With an eye only for Israeli startups based in New York City, Eyal Bino and partner Sharon Mirsky rolled out Accelerant Ventures that will look for opportunities in young companies operating in the technology space, VentureBeat reported.
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Russian ad platform CityAds nabs $5M investment from Klever Internet
Moscow, Russia-based affiliate marketing and advertisement firm CityAds Media nabbed a $5-million investment from private equity investor Klever Internet Investments in exchange of a minority stake in the ad company.
Israel-based AppsFlyer grabs $7.1M in Series A funding round
AppsFlyer, a mobile analytics startup based in Herzliya, Israel, obtained $7.1 million in its most recent financing round from Pitango Venture Capital and Magma Venture Partners, Globes reported.
Former Apple chief John Sculley to launch new smartphone brand in India
Former Apple chief John Sculley is teaming up with former HTC India head Ajay Sharma and Singaporean investment firm Inflexionpoint to launch a yet-unnamed smartphone brand in India, which will release its first units in April.
Barcelona-based Omnidrone secures $2M from institutional investors
Mobile gaming startup Omnidrone has bagged $2 million in its first institutional funding round. Investors included Nokia Growth Partners, London Venture Partners and Kibo Ventures, a funding statement said.
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New York City, US-based HTML5 game developer and distributor TreSensa bagged $2 million in a Series A funding round led by Caribou Asset Management to continue distributing games for mobile browsers.
Cloud-based customer relationship management platform ServiceMax secured $71 million in its latest financing round led by Meritech Capital. ServiceMax is a platform specifically focused for field technicians, VentureBeat reported.
Clinicient, a cloud-based solutions provider based in Portland, Oregon, raised $15 million for its Series C funding round led by Catalyst Investors of New York, VentureBeat reported.
Auburn, US-based disaster-proof hardware maker ioSafe Inc landed $2.5 million in funding to expand its indestructible external hard drives into network attached storage market for safer data storage.
Massachusetts, US-based Java PaaS (Platform as a Service) firm CloudBees snagged $11.2 million in its third funding round which was led by Verizon Ventures to fuel its revenue growth and global expansion.
A group of Ohio angel investors led the Series A funding round for Cleveland-based StreamLink Software which raised $3.5 million, a statement about the funding said.
Irvine, California-based real estate marketplace Auction.com nabbed $50 million in investment from the newly launched growth equity fund Google Capital for its expansion and marketing campaigns.
TrackDuck, a visual feedback provider for web design and development, has obtained €200,000 from Kima Ventures and Practica Capital for its seed funding round, TechCrunch reported.
Berlin, Germany-based startup TVSmiles picked up $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Ventech to expand the reach of its loyalty program for its second-screen app beyond Germany.
