Funding roundup - week ending 09/02/11

Music and gaming, investing and marketing: early stages all around

Early-stage

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.