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Social marketing company Closely has raised $3.6 million in equity, according to an SEC form filed earlier this month.
Covestor, a social investing platform, raised $4 million in equity led by Union Square Ventures.
E la Carte, the maker of a customer-facing tableside tablet for restaurant and related hospitality industries, closed a $4 million outside venture capital round from Lightbank.
Gimv, one of the main investment companies in Europe, is spearheading the second financing round to the tune of $25 million in Ebuzzing, formerly Wikio Group, the reference social media group in Europe.
GraphOn, developer of cloud application delivery and Web-enabling solutions, completed a $7.1 million equity financing in a private placement to a group of institutional investors.
Video ad engagement company Innovid raised a $9.5 million round of funding led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from existing investors Genesis Partners and T-Venture (Deutsche Telecom).
Kenandy, a management platform for the cloud, closed a $10.5 million Series A round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) with participation from Salesforce and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati.
Quixey, an app search engine, raised $3.8 million in Series A funding co-led by U.S. Venture Partners and WI Harper Group with participation by Webb Investment Network in addition to a follow-up investment by Innovation Endeavors.
RootMusic, creator of the Facebook music sharing and discovery app BandPage, on closed a $16 million Series B round led by GGV Capital, with help from new investor Northgate Capital and existing investor Mohr Davidow Ventures.
Visier, a new startup that provides analytics and organization applications for companies’ human resources departments, raised $6 million in equity financing.
Woozworld, a massive multiplayer user-generated social game for tweens (ages nine - 14), raised $6 million in new funding.
Gaming/education platform Zeebo raised $17 million in equity financing, according to an SEC filing.
Late-stage
DoubleVerify, provider of online media verification and compliance, received $33 million in financing led by JMI Equity and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP).
SMS GupShup, an Indian social network and group messaging provider, raised a $10 million Series E round from Tenaya Capital, which joins existing investors Globespan Capital Partners, Helion Ventures and Charles River Ventures.
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