Funding Roundup - week ending 10/11/13

DogVacay, GreenWave, TempoDB, Dollar Shave Club, ERN, elevate DIGITAL all raised new funding

Seed stage

Diagnosia, a European source for medical drug information, raised €1 million from FFG, along with angel investors Christoph Prinz, Michael Altrichter, Johann Jauk, Martin Dall, and Christoph Gelbmann.

Luminate Health, a SaaS provider that gives labs a digital platform for their patients to access and understand their lab test results, raised a $1M seed round led by KEC Ventures.

Kahuna, a mobile marketing automation company, secured more than $2 million of fundinf from SoftTech VC, Costanoa Venture Capital and angel investors, including Tim Kendall, Raj De Datta, Lee Linden, Chamath Palihapitiya, Omar Siddiqui, David Vivero, Matt Wyndowe, and others.

Appoxee, a mobile app engagement platform, raised $1.8 million in additional seed funding, led by Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund and Moshe Lichtman and included Cyhawk Ventures and Oryzn Capital.

Silk, a cloud-based data publishing platform, raised a $1.6 million extended seed round investment from New Enterprise Associates (NEA).

ERN, a big data technology company, raised $1 million in seed funding from undisclosed investors. 

Socratic, an online open community where teachers share educational video content, raised $1.5 million. The round was ledy by Spark Capital, with participation from Betaworks, Andreessen Horowitz, David Tisch, John Maloney, and Terrapin Bale.

Early stage

Collaboration software company Nitro raised $3.1 million in new funding from Starfish Ventures.

Mobile advertising management company LiquidM raised $5 million in Series A funding from Blumberg Capital, Earlybird, and Asset Management.

YouTube network DanceOn raised $4 million in funding in a round co-led by Plus Capital and AMC Networks.

Level, a mobile-first financial services company, received $5 million in Series A funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round with participation from Sandy Weill, Reed Hundt and Blake Grossman.

Scan, which generates custom QR codes, raised $7 million led by Entree Capital, along with existing investors, including Menlo Ventures.

True&Co, which personalizes online bra shopping, raised $4 million in funding from Crosslink, VegasTechFund, Pejman Nozad, and FundersClub.

KIDO’Z, a Web and mobile platform that allows children to have a safe digital experience, raised $1.2 million from Lool Ventures. Angel investors that participated included Dov Moran, Aryeh Mergi, and others. 

Refresh, a mobile application that delivers an instant dossier about people you meet, raised $10 million in financing from Redpoint Ventures, Charles River Ventures and Foundation Capital.

Real-time TV advertising intelligence platform iSpot.tv raised a $5 million round of funding from Madrona Venture Group and TL Ventures.

Sparkcentral, formerly TwitSpark, raised $4.5 million in funding from Sigma West, along with The Social+Capital Partnership, Graph Ventures, and existing angel investors, including Sebastien de Halleux.

Wireless transfer system WAVE, which tackles the problem of heavy and expensive vehicle batteries through wireless power, raised a $1.4 million round of funding led by Kickstart.

Russian e-book retailer LitRes raised $5 million in funding from The Russian Internet Technology Fund.

Cirro, which enables on-the-fly access, exploration, and analysis across all disparate data sources, closed $8 million in Series A funding led by Toba Capital along with Frost Venture Partners and Miramar Venture Partners.

TempoDB, a time series database service, closed $3.2 million in Series A funding. Hyde Park Venture Partners led the round with participation from Chicago Ventures, Divergent Ventures and angel investors such as Hyde Park Angels.

Cinarra Systems, a provider of operator analytics and monetization technologies, secured a $4.5 million series A round led by Almaz Capital, with participation from Cisco and individual investors.

Jobaline, abilingual, mobile hourly job marketplace, raised a $4.3 million Series A investment from Madrona Venture Group, Rudy Gadre and other angel investors.

Street-level digital interactive technology company elevate DIGITAL secured $1.5 million in venture funding from Partners Path Investments.

Late stage

Dog-sitting service DogVacay raised a $15 million Series B round led by Foundation Capital, with help from DAG Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Benchmark and First Round Capital. 

In-store mobile marketing company Swirl raised $8 million in funding from Hearst Ventures, with participation from SoftBank Capital and Longworth Venture Partners.

Health and fitness tracker Basis raised $11.75 million in additional Series B round of funding from Intel Capital, iNovia Capital, Dolby Family Trust, Stanford University and Peninsula-KCG. Mayfield Fund, DCM and Norwest Venture Partners also participated.

Lookout, a provider of security software, secured $55 million in strategic financing in a round led by Deutsche Telekom. Qualcomm Ventures, Greylock Partners, Mithril Capital Management, Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and Khosla Ventures all participated.

Indian e-commerce company Flipkart raised another $160 million from Dragoneer Investment Group, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Sofina, Vulcan Capital and Tiger Global.

Mobile platform Divide, formerly Enterproid, secured $12 million in Series B funding led by Google Ventures. Comcast Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners and Harmony Partners also participated.

ShopRunner, an Amazon competitor that offers its members unlimited two-day shipping, raised $206 million from Alibaba Group and American Express. 

GreenWave Reality, provider of the  Home2Cloud platform, closed $19 million in Series B funding led by The Westly Group including follow-on investment from Craton Equity Partners.

Dauria Aerospace, a global satellite services company, raised a $20 million Series B round from I2BF Global Ventures.

Dollar Shave Club, which delivers personal grooming products by mail, raised $12 million in a Series B investment round from Venrock. Comcast Ventures, New World Ventures and Battery Ventures also participated.