Modsy announced it raised $23 million in Series B financing, led by Advance Venture Partners, with participation from Comcast Ventures, NBC Universal, Norwest Venture Partners, Birchmere Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, BBG Ventures, and GV. Modsy helps new homeowners, remodelers, and renters create ideal, personalized design by
Prose, a custom-made hair care products company, closed $5.2 million in Series A financing, led by Forerunner Ventures, with participation from Correlation Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Maveron, Red Sea Ventures, and ISAI. Prose combines online or in-salon professional stylist expertise and high-quality ingredients to help
Online financial service WorldRemit completed $40 million in Series C financing, led by Leapfrog Ventures, with participation from Accel Partners and TCV. WorldRemit lets users send money to friends and family living abroad using a computer, smartphone, or tablet, thereby providing a convenient, low-cost alternative
PullRequest, an on-demand programming language code review provider, secured $2.3 million in seed financing, led by Gradient Ventures. Slack Fund, Fika Ventures, Defy Partners, FundersClub, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Lynett Capital also participated. According to the company, it also runs concurrently optimized static analyses and
TransparentBusiness has named Roel Hoekstra as senior vice president. Hoekstra is a sales and marketing strategist who worked for 12 years at Mercer Human Resources Consulting as a global client manager and consultant. He is also a successful entrepreneur, and the founder of the business
SecureLink, a secure third-party remote access and support provider, hired Chip Pate as chief financial officer, Alexis Jones as vice president of people, Lauren McQuade as vice president of marketing, Rob Palermo as vice president of product management, and Kyle Christensen as vice president of
Agricultural product and technology company Springworks completed $1.6 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. According to the company, Springworks Farm is a collective of family and friends that combines aquaponics and other sustainable farming methods to bring fresh produce and green jobs to mid-coast Maine.
TrackR®, a leader in the smart item tracking space, announced that its chief operating officer, Nate Kelly, will assume the role of chief executive officer. Kelly previously worked as head of supply chain at Facebook, vice president of global operations at Sonos, vice president of powertrain
HEROES is designed to help social media influencers send direct messages to their followers through Facebook Messenger. From simple text to voice and videos, HEROES allows users to broadcast interactive personal messages to audience at scale with no filters or algorithms.
HealthiPASS acquired $7.2 million in Series A financing, led by FCA Venture Partners, with participation from OCA Ventures, Healthy Ventures, HealthX Ventures, and Waterline Ventures. HealthiPASS aims to help healthcare practices eliminate patient debt, reduce patient billing and collections costs, and create a positive patient experience.