Boston, US-based secretive startup ClearSky Data raised $12 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst and Highland Capital Partners, according to a report published by Boston.com.
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IBM betting $1.2B on its cloud services through acquisition
IBM will be investing $1.2 billion to bolster its $2 billion purchase of SoftLayer Technologies last year, a business which it is betting on for growth, Bloomberg reported.
Rhode Island's Teespring raises $20M to sell custom T-shirts
Rhode Island, US-based startup Teespring has raised $20 million in its first round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to sell custom and pre-ordered T-shirts for a cause.
A Kickstarter campaign helped chipmaker startup prove its market and get new funds
A Kickstarter campaign allowed chip startup Adapteva to bridge the gap between its Series A and Series B rounds and prove its market, a Gigaom report said.
New York storytelling platform Contently pockets $9M in Series B funding
New York, US-based storytelling platform Contently raised $9 million in a Series B funding to expand its advertising enterprise tools and ensure that its journalists are equipped with important publishing tools.
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San Francisco, US-based venture capital fund IDG Ventures invested an undisclosed sum in the first funding round of Bangalore, India-based mobile sales and marketing software maker FieldEZ Technologies.
Google Inc spends more than five biggest rivals combined in US in bid to grow to new markets- report
Compared to the spending of its five biggest US rivals combined, Google Inc has spent more money in the past two years in its effort to reach out to new markets, Bloomberg reported.
US-based mobile health consultation app First Opinion raised $1.2M in funding from Greylock, Yuri Milner, Felicis Ventures, and 500 Startups to expland its consultants and workforce.
Beijing-based 58.com Inc, a classifieds website operator that provides services similar to Craigslist, intends to acquire Chinese Internet companies to enhance its local information services, Bloomberg reported.
Visual content marketplace Visually said it closed its Series A funding round with $8.1 million. The round was led by Crosslink Ventures and joined in by other investors.
SuVolta Inc, a semiconductor company based in Silicon Valley, has nabbed funding amounting to $10.6 million from Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Northgate Capital and DAG Ventures.
California, US-based call marketing company Invoca raised $20 million in a Series C funding round led by Accel Partners for its workforce expansion and product development.
Institutional investors contributed $216.56 billion to US private equity funds last year, a sign of their renewed confidence in the asset class, a report from Private Equity Beat of The Wall Street Journal Blogs said.
Turn, a marketing software and analytics platform, was able to get $80 million from its Series E round from two of the biggest investment firms in the world.
