Funding roundup - week ending 08/05/11

Ronny Kerr · August 5, 2011 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/1d8d

Twitter finally closed that "significant" round from DST; quite a few more notable rounds

Seed-stage

File sharing startup Minus, raised $1 million in seed funding from IDG Capital Partners.

Early-stage

BabbaCo, an online retail site for baby and toddler items like crafts and games, raised $1.2 million in funding led by Lightbank with participation from SV Angel.

BetterWorks, a platform for making rewarding work environments, raised an $8 million Series A round led by Redpoint Ventures.

E-commerce platform BigCommerce closed a $15 million Series A round from General Catalyst Partners.

CampusBookRentals.com, an online textbook rental marketplace, raised $20 million from Level Equity, Five Elms Capital and Cherokee & Walker.

DoughMain, a family coordination site that doubles as a financial education site for kids, secured $5 million in funding from angel investors.

Social CRM company Get Satisfaction raised a $10 million Series B round of funding led by Bruce Cleveland, general partner at InterWest.

Digital textbook platform Inkling closed of a $17 million Series B round of funding led by Tenaya Capital, with help from Jafco Ventures, Pearson Education, and Sequoia Capital.

Kimbia, an online fundraising site for non-profit and cause organizations, raised $4 million in a Series B round of funding led by S3 Ventures.

Monetate, provider of testing, targeting, and personalization solutions for websites, raised a $15 million Series B round of funding led by OpenView Venture Partners.

Rentcycle, an online rental marketplace for businesses, raised a $1.4 million round of funding led by Collaborative Fund, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Founder Collective and Amicus Capital along with angel investors.

TakeLessons, a local music lessons marketplace, announced Wednesday that it has raised $6 million in funding led by Crosslink Capital, with participation from SoftTechVC and other angel investors.

Late-stage

Social games publisher 6Waves raised $35 million in new funding, according to an SEC filing.

On Deck, a technology platform that connects small businesses directly to capital, received $4 million in follow-on funding to its $15 million round in January.

Social game developer KIXEYE raised $18 million in Series C funding led by Jafco Ventures with previous investors participating.

Investment platform Lending Club closed a $25 million investment round led by Union Square Ventures.

Local.com, an online local media company, secured a $12 million revolving credit facility from Square 1 Bank.

Distributor of social games Sibblingz raised $1 million from incubator YouWeb.

Twitter raised a “significant” round of funding led by DST Global.

Coupon and deal marketplace WhaleShark Media announced Tuesday that it has secured an investment from Google Ventures. Size of the round was not disclosed.