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Deals that Closed! (VC)

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  • BrightTag, a Chicago-based marketing technology platform, has raised $27 million in new VC funding led by Yahoo Japan. The company previously raised around $23 million from TomorrowVentures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, EPIC Ventures, I2A Fund and Baird Venture Partners.www.brighttag.com
  • Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of medicines to treat inflammatory and metabolic diseases, has raised $32.4 million in Series B funding. Lightstone Ventures led the round, and was joined by an unidentified “public crossover fund” and return backers SV Life Sciences, Clarus Ventures, MedImmune Ventures and Advanced Technology Ventures.www.catabasis.com
  • CreativeLive, a San Francisco-based live education platform, has raised $21.5 million in Series B funding. The Social+Capital Partnership led the round, and was joined by return backer Greylock Partners. www.creativelive.com
  • GenapSys, a Redwood City, Calif.-based developer of genomic testing systems, has raised $37 million in Series B funding. Yuri Milner and  Stanford StartX Fund were joined by return backers Decheng Capital and IPV Capital. www.genapsys.com
  • Ø     HDmessaging, a Burlingame, Colo.-based provider of a white label messaging service to mobile operators, has raised $3 million in new VC funding. GrandBanks Capital led the round, and was joined by IDG Ventures, Nexit Ventures and Lighthouse Capital Partners. www.hdmessaging.com
  • Jongla, a London-based free instant messaging app aimed at the youth market, has raised €1.4 million in VC funding from Oy Ingman Finance and individual angels. www.jongla.com
  • Kidaptive, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of early-learning curriculum and assessment framework technologies, has raised $10.1 million in Series B funding. Formation8 led the round, and was joined by Menlo Ventures, Stanford StartX Fund, NewSchools Venture Fund and Prana Studios. www.kidaptive.com
  • Knozen, a stealthy “personality-probing” startup from TheLadders founder Marc Cenedella, has raised $2.25 million in seed funding, according to TechCrunch. Backers include FirstMark Capital, Lerer Ventures, Greycroft Partners and David Tisch. www.knozen.com
  • OneSpot, an Austin, Texas-based provider of “content advertising” solutions, has raised $5.3 million in Series A funding. Mohr Davidow Ventures led the round, and was joined by Capital Factory, Mack Capital, RSL Ventures and Brett Hurt (BazaarVoice co-founder). www.onespot.com
  • Qloo, a New York-based recommendation engine, has raised $3 million in seed funding. Backers include Kindler Capital, Danny Masterson, Cedric the Entertainer, Tommy Thompson (Cross Creek Pictures) and Samih Toukan and Hussam Khoury (founders of Maktoob, acquired by Yahoo).www.qloo.com
  • Scoopshot, a Finland-based on-demand mobile photo service, has raised $3.9 million in Series A funding from Conor Venture Partners and Finnish Industry Investment. www.scoopshot.com
  • Windsor Circle, a Durham, N.C.–based provider of retention automation software for retail and ecommerce companies, has raised $1.4 million in Series A-1 funding. Backers include Triangle Angel Partners, Idea Fund Partner, and Bruce Boehm (ex-USVP). www.windsorcircle.com

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Here are few deals that closed:

BuzzFeed, a New York-based social publisher, has raised $19.3 million in Series D funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round, and was joined by return backers RRE Ventures, Hearst Interactive, Softbank Capital and Lerer Ventures. Also participating as new investors were Buddy Media co-founders Michael and Kass Lazerow. Visit www.buzzfeed.com or read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-03/buzzfeed-raises-19-3-million-in-funding.html

Crescendo Bioscience, a South San Francisco, Calif.-based developer of quantitative blood tests for rheumatoid arthritis and other auto-immune diseases, has raised $28 million in Series D funding. Skyline Ventures and Safeguard Scientifics co-led the round, and were joined by return backers Mohr Davidow Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Aeris Capital. Ferghana Partners served as placement agent. Visit www.CrescendoBio.com or read more at: http://pevc.dowjones.com/article?an=DJFVW00020130103e913any21&from=alert&pid=32&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%3a80%2farticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00020130103e913any21%26from%3dalert%26pid%3d32

eZono AG, a German developer of portable tablet ultrasound systems, has raised $10 million in VC funding led by MVM Life Science Partners. Visit www.ezono.com or read more at: http://www.finsmes.com/2013/01/ezono-raises-10m-funding.html

Heart Metabolics Ltd., a London-based developer of drugs for the treatment of heart failure symptoms in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, has raised $4 million in its first tranche of Series A funding. Backers include the Trans Tasman Commercialisation Fund (Australia) and AshHill Investments (Kentucky). Visit www.heartmetabolics.com or read more at: http://www.thestreet.com/story/11803336/1/heart-metabolics-receives-funding-for-us-clinical-development-of-heart-failure-drug.html

Leap Motion, a San Francisco-based provider of motion-control software and hardware, has raised $30 million in new VC funding from return backers Founders Fund and Highland Capital Partners. Visit www.leapmotion.com or read more: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/03/leap-motion-series-b-plus-asus/

Pluralsight, a Layton, Utah-based provider of online education for software developers, has raised $27.5 million from Insight Venture Partners. This represents the first round of outside capital for Pluralsight, which was founded in 2004. Visit www.pluralsight.com or read more at: http://allthingsd.com/20130103/education-site-pluralsight-raises-first-outside-funding-ever-27-5m/

Remitly, a Seattle-based provider of online money transfer solutions, has raised $2.6 million in new VC funding. Trilogy Equity Partners led the round, and was joined by Bezos Expeditions and TomorrowVentures.  Visit www.remitly.com or read more at: http://www.geekwire.com/2012/helping-immigrants-send-money-home-jeff-bezosbacked-remitly-lands-26-million/

Happy Networking and Investing,

JD Morris

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