Mascoma Corp., a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of cellulosic biomass-to-ethanol development and production, has received a $14.8 million award from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to build and operate a biomass-to-ethanol demonstration plant in Rochester, New York. The company previously raised $39 […]
ProCure Treatment Centers Inc., a Bloomington, Ind.
Intellon Corp., an Ocala, Fla.-based provider of ICs for powerline communications, has raised $18 million Series C funding. Samsung Ventures was joined by return backers Goldman Sachs (round lead), BCE Capital, Comcast Interactive Capital, Duchossois Technology Partners, EnerTech Capital, Fidelity Ventures, Intel Capital, Liberty Associated Partners, Motorola Ventures, TL Ventures and UMC Capital Corp. Intellon […]
iLike.com, a Seattle-based social music directory service, has raised $13.3 million in strategic funding from Ticketmaster, in exchange for a 25% ownership position. Existing iLike shareholders include Khosla Ventures and Bob Pittman. www.ilike.com
Spock Networks Inc., a Menlo Park, Calif.-based people search engine operator, has raised $7 million in Series A funding from Clearstone Venture Partners and Opus Capital Ventures. www.spock.com
ExpoTV, a New York-based video provider of consumer-generated product reviews, has raised $6 million in Series A funding co-led by Masthead Venture Partners and Prism VentureWorks. www.expoTV.com
WaterHealth International Inc., a Lake Forrest, Calif.-based developer of safe water solutions, has raised $4 million in additional Series C funding from SAIL Venture Partners. This comes on top of a $7.25 million first close announced last month, led by Dow Venture Capital. www.waterhealth.com
TutorVista Global, a Bangalore, India-based online educational tutoring company, has raised $3 million in additional funding from return backer Sequoia Capital India, according to The Economic Times.
BiancaMed, a Dublin, Ireland-based developer of software and sensors to monitor personal wellbeing in everyday life, has raised Euro 2.5 million in first-round funding. ePlanet Ventures led the deal, and was joined by existing corporate shareholder RedMed. www.biancamed.com
ALPS Advisors Inc., a portfolio company of Lovell Minnick Partners, has completed its acquisition of the Liberty All-Star Funds management business from Banc of America Investment Advisors. The fund family consists of two closed-end, NYSE-listed equity funds: Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE: USA), with net assets in excess of $1.3 billion as of Nov. 30, […]