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WePay Raises $10 Million
Zoove Raises $15 Million In Series D
Zoove has raised $15 million in Series D funding led by Panorama Capital. Existing investors that participated in this round include Cardinal Venture Capital, Highland Capital Partners, and Worldview Technology Partners. Zoove is the company that created StarStar Numbers, a registry of branded phone numbers such as **WEATHER and **SUZUKI.
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Web Advertising Company CampusLIVE Raises $3.1 Million
CampusLIVE is a web advertising company that is based in Boston, Massachusetts. CampusLIVE raised $3.1 million in funding from Highland Capital Partners, Charles River Ventures, and other angel investors. Last year CampusLIVE raised $340,000 in funding. [Xconomy]
Bamboom Labs Raises $4.5 Million In Seed Funding
Bamboom Labs is a company that develops technology for watching live TV on the Internet. Bamboom Labs has raised $4.5 million in seed funding led by FirstMark Capital. Other investors include High Line Venture Partners, SV Angel, Highland Capital Partners, and First Round Capital.
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2tor Raises $32 Million In Series C
2tor is an online education website that is based in New York City. The company has raised $32 million in Series C funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Previous investors that participated in this round include Highland Capital, Redpoint, City Light, and Novak Biddle. 2tor has raised a total of $65 million. 2tor is pursuing the higher education market and is partnering with graduate programs. 2tor plans on providing a technology platform for higher graduate programs to offer classes online.
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Real Estate Community Website RentJuice Raises $6.2 Million In Series B
RentJuice is a real estate community website where real estate agents and brokers can view real estate data. RentJuice raised $6.2 million in Series B funding led by Highland Capital and Tim Draper of DFJ. RentJuice automates administrative tasks for real estate professionals, brokerages, and landlords. RentJuice helps brokers capitalize on predictions that 10 million new renters will enter the U.S. market in the enxt 5 years. RentJuice was founded in 2009 by CEO David Vivero and CTO Kunal Shah.
Paper.li Creators SmallRivers Raises $2.1 Million
Paper.li is a website that takes links shared on your Twitter and Facebook feeds and then converts the information into a newspaper-like website. SmallRivers SA, the company behind Paper.li has raised $2.1 million in funding from Highland Capital Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Endeavour Vision. Dan Hova of Highland and Ronald Fisher of SoftBank Capital will join the Board of Directors at SmallRivers.
SCVNGR Raises $15 Million With $100 Million Valuation
Geo-location service SCVNGR has raised $15 million in funding with a $100 million valuation. The funding in SCVNGR was led by Balderton Capital. There was also participation from Google Ventures and Highland Capital Partners. Balderton partner Barry Maloney will be joining the board of directors at SCVNGR. This round of funding puts SCVNGR’s total funding close to $20 million. Right off the bat, people believe that SCVNGR competes with Foursquare and Facebook Places. But SCVNGR has more of a focus on gaming and challenges like trivia. Local venues can customize the games on SCVNGR. [TechCrunch]
Heartland Robotics Raises $20 Million In Series B
Heartland Robotics is a company that was founded in 2008 by Rodney Brooks. Brooks was an iRobot co-founder and was the former director of MIT’s Computer Science and A.I. Lab. Heartland has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Highland Capital Partners. The Series B was joined by existing investors Charles River Ventures and Bezos Expeditions along with new investor Sigma Partners. [TMCNet]
Pixable Raises $2.5 Million
Pixable is a New York based company that has raised $2.5 million from Highland Capital. Pixable also has announced a public beta test of a new feature called Pixable Videos. Pixable CEO and co-founder Inaki Berengeur said that the company’s goal is to allow people to choose photos from Facebook and transform them into fun videos. The videos are going to be entertaining than slide-shows. Pixable’s first product was to allow online photos into a printed photo album. After creating the Pixable Video, you can post it on YouTube, Facebook, and blogs. [VentureBeat]
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