Series A Drive Capital led a $4 million Series A round for Ann Arbor-based software company FarmLogs, which provides digital solutions to farmers. Huron River Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners and Hyde…
Visual.ly secures $8.1m funding – Investor Round Up
Series A/Series B Online creative community and bazaar Visual.ly has received $8.1 million in Series A funding. The investment consists of a $2 million convertible note revealed a year prior and $6.1…
Chinese app solutions company Wandoujia raises $120 million – Investment Round Up
Series A Clean server-cooling company Iceotope has raised $10 million in a Series A round. Investors included Ombu Group and Aster Capital, which led the deal. The funding will bring the Sheffield,…
Ten talking points from CES 2014
CES has now come to a close, and the ordered chaos which comes from one of the largest events in the industry has ended. As ever, CES was a show of contrasts.…
Healthcare companies attract major backers – Investment Round Up
Series B A multitude of investors have injected a total of $52 million into Atara Biotherapeutics’ Series B round, which closed for the second time today. Among those who backed the California…
Gene data analysis investment gathers pace – Investment Round Up
Seed/Series A Gene data analysis is a hot sector for investment this week. Artis Ventures has led a $6.8 million Series A round for Omicia, a company that researches and interprets genetic…
Chinese P2P lending company bags $130m Series A – Investment Round Up
Series A Renrendai, the Chinese peer-to-peer lending portal, gained $130 million in a Series A round, with funding split between Trustbridge Partners and an undisclosed investor. According to a report by Celent,…
Battery tech-maker Amprius raises $30 million – Investment Round Up
Mid-Rounds Amprius, which aims to develop longer-lasting batteries for devices such as smartphones, has raised $30 million in a Series C investment round led by SAIF Partners. Previous investors, including Kleiner Perkins,…
2013 Red Herring Global Top 100: Winners
After three days of collaboration, discussion, recognition and celebration, the curtain came down on the Red Herring Global Conference of 2013 in Santa Monica, California, leaving attendees to reflect on the dynamic…
The 10 most active investors in Silicon Valley tech start ups
A report on financing and exit trends in Silicon Valley released today by CB Insights has revealed the ten most active investors in technology start ups from 2009 to date. The report,…