Chris Witkowsky
Selligy, which provides technology to make salespeople more productive and competitive, has secured $2.8 million in a Series A funding round led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson with participation from Alchemist Accelerator, salesforce.com and several prominent angel investors. Selligy has raised nearly $3 million to date.
Yapta, which provides airfare price tracking, has raised an additional $2 million in funding as part of its Series D financing round. Amadeus, which provides advanced technology solutions for the global travel industry, led the additional funding. Concur, which provides integrated travel and expense management solutions, also participated.
An affiliate of Milestone Scientific, which designs and patents innovative injection technology, Milestone Medical Inc., sold an additional $1.5 million of its common stock in a private placement to one of the largest mutual fund management companies in Poland. The company has raised a total of $3 million from European investors.
Househappy.org, a global real estate platform, secured $1.5 million in funding led by Jeff Greenberg, senior vice president of electronic media and director at SKECHERS USA. The funding is in addition to the $1 million seed round the company received previously from angel investors. Househappy.org launched in March 2013 and is a platform for buyers, sellers and brokers to search and post property for sale.
Digital currency exchange itBit has unveiled its global platform for trading Bitcoin with U.S. dollars, Singapore dollars and euros, having completed a $3.25 million funding round co-led by Canaan Partners and RRE Ventures. Additional investors include Liberty City Ventures and angel investors Jay W. Jordan II and Ben Davenport. The company has raised a total of $5.5 million in institutional capital. The platform can be accessed directly at www.itBit.com by institutional investors, commercial businesses and retail investors (though retail investors must reside outside the U.S.)
Solicore, which makes thin and flexible lithium polymer batteries, has held a first close on its Preferred Series A1 round of financing led by New Science Ventures, a new investor committing $4 million. Existing investors joined the funding round, including R.R. Donnelley, Rogers Corporation, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Braemar Energy Ventures, Firelake Capital, OPG Ventures and Hydro-Quebec CapiTech.
Choose Energy, an energy marketplace, has appointed Kerry Cooper as chief executive officer. Prior to Choose, Cooper worked as CMO and COO of ModCloth. Prior to ModCloth she was a leader in Walmart's global e-commerce and multi-channel development efforts. Choose Energy this month raised a $7.5 million Series B funding round from investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, BlueScape Resources, NGEN Partners, Stephens Capital Partners and Michael Polsky.
Channel IQ, which provides retailers and manufacturers a platform to manage ecommerce activity, has raised $12 million of funding from Drive Capital. The company will use the investment to accelerate development of its retail data exchange.
Aerpio Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on therapies for vascular disease, closed a $9 million extension to its $27 million Series A funding raised in 2012. The financing round was led by Satter Investment Management and joined by Novartis Venture Funds, Kearny Venture Partners, Venture Investors, Triathlon Medical Ventures and Athenian Venture Partners.
Surefire Medical, Inc., a commercial stage medical device company, has closed an $18.2 million Series B funding. It's not clear who led the funding round; the financing will be used to expand product development, clinical trials, operations and marketing to meet customer demand.