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Performance Horizon Group, a provider of performance marketing technology, has attracted a second round of venture capital funding led by Greycroft Partners and existing investor DN Capital. PHG also welcomes John Taysom and Tom Buehlmann to its board. Established in May 2010, PHG is the latest venture of Malcolm Cowley and Paul Fellows, founders of […]
Mykonos Software, a provider of Web Intrusion Prevention Systems (WIPS), has raised a $4 Million Series A financing. Existing investor Tom Golisano, founder and chairman of Paychex, led the round and is joined by new investors Scott Banister, founder of Ironport, Jeff Clarke, executive chairman of Travelport, chairman of Orbitz and board member of Red […]
Fantasy Shopper, an online experience that socialises and gamifies online shopping, has secured first round funding led by Accel Partners and NEA. This funding will enable Fantasy Shopper to build out engineering and business development resources and expand into new markets. PRESS RELEASE Fantasy Shopper, a new online experience that socialises and gamifies online shopping, […]
Privately held Irish hi-tech company, Betapond has raised 1.15 million euros ($1.49 million) in venture capital funding. The syndicated funding has been provided by the Bank of Ireland Start-up and Emerging Sectors Equity Fund, managed by Delta Partners, Irrus Investments, and Enterprise Ireland. PRESS RELEASE Betapond, Ireland’s only Facebook Preferred Developer Consultant has raised EUR1.15m […]
EntreMed, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, has secured $10 million in financing. Backers include IDG-Accel China Growth Fund II L.P, Emerging Technology Partners and Dr. Tak W. Mak, director of The Campbell Family Institute for Cancer Research. PRESS RELEASE EntreMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENMD), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics […]
myTaxi, a taxi transport system worldwide with 800,000 app-downloads and 7,000 registered taxi drivers, has extended its group of current investors. Daimler AG subsidiary company car2go GmbH joins the board of the Hamburg-based company acquiring a minority stake. Lars Hinrichs, founder of XING and Hackfwd, is also added to the group of myTaxi shareholders. Existing […]
Drybar, a business in the emerging “blow dry only” segment of the beauty industry, has closed a $16 million investment by Castanea Partners, the Boston-based private equity firm, for a minority stake in the company. As part of the transaction, Janet Gurwitch and Paul Pressler will be joining Drybar’s board. Gurwitch is the founder and […]
Adzuna, a next-generation job search engine, has raised £500,000 from Index Ventures, The Accelerator Group and existing investors including Passion Capital. The latest funding follows last year’s seed round. PRESS RELEASE Adzuna, the next-generation job search engine, has today announced it has raised £500k investment financing from Index Ventures, The Accelerator Group and existing investors […]
Playmysong has closed an angel round and launched in NYC. Playmysong 1.1 is an application that enables users to take control of the music in their surroundings. The angel round was led by Lifeline Ventures, a Helsinki-based accelerator focused on disruptive start-ups from the web and game sectors. PRESS RELEASE Playmysong announced today it has […]
Ivycorp has secured an initial $1M in Series A investment capital from a combination of investors led by the Women’s Venture Capital Fund. Ivycorp is a next-generation enterprise messaging network for businesses and organizations. PRESS RELEASE Ivycorp, creators of Ivytalk(R), a next-generation enterprise messaging network for businesses and organizations, is pleased to announce that it […]