Tagged: series a

September 2, 2016 @ 10:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, India-based lending platform Loadtap announced it secured $3 million during its Series A funding round, which was led by HNIs, Dr. Abhishek, and Jaysukh Sapra. LoanTap was launched earlier this year and is headquartered in Mumbai with an office in Pune. Its co-founders, Satyam Kumar… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seedrs success and cloud platform, Poq, announced this week it has secured €3.6 million during a Series A funding round, which was led by Beringea with participation from seed investors Seedcamp and Venrex. The London-based  company, which raised £332,390 through the equity crowdfunding platform in 2014, is a commerce platform for retail apps… Read More

July 16, 2016 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, an inside source revealed to TechCrunch that the investors of Skully have removed founders, Marcus and Mitch Weller, from the company. This was announced after the multiple delays of their Indiegogo-funded project, AR-1 helmet. As previously reported, AR-1 is considered the world’s first augmented… Read More

July 7, 2016 @ 8:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending Works, a UK-based peer to peer lender, announced on Thursday it attracted £3 million during its Series A Investment Round. The website confirmed NVM Private Equity (NVM), an independently-owned private equity firm that specializes in SME investments typically between £2m and £10 million, invested £2 million in early… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 2:56 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Jirnexu, a bank and insurance company tech solution provider formally known as Saving Plus, raised $3M in Series A funding, according to a release. Funding will be used to drive product development, geographic expansion and recruitment across Southeast Asia, with Malaysia and Indonesia as priority… Read More

May 19, 2016 @ 8:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Francisco startup 6SensorLabs announced on Thursday it has secured $9.2 million during a series funding round as it prepares to expand its consumer food technology products. The round was led by Foundry Group, with participation from Upfront Ventures, SoftTech VC, SK Ventures, Lemnos Labs, Mitch Kapor… Read More

May 9, 2016 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, equity crowdfunding portal, SyndicateRoom, announced plans to open its Series A funding round for investors. The offer is set to open on the website this Tuesday (May 10th).   Just one year ago, SyndicateRoom successfully completed its previous  funding round in just 33 hours and… Read More

April 12, 2016 @ 3:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pave, the online lending platform, announced on Tuesday that it has raised a total of $8 million during its Series A funding round, which was led by Maxfield Capital. As previously reported, Pave is targeting Millennials who are old enough to be establishing a solid career… Read More

March 23, 2016 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Kickstarter alum Fove, announced it has scored $11 million during a Series A round led by Colopl VR Fund with participation from Hon Hai Venture Capital Fund, Silicon Valley early-stage VC firm 2020 and Samsung Venture Investment. Last summer, the virtual reality company captured $480,650… Read More

February 18, 2016 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

F50, a venture capital startup announced this week it has launched the beta version of its co-investment platform and has successfully begun syndication. The firm has reportedly secured commitments to invest over $1 million in Knightscope’s Series B round of funding, a company that has… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

progressa, a Vancouver-based financial technology company focused on helping sub-prime and near-prime Canadians seeking to improve their financial health, announced on Tuesday it has closed an $11.4 million Series A equity & debt financing round led by Cypress Hills Partners and Conconi Growth Partners. The… Read More

September 15, 2015 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CircleBack Lending, Inc., a marketplace lending platform, has completed a $17.4 Million Series A round of equity financing led by Pine River Capital Management, a global alternative asset manager with over $15 billion under management. Wicklow Capital, an early investor in CircleBack, also participated with… Read More

September 14, 2015 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

uSens, Inc., a Silicon Valley pioneer providing full 3D interactive solutions for virtual reality and augmented reality, announced today that it completed a $5.5 million round of pre-Series A financing co-led by IDG Ventures, Lebox Capital and Maison Capital in June. Also participating were Stone… Read More

September 2, 2015 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crosswise, an innovator in cross-device identification mapping, announced today that it has closed a $3 million Series A round of financing led by Pereg Ventures with the participation of ZhenFund, Emerge and existing investors Giza Venture Capital, OurCrowd and Horizons Ventures. The company will use the… Read More

August 19, 2015 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

castAR, formerly known as Technical Illusions, an augmented reality gaming startup, announced this week that it has closed Series A funding of $15 million from Playground Global and the company’s seed investors. castAR previously completed a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013, meeting its target in… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 9:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

APE Mobile, an established Australian software company that has developed an innovative paperless site app for the Construction, Mining and Oil & Gas industries to enable greater efficiency in managing on-site documents on iPads and web devices, is pleased to announce the raising of $2 million in… Read More

August 3, 2015 @ 1:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

GovX.com, an online shopping platform for verified military and federal, state and local government personnel, announced the completion of a $11.5 million Series A and Series B financing rounds  to expand its service offerings. This brings the total invested capital in the company to just over… Read More

July 31, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fueled by $6.5M USD in Series A financing in April, TradeGecko, a cloud-based inventory and multichannel management platform for apparel and accessories, is leveraging its resources to become one of the fastest growing startups in Singapore. Since this spring, TradeGecko has increased its headcount by 25% and added… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UpCounsel, an online marketplace for legal services, announced it has secured $10 million in Series A funding to accelerate further adoption of its on-demand legal marketplace. New investor Menlo Ventures led the funding round with participation from previous investors including Homebrew and Metamorphic Ventures. The company has raised $13.9… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 12:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Onevest announced on Tuesday it is about to reach $2M in financing for its Series A round after self–crowdfunding on its own platform. The company’s round of funding has five days left on the platform before it closes. The platform launched the 506c offering to celebrate the implementation of Title IV… Read More