Seed-stage
Edutainment company Pluto Media raised $500,000 in seed funding from Rob Hutter of Learn Capital, Jennifer Carolan of NewSchools Venture Fund, and YouWeb’s Peter Relan, among others.
Enterprise app builder Tomfoolery raised $1.7 million in a seed round led by Morado Ventures and Sam Pullara of Sutter Hill Ventures. Other participants in the round include Andreessen Horowitz, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, YouSendIt CEO Brad Garlinghouse, David Tisch of TechStars, and others.
Sift, an iPad app that takes marketing emails and condenses them into a one-stop shopping experience, raised $540K in seed funding from mobile accelerator Tandem, Baidu co-founder Shawn Wang, SVP of Product at LinkedIn Deep Nishar, Bhupen Pah, co-founder of Sling Media, Sand Hill Angels, and others.
Online insurance comparison platform Insurance Zebra announced that it raised a $1.5 million seed round led by Silverton Partners. The investor syndicate also includes Mark Cuban , Mike Maples Jr. , and Birchmere Labs, among others.
Glow Digital Media, a provider of Facebook ad technology solutions to marketers, announced that it received $1.3m in seed funding. Investors Include Project A Ventures and Avonmore Developments.
Ringadoc, a connectivity platform dedicated to giving patients direct access to doctors on demand, announced that it raised $1.2 million in seed funding, led by Founders Fund’s FF Angel.
Convercent, a maker of cloud-based culture and compliance software, raised a $10.2 million venture round from Azure Capital Partners and Mantucket Capital. City National Bank also participated.
Early-stage
PagerDuty, an alarm dispatching service for system administrators and support teams, raised $10.7M in Series A funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Also participating in the round were Jesse Robbins, founder of Opscode; WIN Funding; and existing investors Baseline, Harrison Metal and Ignition.
Rivet & Sway, the online shopping boutique focused exclusively on women’s prescription glasses, raised $2 million in a round of funding led by Mousse Partners, with help from existing investors Baseline Ventures and Harrison Metal.
Digit Game Studios raised $2.5 million in Series A funding from Delta Partners, and existing investor ACT Venture Capital.
Late-stage
SMS mobile search company ChaCha raised $14 million from VantagePoint Capital Partners and Rho Ventures.
International mobile communications company Truphone raised £75 million ($118 million) from investors including Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea Football Club.
TakeLessons, online service marketplace for music lessons, raised a $4 million round of venture capital financing from Triangle Peak Partners of Palo Alto with participation from Siemer Ventures and existing investors Crosslink Capital and SoftTech VC.
Real estate startup 42Floors raised a $12 million Series B round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Previous investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Thrive Capital, along with new investor Columbus Nova Technology Partners, also participated.
Linkwell Health, a developer of health and wellness consumer engagement platforms, announced that it raised $11 million in Series C funding led by WellPoint. Existing investorsSpark Capital and HLM Venture Partners also participated in the round.
DB Networks, a provider of database security equipment, announced raised $4.5 million in Series B funding led by Khosla Ventures.
Data storage analytics company DataGravity raised a $30 million series B financing led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Houzz, a platform for home remodeling and design, announced the close of a $35 million Series C round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and GGV Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Comcast Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Yammer founder David Sacks.
NewVoiceMedia, a provider of cloud contact center services, secured $20 million in Series B funding from new investors Highland Capital Partners Europe and MMC Ventures, as well as existing shareholders Notion Capital and Eden Ventures.
