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Weekly funding report (jan 15)
1. TheStartup100.com Weekly Funding Report 1/10
Round Funding Description City Sub-segment
Advertising
Taykey $15.0 $32.0 Real-time trends to target ads New York Data & Analytics
OptiMine Software $2.2 $14.9 Cross-channel ad measurement Saint Paul Data & Analytics
Choozle $4.1 $5.7 Programmatic advertising Denver Data & Analytics
mNectar $1.0 $9.6 Mobile advertising network San Francisco Mobile
RealMatch $8.0 $22.7 Job boards for publishers New York Other
Outrigger Media $5.2 $6.5 Video advertising network New York Video
Reelio $1.0 $3.0 Video advertising marketplace New York Video
B2B Web
App Annie $55.0 $94.0 comScore for Mobile San Francisco Data Services
Apervita $18.0 $21.0 Health analytics marketplace Chicago Data Services
Reonomy $13.0 $17.9 Commercial real estate research New York Data Services
IronPlanet $20.7 $75.9 Construction equipment marketplace Pleasanton Marketplace
Work Market $20.0 $35.0 Freelancer marketplace New York Marketplace
Pivot Freight $2.8 $2.8 LTL shipping marketplace Austin Marketplace
Ruby Receptionists $38.8 $38.8 Virtual receptionists Portland Services
Bitcoin
Coinbase $75.0 $106.7 Most popular bitcoin wallet San Francisco Wallet
BlockCypher $3.1 $3.1 Blockchain web services San Mateo Cloud
Communications
Benu Networks $27.7 $59.3 Broadband subscriber management Billerica Carrier Solutions
Gainspeed $15.0 $48.3 Virtual CCAP Sunnyvale Carrier Solutions
Altiostar Networks $50.0 $129.5 Equipment for mobile networks Tewksbury Equipment
SpiderCloud Wireless $15.0 $121.0 Small cell systems San Jose Equipment
Fastback Networks $15.0 $30.0 LTE backhaul radio San Jose Equipment
Defense Mobile $20.0 $35.0 Mobile service for veterans New York Service Providers
2. TheStartup100.com Weekly Funding Report 2/10
Round Funding Description City Sub-segment
Consumer Web
Social Rewards $1.0 $1.7 Loyalty program Torrance Coupons / Rewards
Glassdoor $70.0 $161.5 Company reviews Sausalito Jobs
Culinary Agents $1.2 $1.7 LinkedIn for hospitality workers New York Jobs
Porch $65.0 $98.9 Home services marketplace Seattle Marketplace
Raise Marketplace $56.0 $82.2 Gift card marketplace Chicago Marketplace
Tradesy $30.0 $44.5 Used clothing marketplace Santa Monica Marketplace
Tripda $11.0 $11.0 Long-distance ride sharing marketplace New York Marketplace
Reverb.com $4.2 $7.0 Used instruments marketplace Chicago Marketplace
GiveGab $1.2 $4.2 Non-profit volunteer marketplace Ithaca Marketplace
Dering Hall $2.5 $3.9 Home furnishings marketplace New York Marketplace
Murfie $0.9 $3.2 Used music marketplace Madison Marketplace
Stride Health $2.4 $2.4 Health insurance marketplace San Francisco Marketplace
LawnStarter $1.0 $1.9 Lawn care marketplace Austin Marketplace
Public Good Software $1.6 $1.9 Charitable giving marketplace Chicago Marketplace
PlaySwell $1.0 $1.0 Social product sharing Del Mar Shopping
misterbnb $0.5 $1.0 Airbnb for gay travelers San Francisco Travel
Data Center
Ravello Systems $28.0 $54.0 Dev/test environment hosting Palo Alto Cloud
Dato $18.5 $25.3 Machine learning platform Seattle Cloud
Blue Box $4.0 $23.1 OpenStack cloud Seattle Cloud
Treasure Data $15.0 $23.0 Managed service for Big Data Mountain View Cloud
Araxid $12.5 $12.5 Makes Big Data accurate Mclean Cloud
XOR Data Exchange $1.8 $1.8 Data exchange Austin Cloud
Pluribus Networks $50.0 $92.8 Software-defined Neworking Palo Alto Hardware
Solarflare Communications $30.1 $64.4 10/40GbE server networking Irvine Hardware
VelociData $1.5 $12.1 Big Data appliances Fort Atkinson Hardware
Kaminario $15.0 $108.0 Flash storage arrays Newton Storage
Pivot3 $11.3 $73.3 Software defined storage Spring Storage
Terascala $0.9 $2.7 HPC storage management Avon Storage
3. TheStartup100.com Weekly Funding Report 3/10
Round Funding Description City Sub-segment
Devices
OUYA $10.0 $33.6 Game console Los Angeles Games
Sproutling $6.6 $6.6 Wearable band for babies San Francisco Health & Wellness
Sqord $3.2 $4.1 Activity tracker for kids Durham Health & Wellness
Depict $2.4 $2.4 The iTunes+iPod for art San Francisco Home
SNUPI Technologies $1.5 $12.8 Wally, a home sensor Seattle Home
Whistle $15.0 $21.0 Pet monitoring device San Francisco Other
Ossia $10.0 $13.7 Makes Cota, a wireless power device Redmond Other
Bluesmart $2.0 $2.0 Smart luggage Mountain View Other
Rethink Robotics $26.6 $100.1 Robots that work with people Boston Robots
Jibo $28.4 $30.7 Social robot for the home Cambridge Robots
Meta $23.0 $23.0 Augemented reality glasses Portola Valley Wearables
Ringly $5.1 $5.1 Smart jewelry & accessories New York Wearables
Cuff $5.0 $5.0 Smart jewelry & accessories San Francisco Wearables
eCommerce
Fashion Project $7.2 $19.5 Used clothing Boston Fashion
Keaton Row $6.0 $10.2 Personal stylists for women New York Fashion
Greats $1.5 $3.0 Men's casual footwear brand New York Fashion
Soylent Corporation $10.0 $12.3 Food replacement San Francisco Food
Boxed $25.0 $32.6 Online warehouse club Edison Other
The Black Tux $10.0 $15.0 Tuxedo and suit rental Santa Monica Rentals
LE TOTE $8.8 $10.6 Apparel and accessory rental San Francisco Rentals
FilterEasy $1.2 $2.0 Subscription air filter delivery Raleigh Subscription Commerce
Education
lynda.com $186.0 $289.0 Video courses for technology Carpinteria Courses
Simplilearn $14.0 $27.0 Certification training provider Houston Courses
Koru $8.0 $12.6 Business training for new grads Seattle Courses
Thinkful $4.3 $9.5 Learn to code with a mentor New York Courses
CodeHS $1.8 $1.8 Coding courses for high schools San Francisco Courses
Testive $0.5 $1.0 SAT and ACT test prep Boston Test Prep
Flat World Education $5.0 $40.7 Digital textbooks Washington Textbooks
4. TheStartup100.com Weekly Funding Report 4/10
Round Funding Description City Sub-segment
Energy
Stem $27.0 $55.1 Energy management Millbrae Energy Management
Bloom Energy $130.0 $1,110.0 Fuel cells Sunnyvale Fuel Cells
EdeniQ $16.0 $107.7 Low cost cellulosic sugars Omaha Fuels
Solexel $25.0 $190.4 Photovoltaic modules Milpitas Solar
Siva Power $10.0 $115.0 Thin film solar panels San Jose Solar
Semprius $1.7 $10.1 Photovoltaic modules Durham Solar
Finance
Motif Investing $40.0 $126.0 Invest in motifs instead of mutual funds San Mateo Investing
True Link Financial $3.4 $3.4 Prepaid card for seniors San Francisco Other
Final $1.0 $1.0 Next generation credit card Boulder Other
CreditShop $34.5 $34.5 Online lender Austin Personal Loans
Earnest $17.0 $32.0 Merit based lending San Francisco Personal Loans
BlueVine $18.5 $24.0 Invoice factoring Palo Alto Small Business Loans
Healthcare
Iora Health $28.0 $48.3 Primary care network Cambridge Health Services
Advance Health $40.0 $40.0 Managed care provider Chantilly Health Services
Crossover Health Management Services $15.0 $21.5 Health services at the workplace Aliso Viejo Health Services
Schweiger Dermatology $12.4 $12.4 Dermatology practice network New York Health Services
Kit Check $12.0 $22.5 Pharmacy kit automation Washington Other
Welltok $37.0 $85.0 Wellness programs Denver Wellness
Local
Uber $1,600.0 $4,906.2 Local car service San Francisco Car Service
GrubMarket Inc $2.1 $2.1 Online farmers' market Newark Grocery Delivery
ClassPass $40.0 $54.0 Gym membership alternative New York Services
fitmob $5.0 $14.8 Membership for fitness studios & gyms San Francisco Services
Pillow $2.7 $2.7 Rental property management San Francisco Services
Cargomatic $8.0 $10.6 Shipping marketplace Venice Shipping
Roadie $10.0 $10.0 Shipping marketplace Birmingham Shipping
5. TheStartup100.com Weekly Funding Report 5/10
Round Funding Description City Sub-segment
Media
Scribd $22.0 $47.8 Spotify for eBooks San Francisco eBooks
Stack Exchange $40.0 $58.0 Q&A for developers New York User Generated Content
Giphy $17.0 $19.4 Discover and share GIFs New York User Generated Content
Business Insider $25.0 $55.6 Business news website New York Vertical
Mashable $17.0 $31.0 News for the Connected Generation New York Vertical
Batanga Media $5.0 $58.5 Digital media for U.S. Hispanic market Coral Gables Vertical
Whistle Network $28.0 $45.0 Sports video network New York Video
VHX $5.0 $9.5 Helps artists sell video content online Brooklyn Video
6. TheStartup100.com Weekly Funding Report 6/10
Round Funding Description City Sub-segment
Medical
Aduro BioTech $51.4 $143.4 Cancer therapies Berkeley Biotech
Seres Health $65.0 $133.5 Microbiome disease therapies Cambridge Biotech
Stem CentRx $100.0 $123.5 Cancer therapies South San Francisco Biotech
Global Blood Therapeutics $48.0 $88.7 Blood-based disease therapies San Francisco Biotech
Igenica $5.1 $76.3 Cancer therapies Burlingame Biotech
CytomX Therapeutics $20.0 $63.5 Cancer therapies Santa Barbara Biotech
CoLucid Pharmaceuticals $37.1 $55.8 Migraine therapies Durham Biotech
Trevi Therapeutics $15.0 $47.6 Chronic itching drug Nalbuphine ER Sandy Hook Biotech
Blend Therapeutics $21.0 $45.8 Cancer therapies Watertown Biotech
Surface Oncology $35.0 $35.0 Cancer immunotherapy Cambridge Biotech
Symic Biomedical $15.0 $16.4 Extracellular matrix (ECM) focus San Francisco Biotech
RetroSense Therapeutics $6.0 $6.1 Gene therapy for vision restoration Ann Arbor Biotech
Obalon Therapeutics $30.0 $68.9 Gastric balloon for weight loss Carlsbad Devices
ExploraMed $15.0 $55.5 Medical device incubator Mountain View Devices
Breathe Technologies $0.8 $38.8 Respiratory care products Irvine Devices
Apama Medical $17.5 $21.8 Next-gen atrial fibrillation devices Campbell Devices
InterValve $3.0 $14.1 Aortic valvuloplasty balloon catheter Minnetonka Devices
ThermiAesthetics $9.0 $9.0 Plastic surgery & dermatology systems Southlake Devices
Relaxis $1.5 $1.5 Relaxis, for Restless Legs Syndrome San Clemente Devices
Sera Prognostics $20.0 $69.6 Prenatal blood tests Salt Lake City Diagnostics
Trice Medical $18.1 $18.1 Faster, cheaper orthopedic diagnostics King of Prussia Diagnostics
Lineagen $12.2 $55.2 Genetic testing Salt Lake City Diagnostics
ViewRay $16.3 $146.3 Radiation therapy for cancer Cleveland Equipment
CardioFocus $32.0 $86.9 Cardiac disorder therapies Marlborough Equipment
Xenex Disinfection Services $25.0 $36.3 Germ-zapping robots for healthcare San Antonio Equipment
SonarMed $1.3 $5.5 Real-time endotracheal tube monitoring Indianapolis Equipment
Clinipace WorldWide $50.0 $89.2 Clinical research services Morrisville Other
Isto Technologies $2.5 $29.9 Regenerate/restore cartilage and bone St Louis Other
SynergEyes $2.0 $19.0 Hybird contact lenses Carlsbad Other
ReGenX Biosciences $30.0 $37.9 Gene therapy treatments Washington Other Therapies
7. TheStartup100.com Weekly Funding Report 7/10
Round Funding Description City Sub-segment
Mobile
Noom $15.0 $27.2 Apps for healthier lives New York Health & Wellness
Shazam Entertainment $30.0 $125.0 Mobile music discovery New York Other Apps
MileIQ $11.0 $14.0 Smart mileage tracking San Francisco Other Apps
x.ai $9.2 $11.3 Personal assistant New York Other Apps
North Technologies $5.0 $5.0 Mobile app development lab San Francisco Other Apps
The League $2.1 $2.2 Intelligent dating San Francisco Other Apps
Pushbullet $1.5 $1.5 Connects your phone to your computer San Francisco Other Apps
Air $3.6 $7.8 Stream live video from your phone San Francisco Photo / Video
Other
Chromatin $12.0 $72.1 Sorghum hybrids Chicago AgTech
View Inc. $28.7 $257.3 Dynamic architectural glass Milpitas CleanTech
MIOX $1.0 $41.3 Water treatment Albuquerque CleanTech
EverSpin Technologies $7.0 $55.8 Magnetic RAM (MRAM) Chandler Components
Solicore $0.5 $36.8 Ultra-thin flexible batteries Lakeland Components
Red Ventures $250.0 $250.0 Outsourced direct marketing Fort Mill Consulting
Skydio $3.0 $3.0 Drone navigation system Menlo Park Drones
PureTech Ventures $50.0 $105.0 Medical seed fund Boston Incubator / VC
Z80 Labs Technology Incubator $1.5 $7.5 Internet incubator Buffalo Incubator / VC
Alliance of Angels $5.3 $5.3 Angel investor group Seattle Incubator / VC
Alchemist Accelerator $2.1 $2.1 Enterprise startup accelerator Menlo Park Incubator / VC
10X Genomics $55.0 $55.0 Genomics sequencing platform Pleasanton Life Sciences
Space Exploration Technologies $1,000.0 $1,245.5 Advanced rockets and spacecraft Hawthorne Other
Nomacorc $22.0 $22.0 Sustainable wine cork Zebulon Other
Reaction $3.5 $6.7 Modular temporary shelter system Austin Other
Accion Systems $2.0 $2.0 Electric propulsion systems for satellites Cambridge Other
Planet Labs $95.0 $160.1 Most frequently updated earth imagery San Francisco Satellite Imaging
Gogoro $150.0 $300.0 Smart electric scooter San Francisco Transportation
Payments
peerTransfer $22.0 $43.2 International tuition payments Boston Other
Ripple Labs $30.0 $39.0 Open source payment network San Francisco Other
Nvoicepay $6.0 $10.3 B2B payments Beaverton Other
8. TheStartup100.com Weekly Funding Report 8/10
Round Funding Description City Sub-segment
SaaS
Beckon $13.0 $23.0 Omnichannel Analytics San Mateo BI / Analytics
Ubix Labs $2.0 $4.1 Cloudscale analytics San Juan Capistrano BI / Analytics
Argo $1.5 $1.5 BI / Analytics service for "small data" Palo Alto BI / Analytics
Driftt $15.0 $15.0 Work together anywhere Cambridge Collaboration
Datadog $31.0 $53.4 Cloud monitoring service New York Developers
Distelli $2.9 $2.9 Deployment platform for developers Seattle Developers
Civitas Learning $16.2 $32.1 Predictive analytics for schools Austin Education
Citelighter $2.0 $4.5 Digital writing solution for schools New York Education
Avalara $42.0 $223.6 Sales tax automation Bainbridge Island Finance
Clinicient $7.0 $31.2 Practice management software Portland Healthcare
Augmedix $16.0 $23.0 Google glass app for doctors San Francisco Healthcare
Par8o $10.5 $10.5 Healthcare referral management Cambridge Healthcare
Caremerge $4.0 $6.1 Care-coordination Chicago Healthcare
Azalea Health $1.5 $1.5 Electronic Health Records Atlanta Healthcare
Marketware $1.4 $1.4 Healthcare CRM solution Midvale Healthcare
CloudHealth Technologies $12.0 $19.7 Cloud management software Boston IT
DropThought $0.8 $4.9 Customer feedback Santa Clara Marketing
Local Market Launch $1.3 $4.8 Business listings management Santa Barbara Marketing
MaestroIQ $1.8 $1.8 Mobile marketing New York Marketing
Iterable $1.2 $1.2 Email marketing San Francisco Marketing
Panaya $20.0 $59.0 Enterprise app testing Menlo Park Other
Nilas $8.0 $8.0 API for email, contacts, and calendar San Francisco Other
Measurabl $2.3 $4.3 Sustainability reporting San Diego Other
FullContact $7.0 $16.2 Contact management Denver Productivity
Seismic Software $20.0 $24.5 Sales content management Solana Beach Sales
Introhive $6.7 $10.0 Relationship intelligence for CRM Washington Sales
Qstream $4.0 $8.9 Qstream provides a patented and secure sales performance solution delivered via the cloud to mobile devicBurlington Sales
Sparkcentral $12.0 $17.6 Customer service software San Francisco Service & Support
goBalto $12.1 $37.6 Clinical study software San Francisco Vertical
View the Space $3.3 $11.0 Commercial real estate management softwareNew York Vertical
Percolata $5.0 $5.0 Predictive staffing for retail Palo Alto Vertical
Brandfolder $2.0 $3.1 Brand asset sharing Denver Vertical
9. TheStartup100.com Weekly Funding Report 9/10
Round Funding Description City Sub-segment
Security
Ionic Security $40.1 $77.0 Data security Atlanta Cloud
Vaultive $8.0 $19.0 Data encryption for cloud services Boston Cloud
3VR $8.0 $64.6 Video management & analytics San Francisco Equipment
Mocana $4.5 $55.0 Mobile app security San Francisco Mobile
iSIGHT Partners $30.0 $46.3 ThreatScape, cyber threat intelligence reportDallas Other
Software
VMTurbo $50.0 $60.0 Virtualization management software Burlington Data Center
Neo Technology $20.0 $44.1 Neo4j graph database San Mateo Databases
Cyanogen $70.0 $100.0 Android-based Mobile Operating System Palo Alto Developers
CloudBees $23.5 $51.2 Jenkins Continuous Delivery software Woburn Developers
OpenPeak $3.6 $187.0 Mobile device management Boca Raton IT
6fusion $8.8 $26.2 IT infrastructure metering and reporting Raleigh IT
SignaCert $4.0 $23.5 Compliance monitoring Horseshoe Bay IT
Reddo Mobility $4.3 $4.3 Mobilize Windows desktop apps Cambridge IT
Hypori $7.1 $7.6 Virtual Android devices Austin Virtualization
Dizzion $3.9 $4.6 Virtual desktops Denver Virtualization
10. TheStartup100.com Weekly Funding Report 10/10
Round Funding Description City Sub-segment
Website Services
Interana $20.0 $28.2 Customer analytics at scale Menlo Park Analytics
AppsFlyer $20.0 $27.1 Mobile user acquisition analytics Herzliya Analytics
Cedexis $4.3 $18.6 Load balancing for internet traffic Portland Cloud
HumanAPI $6.6 $6.6 Health data API Palo Alto Cloud
2lemetry $4.0 $4.0 IoT Cloud Platform Denver Cloud
Sense360 $2.8 $2.8 Developer platform for smartphone sensorsLos Angeles Cloud
Eligible $2.3 $2.3 Healthcare APIs San Francisco Cloud
Volusion $55.0 $90.0 eCommerce SaaS Austin eCommerce
Button $12.0 $14.3 Deep linking for mobile apps New York eCommerce
Bluecore $6.0 $7.2 Personalized, triggered emails for eCommerceNew York eCommerce
Sandstorm $1.3 $1.3 Personal server hosting Palo Alto Hosting
Persado $21.0 $36.0 Marketing language automation New York Personalization / Optim…
SiteSpect $13.0 $13.0 Web & mobile optimization Boston Personalization / Optim…
UserTesting $45.5 $48.5 User testing marketplace Mountain View Testing
Testlio $0.8 $1.0 Marketplace for app testers Austin Testing
True Fit $15.0 $32.4 Consumer fit database Woburn Vertical
FLYR $0.5 $0.5 Airfare prediction API for travel sites San Francisco Vertical
Clearleap $5.0 $45.6 Simplifies multiscreen video logistics Duluth Video
Vidyard $18.0 $25.7 Video analytics Mountain View Video