CEO and co-founder Pat Kinsel of Spindle has become a partner at venture capital firm Polaris after he successfully sold Spindle to social microblogging site Twitter, gaining him the title of "entrepreneur in residence."
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Stitch raises $3.25 million seed funding
Stitch has raised $3.25 million seed funding led by Google Ventures, Foundation Capital, Freestyle Capital, SoftTech and ENIAC Ventures with participation from angles including Tom Conrad, Brad Garlinghouse and Eric Hahn.
Wish scores $19 million in new round
Startup Wish has received $19 million new investment led by GGV Capital and Formation 8 along with Yahoo's co-founder Jerry Yang while managing director for GGV Hans Tung joined the company's board of directors.
Code.org Partners with 30 Public Schools bringing computer science to millions of American high school students
Code.org partners with 30 public schools as they run towards making computer science more accessible to high school students nation wide.
Former NSA agent hacking company infused with $7.5 mln in series A round
California-based Synack, a crowdsourced platform for hacking into customers' security holes, raises $7.5 million for a series A funding round.
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Maryland, US-based software cybersecurity firm HackSurfer bagged $3.5 million in a recent funding round to provide better cloud-based enterprise data protection for its customers from both private and government sectors.
Montreal, Canada-based institutional fund manager La Caisse De Depot Et Placement Du Quebec poured C$42 million into the Parc des Moulins wind far in Quebec as part of its bid to generate long-term returns for its clients.
Micro-cap investor Irwin "Izzy" Zalcberg has bought shares in Colorado, US-based tech wireless tech firm and cannabis industry solutions provider TechnoConcepts Inc for an undisclosed amount to take advantage of the increasing value of the legal marijuana market in the US.
Merus Capital received a $50 million funding round referred to as 4.0x net for two new funds including Merus Capital Opportunity Fund and Merus Capital II.
QE2 Acquisition Corp. ("QE2") is pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Bachman to the Board of Directors.
Glow Holdings Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GLOH) announced today that it signed a binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Cedar River Foods LLC calling for a newly-formed subsidiary of Glow to merge with Cedar River Foods' operations.
California-based Pure Storage, specialized in speedy flash-storage boxes for data centers, gobbles up $225 million in their series D round from Investors.
Sequoia Capital entered the home security and automation arena by making a minority investment in Boston, US-based company SimpliSafe to take advantage of the lucrative situation of the present do-it-yourself home security market.
Detroit, US-based charity fundraising platform CrowdRise bagged $23 million in a funding round with Union Square Ventures as the lead investor to back its growth campaigns and platform expansion initiatives.
