported.
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Thesan Pharmaceuticals, a biotech firm that develops therapies for skin conditions, raised $49 million for its Series B round led by existing investor Novo Ventures and joined in by SV Life Sciences, Lundbeckfond Ventures and Novartis Venture Fund.
UK-based generalist investor Beringea has made a £3 million investment in anti-microbial curtains and blinds maker Disposable Curtains Limited which does business under the name All in One Medical.
St. James's Place Chief Executive Officer David Bellamy said they are nearing the purchase of Asia-based Henley Group, an advisory business with £400 million under management, Reuters reported.
San Francisco, US-based security firm CloudFlare bought boutique anti-malware software maker StopTheHacker, which is also based in San Francisco, for an undisclosed sum to beef up its cybersecurity product offerings.
Irish telecom tycoon Denis O'Brien picked up a minority stake in San Francisco, US-based startup Spritz to see how the latter's easy reading app could help improve the literacy rate in developing areas.
As part of its expansion, the "going out" app YPlan will be expanding to San Francisco, California. It also has entered into an exclusive ticketing partnership with Noise Music Festival and will be unveiling a new feature, VentureBeat reported.
Tokyo, Japan-based staffing firm Outsourcing Inc invested $5 million (INR30 crore) for a majority stake in Bangalore, India-based search and staffing company Alp Consulting Ltd to gain access to the Indian market.
Richmond, US-based visual creation studio Alice Blue acquired New York-based multi-faceted post-production studio Nucleus Imaging, a bigger firm, for an undisclosed amount to expand into a new market.
Mountain View, California-based cybersecurity startup Shape Security pocketed $40 million in a venture funding round led by Norwest Ventures and Sierra Ventures to beef up its product offerings and its sales team.
