Tynker Raises $3.25 Million of Seed Funding
Mountain View, California - Tynker, a new computing platform designed specifically to teach children computational learning and programming skills in a fun and imaginative way has raised $3.25 million of new funding from 500 Startups, NEA, Felicis Ventures, NewSchools Venture Fund, Cervin Ventures, GSV Advisors, XG Ventures and other angel investors.
The startup aims to teach kids learn the basic of programming. According tp Co-Founder and CEO Krishna Vedati, he was inspired when his son attended a programming camp at Stanford which costs $1,100 and was taught to build a game for 2 weeks and returns home not knowking the basics of programming.
The startup aims to teach kids learn the basic of programming. According tp Co-Founder and CEO Krishna Vedati, he was inspired when his son attended a programming camp at Stanford which costs $1,100 and was taught to build a game for 2 weeks and returns home not knowking the basics of programming.
Sticky Raises $3 Million of Seed Funding
New York, New York - Sticky, a media technology company that provides a platform to ensure that your display ads get seen has raised $3 million of seed funding from Northzone Ventures and Conor Venture Partners.
“Our mission is to help clean up the digital wasteland of advertising.” Expressed by CEO Mathias Plank in a press release for the funding.
Sticky has a list of giant companies using its services including McDonald's, P&G and L'Oreal.
“Our mission is to help clean up the digital wasteland of advertising.” Expressed by CEO Mathias Plank in a press release for the funding.
Sticky has a list of giant companies using its services including McDonald's, P&G and L'Oreal.
AutoRef.com Raises $850K of Seed Funding
Santa Monica, California - AutoRef.com, an eCommerce site providing information and reviews to consumers who wants to buy a new car and then offering similar vehicles based on their research history has raised $850,000 of seed funding from T-Venture, the venture arm of Deutsche Telekom.
“New cars are easy. You get three new cars, zero mileage, and you control all the variables – color, mileage, and year. It’s really easy to just get the lowest price.” CEO Michael Pena explains.
AutoRef.com started its services just last year and now it has expanded to 5,200 dealerships across the U.S.
“New cars are easy. You get three new cars, zero mileage, and you control all the variables – color, mileage, and year. It’s really easy to just get the lowest price.” CEO Michael Pena explains.
AutoRef.com started its services just last year and now it has expanded to 5,200 dealerships across the U.S.
PrePlay Raises $4.7 Million of Series B Funding
PrePlay, a leading predictive game studio and focused on creating mobile and tablet games designed and engineered to enhance the experience of watching sports, reality, talent, and award shows on TV has raised $4.7 million of series B funding from Trilogy Equity Partners and RSE Ventures.
The new capital will be used to grow the Ruby On Rails team as well as the iOS and the Android teams and offers new products in mobile sports gaming.
The new capital will be used to grow the Ruby On Rails team as well as the iOS and the Android teams and offers new products in mobile sports gaming.
Motif Investing Raises $25 Million of Series C Funding
San Mateo, California - Motif Investing, an innovative theme-based stock investment platform has raised $25 million of series C funding from Goldman Sachs.
The company now has a total of $51 million of funding since its founding in 2010. Ignition Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and Foundation Capital, also participated in the round.
As part of the investment deal, Darren Cohen, Goldman’s managing director of principal strategic investments, is joining Motif’s board as an observer.
The company now has a total of $51 million of funding since its founding in 2010. Ignition Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and Foundation Capital, also participated in the round.
As part of the investment deal, Darren Cohen, Goldman’s managing director of principal strategic investments, is joining Motif’s board as an observer.
Centzy Raises $1.6 M of Seed Funding
New York, New York - Centzy, an eCommerce site which lets you compare prices of local services has raised $1.6 million of seed funding from Cowboy Ventures, Founder Collective, Lightbank, ff Venture Capital, and angel investors on AngelList.
The startup niche includes nail salons, spas, hair salons, tanning salons, massage parlors and local merchants offering health and wellness.
Centzy is a product of the TechCrunch Disrupt May 2012.
The startup niche includes nail salons, spas, hair salons, tanning salons, massage parlors and local merchants offering health and wellness.
Centzy is a product of the TechCrunch Disrupt May 2012.
Showpad Raises $2 M of Series A Funding
Gent, Belgium - Showpad, a Mobile Sales Enablement application aimed at drastically improving Sales Effectiveness of any company with a sales team has raised $2 million of series A funding from Hummingbird Ventures.
The new funds will be used to expand the sales and marketing team and also to develop new iOS platforms for sales improvements of a business or company.
The new funds will be used to expand the sales and marketing team and also to develop new iOS platforms for sales improvements of a business or company.
Indochino Raises $13.5 Million of Series B Fuinding
Vancouver, Canada - Indochino, a startup which provides custom tailored, premium quality menswear - backed by superior customer service and fast delivery times has raised $13.5 million of series B funding from Highland Consumer Fund and backed by Madrona Venture Group, Acton Capital Partners.
The new funding will be used for marketing strategies like the traveling tailors and also launching new line ups like the latest spring collection.
The new funding will be used for marketing strategies like the traveling tailors and also launching new line ups like the latest spring collection.
Moovweb Raises $16 Million of JAFCO Ventures and Trinity Ventures
San Francisco, California - Moovweb, a provider of software which helps developer create robust websites in hours has raised $16 million of funding from JAFCO Ventures and Trinity Ventures.
“We feel very fortunate to continue this exponential growth with the help of Jafco and Trinity. Companies are recognizing that old development approaches simply aren’t working in a post-PC world. Moovweb’s experience platform was built to give businesses unprecedented power and flexibility in this new world.”
Moovweb offers patent-pending site virtualization technology which quickly and empowers businesses to go mobile by using a platform that unifies web and mobile development simultaneously.
“We feel very fortunate to continue this exponential growth with the help of Jafco and Trinity. Companies are recognizing that old development approaches simply aren’t working in a post-PC world. Moovweb’s experience platform was built to give businesses unprecedented power and flexibility in this new world.”
Moovweb offers patent-pending site virtualization technology which quickly and empowers businesses to go mobile by using a platform that unifies web and mobile development simultaneously.
Bespoke Post Raised $850k of Seed Funding
New York, New York - Bespoke Post, a lifestyle subscription club for men has raised $850 K of seed funding led by Warby Parker and Bonobos and backed by Great Oaks Venture Capital, 500 Startups and Brad Harrison Ventures.
“We kind of bastardized the subscription model to better cater to our customer,” explains company co-founder Rishi Prabhu.
The startup started with a team of 2 and now it has seven staff. The fund will be used in growing the company.
“We kind of bastardized the subscription model to better cater to our customer,” explains company co-founder Rishi Prabhu.
The startup started with a team of 2 and now it has seven staff. The fund will be used in growing the company.
