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Digital Lumens has closed a $10 million round of funding from existing investors including Black Coral Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, and Stata Venture Partners. Digital Lumens is an LED lighting systems and service provider.
Neurodevice firm SPR Therapeutics has raised $5 million in Series A financing from NDI Healthcare Fund, Public Square Partners, and individual investors. The funds will be used to commercialize pain therapies using SPR's proprietary peripheral nerve stimulation technology.
Web-based parent and child service and mobile app ChoreMonster has closed a $775,000 seed round and has come out of beta today with a public launch on iTunes. CincyTech led the seed round with $250,000 and angel investors followed up with an additional $450,000. ChoreMonster is based in Cincinnati.
Aereo has closed on a $38 million Series B round of financing, led by existing investors IAC and Highland Capital Partners. Previous investors from Aereo's Series A funding round, including FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, High Line Venture Partners, and select individuals, also participated.
Skilled Care Pharmacy, a pharmacy focused on senior living providers located in Mason, OH, has secured financing from Link·age Ventures. Larry Galluzzo, who formed the company in 1981, will remain as CEO of Skilled Care.
Labcyte, a privately-held company advancing acoustic liquid handling, has closed a Series D financing led by the healthymagination fund, a part of GE Ventures. The $5.3 million round also included current Labcyte investors - Abingworth, Alloy Ventures, Cross Atlantic Partners, Delphi Ventures, H&Q Healthcare Investors and H&Q Life Sciences Investors.
ERP testing and upgrade automation SaaS provider Panaya has secured $16 million in Series D funding. Funding came from the company's existing investors, led by Battery Ventures. Also participating in the round were Benchmark Capital and Hasso Plattner Ventures.
PureCars has raised $5 million of new equity capital from Gemini Investors and Stage 1 Ventures. The financing will allow PureCars to enhance and expand its services and product offerings.
Bitcoin payment processor BitPay has closed a seed round totaling $510,000. Investors include Shakil Khan, Barry Silbert, Jimmy Furland, Roger Ver, and other tech angel investors. Roger Ver, paid his investment contribution using bitcoins.
iwoca, a UK based company which provides instant loans to online retailers to improve their working capital, has announced a funding round from Beyond Digital Limited. London-based multi-family office Talis Capital Limited advised exclusively on the transaction.