Mark Boslet
The best performer is Spark Capital II, with a 57.74% net IRR; the worst is the cleantech-focused NGEN II with -35.4%
Cloudera said it raised $65 million in a deal led by Accel Partners and supported by Greylock Partners, Ignition Partners, In-Q-Tel and Meritech Capital Partners. The investment will fund global expansion, and the company announced it will establish a European headquarters in the United Kingdom in the first quarter of next year.
Call them the cream of the venture crop, the 472 high flying U.S.-based companies with valuations above $100 million and exciting businesses to justify them.
Next Step Living, Inc. said it raised $18.2 million in a Series C financing led by VantagePoint Capital Partners and joined by existing investors, including Black Coral Capital and Mass Green Energy Fund. The round remains open.
CloudPay said it raised $16 million in a Series B round of financing from Pinnacle Investment Partners, Rho Ventures and other institutional investors. CloudPay has collected more than $50 million in equity funding since it launched its cloud offering, named CloudPay.
Y Combinator is paring back its 2013 winter class to less than 50 startups, saying it grew too fast earlier this year.
Multiplier Capital said it closed a $4 million loan for Shopatron. The transaction is the first for Shopatron, a newly formed venture debt fund.
Octopus said it appointed Sebastien Canderle and Rebecca Marshall to its ventures staff.
MediaMath said it bought mobile in-game ad platform Tap.Me. No terms were not disclosed. Tap.Me had raised more than $4M from investors including Hyde Park Venture Partners, I2A Fund, Hyde Park Angels and Great Oaks Venture Capital.
ScaleIO said it raised $12 million from Greylock IL Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and other private investors. The company also came out of stealth and released ScaleIO ECS v. 1.1 of its storage software. ScaleIP will use the new money to expand its field operations.