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Motif Investing said Thursday it raised a Series A round of $6 million in October led by Norwest Venture Partners and Foundation Capital. The Palo Alto, Calif., company is developing a platform for retail investors and announced the new money as it emerged from stealth. PRESS RELEASE MOTIF INVESTING RAISES SERIES A FROM NORWEST VENTURE […]

Seedsummit, an online platform for helping entrepreneurs find European seed stage investors, said it developed a set of standardized term sheet documents for cross border seed investing in Europe. The organization said it worked with numerous investors on the suggested documents, including with Index Seed, Kima Ventures, Eden Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Doughty Hanson Technology […]

Antisense Pharma said Wednesday that MIG Funds 2, 3 and 9 as well as GAF have ponied up a new round of financing worth about $11 million, or about 8 million euros. The German bio-pharmaceutical startup also said its founder and chief executive, Karl-Hermann Schlingensiepen, will leave his operational role and join the supervisory board, […]

iStopOver Inc. said last week it is acquiring Vacapedia Inc., a site for finding vacation rentals and short-tem accommodations. IStopOver, a Canadian site for short-term rentals, did not disclose the size of the cash and stock deal. It said it is acquiring Vacapedia’s assets, massive global inventory and its distribution network. PRESS RELEASE iStopOver Inc. […]

Concentrating photovoltaic company GreenVolt closed on $39 million of new financing, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. No details were available about the new backers. Here is a link to the document filed by the Freemont, Calif. company. click here

Parthenon Capital Partners agreed Thursday to acquire Wells Fargo & Co.’s H.D. Vest Financial Services business.  H.D. Vest’s existing management team, led by Roger Ochs, will continue to operate the Irving, Texas, business.No financial terms were disclosed. PRESS RELEASE Parthenon Capital Partners and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) have entered into a definitive agreement […]

Video surveillance startup DVTel, Inc. said Thursday it has closed a $12.5 million of debt financing from ORIX Venture Finance, a provider of growth capital to mid- and late-stage private companies. PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ORIX Venture Finance, a leading provider of growth capital to mid- and late-stage private companies, today announced it has closed a […]

Semprius, Inc. said Thursday it raised $20 million in a first tranche of a Series C round. Siemens Venture Capital led the investment round in the solar module maker and was joined by ARCH Venture Partners, Applied Ventures, Illinois VENTURES, Intersouth Partners, In-Q-Tel and GVC Investment. Semprius will use the funding to construct a pilot […]

Proceeds from IPOs in the United States exceeded $10 billion for the third quarter in a row, according to a second quarter market analysis from PricewaterhouseCoopers. IPO proceeds in the quarter reached $11.9 billion, compared with $5.2 billion in the second quarter of 2010 representing a 129 percent increase in total proceeds raised. IPO volume […]

Braintree said Wednesday it raised a $34 million Series A round from Accel Partners. Braintree of Chicago is an online and mobile payments company. PRESS RELEASE BRAINTREE RAISES $34MM SERIES A FROM ACCEL PARTNERS Chicago, IL – June 29, 2011 – $34 million is a lot of money for a Series A investment and Accel […]