Luisa Beltran
CloudPhysics said Tuesday it closed $10 million in Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Previous investors the Mayfield Fund, Mark Leslie, Peter Wagner, Carl Waldspurger, Nigel Stokes, Matt Ocko and VMware co-founders also participated in this round. Mountain View, Calif.-based CloudPhysics provides operations management for virtualized workloads.
Woofound said Monday it has closed a funding round of more than $2 million. Investors include: The Propel Baltimore Fund, managed by Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), in collaboration with The Abell Foundation and the France-Merrick Foundation; Heritage Capital; Frank Bonsal, Jr, Co-founder of New Enterprise Associates; Vince Talbert, Co-founder of Bill Me Later; and Charles "Chip" Morris, an Integral Capital Partners' MD. Baltimore-based Woofound, which has developed a personality platform that provides personalized recommendations, has raised more than $4.2 million.
InsideView said Monday it secured $19 million in financing led by Split Rock Partners. Existing investors Emergence Capital, Foundation Capital, and Rembrandt Venture Partners also participated. San Francisco-based InsideView provides CRM Intelligence for marketing, sales and account management.
BuildersCloud said it has raised more than $1 million in a seed round led by Dave McClure, of 500 Startups, and Rudy Gadre, former senior executive at Facebook and Amazon. Other prominent investors include Denny Hill Capital, TEC Ventures, TA Venture, Linden Rhoads, Sujal Patel, and construction company McKinstry. BuildersCloud, of Bellevue, Wash., provides file-sharing and mobile collaboration for construction professionals. It was founded in June.
The Center for Innovative Technology said Thursday that its CIT GAP Funds has invested in WealthForge Holdings. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Richmond, Va.-based Wealthforge a social networking site that helps early-stage companies raise capital.
FitBionic has closed a $2.2 million funding round led by KMG Capital Partners, with High Country Venture and the Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development. Boulder, Colo.-based FitBionic is a prosthetics company that focuses on cultivating healthy lifestyles for amputees.
Aisle50 said Wednesday it raised a $2.6 million Series A financing led by Origin Ventures. August Capital also participated. Chicago-based Aisle50 sells digital offers from consumer packaged goods companies directly to consumers, who redeem them at bricks-and-mortar grocery retailers using a loyalty card or phone number. Other Aisle50 investors include Ron Conway, Yuri Milner, and Plug & Play Ventures.
Organica Water said Wednesday it completed its Series B round of financing led by the International Finance Corp. Financial terms weren't disclosed WLR China Energy Infrastructure Fund L.P. , a private equity fund managed by Invesco WLR Private Equity Investment Management Co., also participated along with existing investors RNK Capital LLC and Gamma Capital Partners. Budapest-based Organica provides solutions for the treatment and recycling of wastewater.
Fifth Street Management said Tuesday it is providing venture lending through its new group, Fifth Street Technology Partners. Michael David, former Co-Head and Managing Director of ORIX Venture Finance LLC, will lead the Silicon Valley-based group. The group plans to make structured and secured debt investments ranging from $5 million to $50 million in rapidly growing, later stage venture capital backed companies.
UrbanBound said Tuesday it secured $5 million in venture funding led by Grotech Ventures. StarVest Partners also participated. Chicago-based UrbanBound provides relocation services for newly hired and transferring employees.