Deals of the Week
OLX Inc. Raised $13.5 Million In Second-Round — Craigslist clone that focuses on free online classifieds focused on markets outside the U.S., has raised $13.5 million in second-round funding. Backers include General Catalyst Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund and DN Capital.
Cuill Raised $25 Million In Second-Round — Menlo Park, Calif.-based search startup, has raised $25 million in second-round funding. Madrone Capital Partners led the round, and follows an $8 million Series A round from Tugboat Ventures and Greylock Partners.
BuddyTV Corp. Raised $6 Million In Series B — Seattle-based operator of a social network for television fans, has raised $6 million in Series B funding from Madrona Venture Group.
Realtime Worlds Raised $50 Million In Series B — Dundee, Scotland-based video game developer, announced that it has raised $50 million in Series B funding. Maverick Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers WPP and New Enterprise Associates.
Imeem Raises Funds, Amount Undisclosed — Social music site, imeem has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sequoia Capital.
Visible World Raises USD25m Series C — Video ad technology firm Visible World has won USD25m in a Series C round, led by new investors Adam Street Partners and AllianceBernstein. Return backers Comcast Interactive Capital, Dawntreader Ventures, Grey Ventures, Leucadia National, Marketing Services Risk Surety, Time Warner and Viacom also participated in the round.
App Developer Buddy Media Raises USD6.5m Series B — Facebook app developer Buddy Media has raised USD6.5m in a Series B funding round, led by Softbank Capital. Greycroft Partners, the European Founders Fund and 14 returning backers joined the round.
Collective Intellect Raised $6.6 Million In Series B — Boulder, Colo.-based provider of social media analytics, has raised $6.6 million in Series B funding. Grotech Capital Group led the round, and was joined by Crawley Hatfield Capital and return backers Appian Ventures and Croghan Investments.
Buddy Media Inc. Raised $6.5 Million In Series B — New York-based developer of Facebook applications, has raised $6.5 million in Series B funding. Softbank led the round, and was joined by European Founders Fund, GreyCroft Partners and Ron Conway.
Federated Media Publishing Completes $50 Million in 3rd Round — Federated Media Publishing, a provider of online conversational marketing communities for authors and their audiences, completed a $50 million round of financing led by Oak Investment Partners.
TripIt Raised $5.1 Million In Series B — San Francisco-based provider of an online travel organizer and social network, has raised $5.1 million in Series B funding. Participants included Sabre Holdings, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and European Founders Fund.
EQAL Raised $5 Million In VC Funding — “social entertainment” studio launched by the creators of Lonelygirl15, has raised $5 million in VC funding from Spark Capital and Marc Andreesen
GamerDNA Inc. (f.k.a. GuildCafe) Raised $3 Million In Series A — Cambridge, Mass.-based social media site for online gamers, has raised $3 million in Series A funding led by Flybridge Capital Partners.
