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Daily fantasy sports game operator FanDuel has closed $11 million in Series C financing from new investor Comcast Ventures, existing investors Piton Capital, Pentech Ventures, Bullpen Capital and serial investor Richard Koch. Andrew Cleland, a partner at Comcast Ventures has joined FanDuel's board.
New forex signal startup, The Internet Time Machine Project, has secured its first round of funding. The Internet Time Machine project uses big data to find new trends and ideas that are getting popular online.
Ringadoc has raised $1.2 million in seed funding, led by Founders Fund's FF Angel. Based in San Francisco, Ringadoc is on on-demand medicine service.
MusclePharm Corporation, a nutritional supplement company focused on active lifestyles, has successfully completed two closings of a registered direct offering of its Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. The Frost Group, headed by Miami entrepreneur Dr. Phillip Frost, was the lead investor in the offering increasing his position in the company by approximately $1.4 million.
Zytoprotec, a company developing novel peritoneal dialysis solutions and other treatments based on active cytoprotection, has raised 2 million euros ($2.7 million) from new investor Baxter Ventures. The funding goes towards a 4 million euros Series A financing.
Medisse has closed a Series B equity financing round for the clinical trial of its lead product FlexiSurge(R) Adhesion Barrier. New investor IIG has joined the existing investors, BioGeneration Ventures and Omnes Capital in the round. Medisse is active in resorbable implants for soft tissue applications, based on a patented flexible polymer platform.
NewVoiceMedia has secured $20 million funding from new investors Highland Capital Partners Europe and MMC Ventures, as well as existing shareholders Notion Capital and Eden Ventures. The business is a provider of cloud contact centre services.
Big data solution provider Crashlytics is merging with Twitter. The company is backed by Flybridge Capital Partners and Baseline Ventures and closed its most recent funding round in April.
Bone Therapeutics, an international biopharmaceutical company focused on cell therapy products for the treatment of bone diseases has closed a Series D funding round, raising 7.7 million euros ($10.4 million) from current investors and the Walloon Region. Investors in the round included Nausicaa Ventures, BAMS Angels Fund I and Life Science Research Partners as well as the Société Régionale d'Investissement de Wallonie and Sambrinvest, two supportive Walloon Region controlled minority shareholders.
FarmLogs has closed a $1 million seed funding round co-led by Huron River Ventures and Hyde Park Venture Partners. Hyde Park Angels, Silicon Badia Ventures, and First-Step Fund participated in the investment along with angel investors. FarmLogs is a Michigan startup and Y Combinator alum that helps farmers digitally manage their farm to increase profitability.