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Luisa Beltran

I've been a business reporter for a while. I've covered Wall Street, venture capital and now private equity. I'm always looking for a scoop or something to talk about. I'm the eternal optimist and am still waiting for the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series. Yes, I believe.
Local Market Launch has closed $1.5 million in Series A funding from Rincon Venture Partners. Local Market is a business listings management startup that has raised total capital of $2.7 million.
Alpha Payments Cloud said Tuesday it raised $12 million from an angel investor. Singapore-based Alpha Payments is a payments-focused cloud-based IT firm. The company has launched an enterprise app store for the payments industry.
Aerocrine has received $35 million in debt financing from OrbiMed and Novo. Aerocrine also raises SEK 95 million (approx. USD 15 million) of equity from OrbiMed and a number of institutional investors through a directed share issue. Aerocrine, of Solna, Sweden, is a medical products company.
Rocketmiles said Monday it raised $2 million in funding led by Atlas Venture. Other participants include Link Ventures, and Peterson Ventures and several angel investors in the travel and loyalty industry. Chicago-based Rocketmiles is a hotel booking site.
Opsona Therapeutics raised €33 million (US $ 43 million) in an oversubscribed Series C financing led by BB Biotech Ventures and Novartis Venture Fund. Other new investors included Sunstone Capital, Baxter Ventures, Amgen Ventures and EMBL Ventures. Participants included existing investors Fountain Healthcare Partners, Roche Venture Fund and Seroba Kernel Life Sciences. Opsona develops new treatments for inflammatory diseases.
Horizon Technology Finance Corp. has closed a $2 million venture loan to New Haven Pharmaceuticals. Guilford, Conn.-based New Haven is a specialty pharmaceutical company.
bookshout! said Thursday that it raised $6 million in Series B funding. Dallas-based booshout! said it will use the proceeds to expand its digital book distribution and engagement platform, as well as giving authors control of their audiences.
Datalogix has closed a a $25 million Series B round of equity financing led by Institutional Venture Partners. Existing investors include General Catalyst, Sequel Venture Partners and Costanoa Venture Capital.
Vapotherm has closed a $29 million financing round led by the 3x5 Special Opportunity Fund L.P. and included new investor Morgenthaler Venture Partners L.P. Existing investors GE Asset Management, Kaiser Permanente, Integral Capital Partners, QuestMark Partners and Cross Creek Capital also participated. Exeter, N.H.-based Vapotherm makes advanced respiratory care devices.
Fusion-io has acquired NexGen Storage for about $119 million, including $114 million cash and approximately $5 million in stock. Louisville, Colo.-based NexGen develops hybrid storage appliances. NexGen's investors include Grotech Ventures, Access Venture Partners and Next World Capital.
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