Richardson, US-based secure cloud hosting firm FireHost received $25 million in its latest funding round led by Little Rock, Arkansas-based investment firm Stephens Group to fuel its growth and marketing campaigns.
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Lending Club gets new investment, acquires Springstone Financial
Lending Club gets new funds valued USD65 million and acquires Springstone Financial for USD140 million, from investors including Wellington Management Company, BlackRock, T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. and Sands Capital
Online dating website Zoosk files IPO valued USD100 million
Zoosk has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an IPO valued USD100 million, reported TechCrunch.
US firm Newlight Technologies pockets $9.2M in Series C round to turn greenhouse gases into low-cost plastics
Irvine, California-based firm Newlight Technologies pocketed $9.2 million in its third funding round to create low-costs plastics from greenhouse gases in a bid to help address climate change.
California healthcare informatics firm AdverseEvents secures $2M in Series A round
Santa Rosa, US-based healthcare informatics firm AdverseEvents secured $2 million in its Series A funding round led by London, UK-based life science research firm Evaluate Ltd to accelerate its growth.
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One Medical Group has received a USD40 million investment led by Redmile Group, led by Redmile Group and other previous investors of the company
OwnZones Media Network has raised USD5.9 million new funding without disclosing names of its investors, to generate income instead of packing up the entire content of a site with advertisements
Mountain View, US-based Internet of Things (IoT) cloud Jasper landed a $50-million investment in a funding round led by Temasek to bring its IoT technology to Coca-Cola's new initiatives.
San Francisco, US-based social media conversation startup Talkwheel raised $1.2 million in funding from several angel investors to aggregate the conversations on the web in a visual map so businesses can monitor trending topics.
US-based game developers' platform Unity Technologies added San Francisco, California-based predictive analytics startup Playnomics for an undisclosed amount to step out of game engine into the game services sector.
BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwired - Apr 15, 2014) - Act-On Software, the leading marketing automation provider for small and mid-market enterprises, today announced it has secured $42 million in new venture financing. Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) led the round, with existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures, US Venture Partners, and Voyager Capital also participating. Act-On will use the new capital to accelerate its business on all fronts, including new product development, sales expansion, and brand recognition.
Online website maker Squarespace has taken in USD40 million worth of Series B funding, reported TechCrunch.
San Francisco, US-based fundraising site and investor-startup community AngelList launched its new venture capital (VC) fund called Maiden Lane, which will invest in syndicated AngelList deals.
Paperless Post has received USD25 million Series C funding led by August Capital, confirmed by TechCrunch.
