http://www.dealhorizon.com/deal_horizon_news.xml Latest funding news headlines from leading news sources and venture capital information portals. en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:11:10 GMT http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000721788 TiqIQ has six employees in New York City and nine at its development center in Tel Aviv. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:42:00 GMT http://www.topix.com/vc/2012/02/airxpanders-secures-10m-in-series-d-financing?fromrss=1 AirXpanders Inc., a company developing technology to address current unmet needs for patients who require tissue expansion for breast reconstruction surgery, today announced that it has secured $10 million in Series D financing. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:19:38 GMT http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/industry_7/~3/CK15iV7Td38/yelp-shows-wider-2011-loss-on-new-ipo.html Online review site Yelp Inc. updated its initial public offering filing on Friday, showing it has a bigger loss than the year before as marketing and development costs rose. The San Francisco company co-founded by former PayPal executive Jeremy... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:50:06 GMT http://feeds.pcworld.com/click.phdo?i=7a91cb27d63d70d11d01673b52518a74 Here's a rundown of the most recent dish about the social network. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:02:00 GMT http://www.topix.com/vc/2012/02/luxury-travel-startup-inspirato-co-founded-by-former-ebay-official?fromrss=1 Institutional Venture Partners of Menlo Park this week announced a $20 million investment in Inspirato, a Denver startup that helps members find luxury vacation accommodations. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:21:27 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/cHLv3Ecz4nE/ Those of us who have been following the social gaming industry already know that Zynga has made up a big portion of Facebook's revenues. But lots of public investors only seem to have gotten the memo on Wednesday evening, when Facebook's S-1 filing... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:54:13 GMT https://www.fis.dowjones.com/News/News.aspx?aid=DJFVW00020120203e823re3ti&ProductIDFromApplication=32&r=Rss&s=DJFVW Xero Ltd., a New Zealand-based maker of accounting software, raised $16.6 million from Peter Thiel and other insiders to expand in the U.S. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:40:13 GMT http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=e31562868424ea7fdaf99686aed34ac0 With tech start-ups taking the world by storm, industry heavyweight IBM is plowing venture capital into seedling companies it believes can best solve the analytical challenges and public infrastructure problems of what it's calling the "smarter... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:10:32 GMT https://www.fis.dowjones.com/News/News.aspx?aid=DJFVW00020120203e823rpqw4&ProductIDFromApplication=32&r=Rss&s=DJFVW Enerkem Inc. filed plans for an initial public offering of up to $125 million in common stock as the renewable energy company looks to raise funds for the construction and development of its planned commercial facilities. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:39:16 GMT http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/851/f/10847/s/1c62f2b3/l/0L0Sirishtimes0N0Cnewspaper0Cfinance0C20A120C0A20A40C12243112492570Bhtml/story01.htm IRELAND'S BEST-paid banker, RBS investment banking chief executive John Hourican, is expected to receive most of a multimillion pound bonus in coming months, despite negative publicity about banker bonuses. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:18:27 GMT https://www.fis.dowjones.com/News/News.aspx?aid=DJFVW00020120203e823qngua&ProductIDFromApplication=32&r=Rss&s=DJFVW Leads360 Inc., a provider of sales-automation and telephony technology to consumer-facing companies, said it has completed a $15 million growth-stage financing. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:44:56 GMT https://www.fis.dowjones.com/News/News.aspx?aid=DJFVW00020120203e823ris3c&ProductIDFromApplication=32&r=Rss&s=DJFVW Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, a public-private partnership that makes early-stage investments in Western Pennsylvania-based companies, said it has held a final close of its Accelerator Fund at $8.1 million, shy of its original $10 ... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:44:35 GMT https://www.fis.dowjones.com/News/News.aspx?aid=DJFVW00020120203e823nv10q&ProductIDFromApplication=32&r=Rss&s=DJFVW Troika Ventures said Friday it has sold its stake in Evernote Corp. to veteran venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, just as the Russian investor has gained control over $100 million from its parent company. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:43:26 GMT https://www.fis.dowjones.com/News/News.aspx?aid=DJFVW00020120203e823nv10q&ProductIDFromApplication=32&r=Rss&s=DJFVW Troika Ventures said Friday it has sold its stake in Evernote Corp. to veteran venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, just as the Russian investor has gained control over $100 million from its parent company. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:43:26 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/IbjbzTpKlgM/ Xero, a small business online accounting service, announced today it has received $16.6 million in its latest round of funding. PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel participated in the round. "Xero was founded in 2006 in New... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:08 GMT http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=1615019&sourceType=3 TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Northern Gold Mining Inc. ("Northern Gold" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NGM) announces that since issue 25,074,270 warrants have been exercised for gross proceeds of $3,862,700. ... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:33:58 GMT http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/02/03/the-daily-start-up-tigertext-roars-out-of-gate-with-8-2m/?mod=WSJBlog A round-up of venture-capital news and analysis from VentureWire and around the Web. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:07:35 GMT http://feeds.genomeweb.com/~r/genomeweb/genomeweb-daily-news/~3/yJ0ZNaffsj4/transgenomic-raise-22m-private-placement read more Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:41:11 GMT http://www.vccircle.com/500/news/vc-backed-indiahomes-raises-4m-eyes-another-6m-funding Delhi-based IndiaHomes (formerly Agni Property Services Pvt Ltd), a property services company, has raised $4 million from Helion Venture Capital and Foundation Capital. The firm is seeking to raise another $6 million in the coming fiscal. read more Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:29:24 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Vyx1p7n5zZA/ Leads360, a consumer sales automation and telephony platform, announced today it has completed a $15 million round of new funding. The round was led by Volition Capital and saw participation from existing Leads360 investor Rustic Canyon... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:14:13 GMT http://feeds.foxbusiness.com/~r/foxbusiness/technology/~3/9rPWzg09z-A/ It may have no employees, but tech startup eCrypt has quietly been loading its board with directors touting high-powered U.S. military and homeland security connections. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:13:31 GMT http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/industry_7/~3/vnUNrLzmJrA/lightspeed-raising-875m-for-new-funds.html Sources say Lightspeed Venture Partners is nearing completion of two funds totaling about $875 million, Bloomberg reports. The Menlo Park-based firm is raising some $675 million for a U.S. fund and another $200 million for a China... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:52:55 GMT http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/industry_7/~3/sV563y0-66s/polaris-venture-partners-invests-4m.html Polaris Venture Partners made a $4 million investment in Aria Retirement Solutions. The Boston-based venture capital firm, which has an office in Palo Alto, has more than $3 billion under management. San Francisco-based Aria provides... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:38:19 GMT http://www.socaltech.com/leads36_gets___m_for_sales_lead_software/s-0040794.html Los Angeles-based Leads360, the developer of leads management software headed by Nick Hedges, said this morning that it has raised $15M in new funding. The round was led by Volition Capital, and also included Rustic Canyon Partners. According to the... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:29:00 GMT http://feeds.businesswire.com/click.phdo?i=1a500ebe4a36395fe12d9e088b27263f RICHMOND, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The BC Bioenergy Network announced funding of $1.5 M to Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre, a Harvest Power company. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:09:19 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/CFOiyvW6nJM/ Telemarketing is a dirty business, but someone's gotta do it - because somehow, it's still profitable. Also profitable is selling software to telemarketers that allows them to track the calls they make, the responses they get (or don't get) from... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:05:43 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/WKwJsNFqfhk/ Gadget blogs pounced on mobile-internet device maker Peek yesterday when the company announced it was killing off service for its devices running on T-Mobile. What they missed was a $15 million fund raise from Peek, confirmed by chief executive Amol... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:19:14 GMT http://feeds.businesswire.com/click.phdo?i=06f1b13209179c4055bf530f0c72d6a3 OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB:TBIO) today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with institutional and other accredited investors to raise approximately $22.0 million in a private placement financing... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:09:47 GMT http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020212-facebook-ipo-details-strategy-and-255686.html?source=nww_rss Facebook's IPO filing lays out a pretty good image of where CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to take the company: He sees the social network as having significant historical value to the economy, governments and -- he hopes -- to every person connected to... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:10:50 GMT http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020212-facebook-outage-255672.html?source=nww_rss Social networkers resorted to Twitter during and following a brief Facebook outage on Thursday, a day after the company filed for its initial public offering. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:10:50 GMT