$12.4B Across 616 Deals Report PLUS VC Deals that Closed

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Catchpoint Systems Inc., a New York-based provider of web and infrastructure monitoring solutions, has raised $6 million in Series B funding led by existing investor Battery Ventures.www.catchpoint.com

Covagen, a Swedish developer of protein therapeutics for cancer and inflammatory disease, has raised around $6.4 million in Series B funding. The deal also includes an option to add another $2.14 million. GIMV led the round, and was joined by Ascent Biomedical Ventures and return backers Novartis Venture Fund, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Seroba Kernel Life Sciences, Ventech and MP Healthcare Venture Managemen Inc. www.covagen.com

Extole, a San Francisco-based provider of social marketing-as-a-service programs, has raised $5 million in new VC funding. Backers include Norwest Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Trident Capital. www.extole.com

Indi Molecular, a Culver City, Calif.-based developer of synthetic replacements for antibodies, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding. InterWest Partners led the round, and was joined by Asset Management Ventures. www.IndiMolecular.com

PaeDae, a mobile rewards startup, has raised $11.6 million in new equity and debt funding. Backers include 3G Capital, Grind Games and Silicon Valley Bank. www.paedae.com

Prairie Cloudware, an Omaha, Neb.-based mobile payment solution for bank and credit union customers, has raised $1.65 million in new VC funding. Treetop Ventures and Croghan Investmentsco-led the round, and were joined by Nebraska Global, Nelnet, Tetrad Corp. and individual angels.www.pairiecloudware.com

Novomer, a Waltham, Mass.-based developer of environmentally-responsible polymers and chemical intermediates, has raised an undisclosed amount of new VC funding. Saudi Aramco Energy Venturesled the round, and was joined by return backers DSM Venturing, Health Evolution Partners, Flagship Ventures, OVP Venture Partners and Physic Ventures. www.novomer.com

Starmount, an Austin, Texas-based provider of mobile selling and omni-channel customer engagement solutions for retailers, has raised an undisclosed amount of equity funding from Kayne Partners.www.starmount.com

Shift, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based real-time marketing platform, has raised $6 million in Series B funding led by DN Capital. www.shift.com

The Zebra, an Austin, Texas-based real-time online auto insurance comparison platform, has raised $3 million in new seed funding (round now totals $4.5m). Backers include Simon Nixon, Mark Cuban, Floodgate, Silverton Partners, Birchmere Labs and Swallow Point Ventures. www.thezebra.com

Utilidata Inc., a Providence, R.I.–based provider of voltage optimization and digital automation systems for the electric utility industry, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Formation 8 Partners andSaudi Aramco Energy Ventures co-led the round, and were joined by return backers Braemar Energy Ventures and American Electric Power. www.utilidata.com

Vestagen Technical Textiles Inc., an Orlando, Fla.-based, has raised $7.3 million in new VC funding.Sofinnova HealthQuest Capital and Clearwell Group were joined on the round by return backer Advent Life Sciences. www.vestagen.com

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