Trolls Accidentally Helps Fund Company! Plus Deals that closed!

JUST ADDED DEAL: Decide.com Raises $8 million 

JUST FOR FUN KICKSTARER DEAL:

But in the midst of the melee, while her anti-fans plotted her demise and the press picked up on it, a nation of supporters rallied to Sarkeesian’s aid. Through Kickstarter, her feminist web series raised almost $160,000—that’s over 26 times more than her original goal. Read More: http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/03/17/online-trolls-fund-kickstarter-aimed-wiping-them-out

DEALS THAT CLOSED:

• Decide.com ( www.Decide.com  ) a shopping and comparison engine , which offers suggestions as to not just what to buy but also when, is announcing today that it has raised $8 million in Series C funding, in a round led by Vulcan Capital. Also participating were existing investors, Maveron and Madrona Venture Group. Read: http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/22/decide-com-raises-8m-series-c-for-its-price-predictions-engine-will-expand-to-more-categories-improve-data-mining-mobile-apps/
• DeveloperAuction ( www.developerauction.com )  a platform that holds “auction” for engineering talent, has raised $2.7 million in first-round funding. New Enterprise Associates and Sierra Ventures co-led the round, and were joined by Crosslink Capital, Google Ventures, SoftTech VC and John Suliman. Read More: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/03/14/developerauction-raises-27m-funding.html
  

• NewsCred ( www.Newscred.com ) a content marketing firm NewsCred has received $15 million in its Series B round of funding. Investors this round included Greycroft Partners, Mayfield Fund, FirstMark Capital, and IA Ventures. Along with the funding announcement, NewsCred also reported that Mayfield Fund partner Rajeev Batra will join its board of directors. Read More: http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2255287/newscred-gains-usd15-million-in-series-b-funding
• ShareThis ( www.sharethis.com ) , the maker of those “social sharing” buttons scattered across the web, is today announcing having closed on $23 million in Series C financing, in a round led by T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom. Additionally, in another move signaling its intention to unify its platform across web and mobile, ShareThis has also acquired Socialize, a startup whose developer toolkit helps make any app social. Read More: http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/20/sharethis-aims-for-mobile-with-23m-series-c-led-by-t-venture-acquisition-of-social-app-platform-socialize/
• Troop ID (www.troopid.com ) an online platform for digitally verifying military credentials to brands and government agencies in order to claim discounts and benefits, has raised $2.1 million in seed funding from angel investors like David Tisch and Mark McLaughlin.   Read More: http://techcrunch.com/tag/troop-id/
• XL Hybrids, Inc. (www.xlhybrids.com ) a provider of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed for class 1 to 3 commercial fleet vehicles, today announced that it has raised $4 million in a series B investment round led by private investors, with previous investors also participating in the round. After developing its hybrid powertrain technology and validating it in the field with multiple Fortune 500 companies, XL Hybrids will use this funding to ramp up the delivery of its hybrid electric powertrain to existing and new customers. Read More: http://www.pehub.com/190836/xl-hybrids-raises-4m-series-b-financing/

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Deals Updated 3/20/2013 ( 20130320 )

Happy Investing & Networking,

JD Morris