Seed-stage
Online women’s clothing consignment shop Bib + Tuck received $600,000 in seed funding from billionaire fashion mogul J. Christopher Burch, along with a couple of angels.
Social bookmarking site Minilogs raised a €200,000 seed round from unnamed investors.
Silverback Learning Solutions, an educator-founded technology company, secured financing of $2.5 million from angel investors
Web analytics platform Spinnakr raised a seed round of nearly $1 million, from 500 Startups, Andreessen Horowitz, Point Nine Capital, and others.
Artificial intelligence and robotics startup Anki raised $50 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and Two Sigma.
Crowdsourced ad agency Dispop secured $600,000 in seed funding from Inimiti Capital Partners.
Instagrad, a crowdfunding platform to help parents pay for their kids’ college education, raised $200,000 in funding from FounderFuel, an accelerator in Canada, and private angel investors.
Early-stage
InternMatch, an online platform for students, raised a $4 million Series A round of funding. The round was led by Artis Ventures and Subtraction Capital, and included 500 Startups, Kapor Capital, Rudy Gadre and others.
Encap, a startup that turns your smartphone and tablet into a high-end security key, raised a $2 million round of funding from Norwegian early-stage VC ProVenture Seed.
Personalized video platform Idomoo closed a $9 million round of equity funding led by New York based Marker LLC.
WorldDesk, a provider of desktop virtualization software, raised $1.25 million in funding from Belfast-based investment firm Lough Shore Investments and a number of undisclosed U.S. investors.
Qwaya, a provider of cloud solutions for Facebook advertising, raised $3 million in financing. The round was lead investor in the round was Zobito.
Modus, an eDiscovery services provider, closed $10 million in funding from Harbert Management Corporation and Azalea Capital.
Kids’ clothing line Lolly Wolly Doodle raised $20 million in a round of funding led by Revolution Growth, with help from existing investors FirstMark Capital, Highline Venture Partners, and new investor Novel TMT Ventures.
Namely, a cloud-based people management platform, raised a $3.35 million Series A round, led by True Ventures.
Mercatus, a provider of Origination and Syndication Management for energy investors, raised a Series A funding round of more than $2 million. Led by Vision Ridge Partners, with participation from Augment Ventures and Shah Capital.
Late-stage
CustomMade, a marketplace for custom made goods, raised $18 million in a round of funding led by Atlas Ventures and Google Ventures, with help from Schooner Capital, Next View Ventures, First Round Capital, and Launch Capital.
Thumbtack, a service for hiring local service professionals, raised a $12.5 million Series B round led by Sequoia Capital. Javelin Venture Partners and MHS Capital also contributed to the new investment round.
Social gifting app Wrapp raised $15 million in Series B funding from Greylock Partners, Atomico and Creandum, as well as new investors Qualcomm Ventures, American Express, and SEB Private Equity.
RelateIQ, a big data startup, raised a $20 million Series B round, co-led by Formation 8 and Accel Partners.
Search engine optimization company BrightEdge raised $42.8 million in Series D funding, led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Intel Capital, Battery Ventures, Altos Ventures and Illuminate Ventures.
Swedish mobile point-of-sale startup iZettle raised $6.6 million from Banco Santander.
Russian online fashion site Lamoda raised $130 million in a round led by Access Industries, with participation from Summit Partners and Tengelmann Ventures.
GoodData, a provider of cloud-based big data analytics platform and applications, raised a $22 million Series D Investment from TOTVS Ventures.
Cloud hosting company FireHost raised a $12 million Series D funding round led by investment partner The Stephens Group.
Dataminr, which analyzes social media data, raised a $30 million venture capital round of funding led by Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners.
Location-as-a-Service startup Locaid closed $4.05 million in new funding. Investors in the round included InterSouth Partners, H.I.G. Ventures, Florida Growth Fund, and others.
Cold data storage startup SageCloud completed $10 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Braemar Energy Ventures, with participation from its existing investor, Matrix Partners.
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InternMatch is the leading online platform for students looking for internships and entry-level jobs and for companies interested in hiring amazing students.
For students InternMatch offers a simple way to search for roles, discover company profiles, save positions and easily apply. InternMatch also has extensive resources on how to prepare for internships and jobs including resume guides, building a brand on social media and more.
For companies InternMatch offers an easy way to post internships and entry-levle jobs as well as build a brand to the 5 million+ students who use the service. Larger companies are able to create content rich profiles called Campus Hubs, where they showcase unqiue content for underclassmen, interns, new grads and diverse students. Current customers include, Google, Facebook, Viacom, CBS Interactive, and more.
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Thumbtack helps you accomplish the personal projects that are central to your life.
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BrightEdge is the leading site, search, and social management solution for global enterprises, helping more than 2,000 of the world's largest brands stay ahead in the rapidly evolving Internet landscape.
BrightEdge S3 harnesses the power of analytics on big-data to drive revenue from web sites, search engines and social networks across the globe in a measurable, predictable way. BrightEdge is based in San Mateo, CA and is privately held with financing from Battery Ventures, Altos Ventures and Illuminate Ventures.
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Encap turns your smartphone and tablet into a high-end security key and protects your apps, services and data in the cloud with a matching padlock.
The lock requires both the key and a code to open which means you´re safe from fraud and misuse even if loose your key.
Unlike solution based on SIM-cards, tokens and SMS, Encap immediately increases the value of online services by embedding the strongest security without degrading the user experience.
