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Boca Raton, Florida-based Bridge Line Ventures has raised over $2 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $100 million.
Oakland, California-based 18Birdies, a mobile golf tech startup, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. Peter Gotcher and Milwaukee Bucks’ head coach Jason Kidd led the round.
Sprout Social has acquired Seattle-based Simply Measured, a social analytics firm. No financial terms were disclosed. Sprout Social's backers include Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates and Lightbank, according to Crunchbase.
New York City-based Cedar, a provider of patient payment solutions, has secured $13 million in Series A funding. The investors included Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Martin Ventures and SV Angel.
San Francisco-based home decor startup Modsy has raised $23 million in Series B funding, according to a blog post on its site. Advance Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, Comcast Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Birchmere Ventures, Ame Cloud Ventures, BBG Ventures and GV.
Online furniture startup Burrow has secured $4.3 million in seed funding. Red & Blue Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Interplay Ventures.
San Diego-based Metacrine, a biotechnology company focused on drug development, has raised $22 million in Series B financing. New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from return backers ARCH, Polaris, venBio and Alexandria Venture Investments.
ScaleFactor, a provider of next-generation accounting SaaS for small business and entrepreneurs, has named David Loia as vice president of customers. ScaleFactor is backed by Next Coast Ventures, Techstars Ventures, Firebrand Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Edison Factory and Flyover Capital.
London-based Avora, a provider of business intelligence and machine learning as a service, has secured 1.5 million pounds in funding. The investors included Crane Venture Partners.
ParaGen Technologies, a parent company of four medical device companies, has raised $4.1 million in seed funding. Ikove Venture Partners led the round.