Connie Loizos
According to separate SEC filings, Jim Breyer of Accel Partners will not run for re-election this year on either the board of Facebook, where he has been a director since 2005, or on the board of Wal-Mart, whose board he joined in 2000.
Scioderm, a Durham, North Carolina-based company developing dermatology therapeutics, has raised $16 million in Series A funding led by Morgenthaler Ventures, with Technology Partners filling out the rest of the round.
Topera, a San Diego-based medical device company with a mapping and targeting system to identify the sources of complex cardiac arrhythmias, has completed a $25 million Series C financing round led by new investor New Enterprise Associates. The round also included an unnamed new strategic industry partner, along with existing (undisclosed) investors and the company's management team.
New Orleans-based investment firm Advantage Capital Partners has been awarded $75 million by the New Markets Tax Credit program, bringing the total awards received by the firm since 2002 to roughly $600 million. The New Markets Tax Credit program was established by Congress 13 years ago to increase investing in low-income communities; it allows individuals and companies to get tax credit against federal income taxes in exchange for equity investments in community development entities.
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) of Frankfurt, Germany, and its managed private equity fund, the DBAG Expansion Capital Fund, is investing an undisclosed amount of capital in inexio Informationstechnologie und Telekommunikation KGaA (inexio), a Saarlouis-based broadband provider that services southern Germany.
VentureCamp, an 8-week-long high-tech startup boot camp that will house aspiring entrepreneurs in the city's renowned Kessler Mansion, launches this June and is currently accepting online submissions online. Among those who've agreed to mentor VentureCamp attendees are Priceline cofounder Jeff Hoffman and Karl Mehta, the founder and former CEO of Playspan.
Nativo, a Los Angeles, Calif.-based startup whose software strives to make it easier for online publishers to run sponsored content, has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding led by Greycroft Partners. Other investors in the round include e.ventures and existing investor Signia Venture Partners. The company previously raised $1.8 million in seed capital from Signia and other angel investors.
HealthCare Impact Associates, a Minneapolis, Mn.-based software company that helps its customers comply with requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has raised $2 million in private capital. The money will be used for the commercial rollout of its ACA management information system, called Health E(fx). The company didn't disclose the source of its new capital.
Nanigans, a Boston-based startup that makes advertising technology software to help advertisers maximize their social and mobile advertising, has raised $5.8 million led by Avalon Ventures. The company is describing the round as "Series A.1 funding," having raised $3.1 million in 2011, including from Avalon.
Epizyme, a six-year-old, Cambridge, Mass.-based biopharmaceutical company that's focused on researching treatments for tumors and blood cancer, has filed an S-1 with the SEC.