A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting startups in the energy storage sector globally

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – SOLAR ENERGY

• Sol Voltaics, a Swedish solar energy startup has raised $21.3M in funding for its nanowire technology for solar panels. Link
• Trine, a Sweden-based crowd-investment platform for solar energy projects, raises $7M in Series A funding. Link
• Nuance Energy, a developer of distributed ground-mount solar projects, has received a $3M investment from Tabuchi Electric. Link
• Brisbane Materials, a specialty materials developer has raised its Series B from investors that include Uniseed, NVP, Softbank China Venture Capital, etc. among others. Link
• Shoals Technologies Group, developer of solar electrical balance of systems, has raised funding from the funds managed by the Power Opportunities group of Oaktree Capital Management
• Acme Solar, a developer of large scale solar projects raise $11M of debt from Piramal Finance. Link
• Sunnova Energy raises $140M of debt funding led by the CIT Group. Link
• Heliene, a Solar PV module manufacturer, received $1.45M grant from the Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Link
• Mobisol, a rent-to-own solar company has acquired Lumeter, a pay-as-you-go software firm for the off-grid solar industry to build smart meters for its solar systems and mini-grid solutions. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Norfib (Trondheim, 2016) – Norfib has developed silicon solar cell threads in the size of the hair that is flexible to bend. The company claims that their solar cell threads can be embedded in a variety of substrates which gives any developer the option to choose an appropriate substrate which can be used to customise solar cell products for different applications with unique features. They also claim that their partially transparent product costs comparatively lower than other similar solutions.

LEADER BOARD – SOLAR ENERGY

Hardware Developer
SunPower (1985, Athens, IPO) – Designs and manufactures high-efficiency silicon solar cells and solar panels based on an all-back contact cell having all-black appearance. Went public in November, 2005.
BrightSource Energy (2004, Oakland, $805M) – Designs and builds large scale solar plants that deliver solar energy in the form of steam and/or electricity. Backed by Google, Morgan Stanley, DFJ among others.

Independent Power Producer
Silicon Ranch (2011, Nashville, $288M) – Integrated solar service provider focusing on developing utility-scale solar plants and offering turnkey Solar EPC services. Backed by Partners Group and Greystone.
Nippon Renewable Energy (2013, Tokyo, $250M) – Solar energy developer which manages and operates solar power facilities from the development and construction stages through to the operational stage. Backed by Equis Capital Partners and Partners Group.

Project Developers
Solairedirect (2006, Paris, $341M, Acq.) – Owns and operates solar farms as well as undertakes solar EPC contracts. The company has presence in France, India, America, Latin America among other countries. Backed by IADB, Capital Stage, Blackrock, Demeter Partners among other.
Brite Energy (2014, Romeoville, $264M) – Brite Energy offers solar installation services to residential and commercial spaces. The company is backed by Protection 1 (USA’s full-service security company) and co-owned by GTCR.

Solar-as-a-service
SolarCity (2006, San Mateo, IPO, Acq.) – Full-service solar provider for homeowners, businesses and government organizations. Backed by Bank of America, DFJ, SilverLake Partners etc., among others. IPO-ed in December 2012.
Sunnova (2010, Houston, $1.1B) – Integrated solar installation, finance, and solar leasing services. Backed by Triangle Peak Partners, Franklin Square Capital Partners etc., among others.

Solar Products
Envision Solar (2006, San Diego, IPO) – Designs and builds solar trees and solar powered parking structures. Went public in May 2010.
Petra Systems (2006, South Plainfield, $40M) –  Company offers smart light controller, solar power generator, wireless networking, support for surveillance & sensor networks, network gateways and battery backup. Backed by ES Ventures, Element Partners etc., among others.

Solar Financing
Solarbao (2014, Shanghai, $40M) – Solarbao gives regular retail investors a chance to make low risk investments in solar power stations. Investors buy solar panels, lease them to solarbao.com.hk. When they sign the entrusted financial lease contract, the panels are installed in power stations, and fixed monthly returns are paid to the investors.

Software Solutions
Fat Spaniel (2003, San Jose, $28M, Acq.) – Independent provider of critical monitoring and reporting services for the renewable energy industry. The company’s solutions are utilized by solar power producers, financiers, system integrators, and OEMs.

Leaderboard includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.

For latest updates, visit Solar Energy feed.

A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting startups globally

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – MEDICAL DEVICES

• Spectranetics, a developer of vascular intervention devices, is to be acquired by Royal Philips for $2.16B approximately. Link
• Novadaq Technologies is to be acquired by Stryker for $700M for its line of fluorescence imaging technology. Link
• InterValve, a developer of TAVR devices, is to be acquired by Venus Medtech for an undisclosed amount. Link
• Electrical Geodesics, a developer of EEG devices, is to be acquired by Royal Philips for $36.7M. Link
• CardioProlific, a developer of peripheral thrombectomy devices, is to be acquired by Royal Philips. Link
• Spirox, a developer of absorbable nasal implant, is to be acquired by Entellus Medical for $81M. Link
• Bonesupport, a developer of injectable antibiotic-eluting bone graft substitutes, closed its IPO, raising a total of approximately $57.1M. Link
• Cobalt Light Systems, a developer of Raman spectroscopic instruments, is to be acquired by Agilent Technologies for $52M. Link
• Glooko, a developer of a diabetes management platform, raised $35M in a Series C round, led by Insulet and Mayo Clinic. Link
• Reva Medical, a developer of balloon-expandable and bioresorbable drug-eluting stent, raised $35M in a post IPO round. Link
• Vertos Medical, a developer of devices for lumbar spinal stenosis, raised $28M in a Series F financing round. Link
• C.R. Bard received FDA approval for its LifeStream covered iliac stent for treating peripheral artery diseases. Link
• Infuseon Therapeutics received FDA 510(k) clearance for its CNS drug delivery device. Link
• ConforMIS received FDA 510(k) clearance for its primary iTotal Hip replacement system. Link
• Channel Medsystems received the CE Mark for its Cerene cryotherapy endometrial ablation device, for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding due to benign causes. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Pykus Therapeutics (Unfunded, Boston, 2016) –  A dissolvable intraocular device for use during retinal surgery.
SuraMedical (Unfunded, Minneapolis, 2016) – A wearable device for the treatment of chronic leg wounds in the setting of leg edem.

LEADER BOARD – MEDICAL DEVICES

Cardiovascular
TriVascular (1998, Santa Rosa, IPO) – Medical devices for endovascular aortic repair. Backed by NEA, Pinnacle Ventures, Greenspring Associates, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, ABS Ventures, MPM Capital, Delphi Ventures, Kearny Venture Partners, De Novo Ventures, Deerfield Capital Management, Helix Ventures, Deerfield, Permal, Pinnacle Ventures, and Rock Springs Capital. Went public in 2014.
Cardiovascular Systems (1989, Saint Paul, IPO) – Devices treating peripheral and coronary vascular disease. Backed by Silicon Valley Bank, Mitsui Global Investment, TPG, Healthcare Ventures, Lumira Capital, and Partners for Growth. Went public in 2006.

Orthopedics
ConforMIS (2004, Bedford, IPO) – Personalized, partial knee resurfacing implants to treat knee osteoarthritis. Backed by Aeris Capital, and Centurion. Went public in 2015.
Amedica (1996, Salt Lake City, IPO) – Spinal implants based on silicon nitride ceramic technology platform. Backed by Morningside Ventures, Zions Bank, Oxford Finance, venBio Partners, Hillhouse Capital, Epidarex Capital, and AJU IB Investment U.S. Went public in 2014.

Ophthalmology
Glaukos (2001, Laguna Hills, IPO) – Developed Micro-Invasive Glaucoma Surgery implant to treat glaucoma. Backed by Orbimed, Meritech Capital, InterWest Partners, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Versant Ventures, Novo A/S, Domain Associates, Fjord Ventures, and Montreux Equity Partners. Went public in 2015.
Ocular Therapeutix (2006, Bedford, IPO) – Develops Ophthalmic therapeutic products by using hydrogel technology. Backed by  Polaris Partners, Ascension Ventures, Versant Ventures, SV Life Sciences, Baxter, Pinnacle Ventures, and Ascension Ventures. Went public in 2014.

Diabetes Mellitus
Senseonics (1996, Germantown, IPO) – Implantable system for continuous glucose monitoring. Backed by NEA, Rho Capital Partners, Greenspring Associates, Rho Ventures, Anthem Capital Management, Abingworth, Delphi Ventures, Healthcare Ventures, and Anthem Capital. Went public in 2016.
Tandem Diabetes (2008, San Diego, IPO) – Device for continuous glucose monitoring and manual insulin delivery. Backed by TPG, HLM Venture Partners, Domain Associates, Delphi Ventures, and Kearny Venture Partners. Went public in 2013.

Oncology
ViewRay (2004, Oakwood, IPO) – MRI-guided radiation therapy technology for cancer. Backed by  Fidelity Investments, Orbimed, Siemens, ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, HTGC, Fidelity Biosciences, Kearny Venture Partners, Aisling Capital, Montrose Capital Partners, Xeraya Capital, CRG, and F-Prime Capital Partners. Went public in 2015.
GeneNews (1998, Markham, IPO) – Blood-based molecular diagnostics. Went public in 2001.

Neurology
Nexstim (2000, Helsinki, IPO) – Noninvasive brain stimulation for rehabilitating stroke patients. Backed by Capricorn Venture Partners, Suomen Teollisuussijoitus, Life Sciences Partners, Lundbeckfond Ventures, Healthcap, Finnish Industry Investment, Lundbeckfonden, and Healthcap. Went public in 2014.
Vycor Medical (2005, Boca Raton, IPO) – Minimally-invasive surgical devices & therapies for neurological disease. Went public in 2009.

Women’s Health
Bovie Medical (1970, Clearwater, IPO) – Manufactures electrosurgical products for gynecologic applications. Backed by Great Point Partners. Went public in 2000.
Viveve Medical (2005, Sunnyvale, IPO) – RF therapy for vaginal laxity.  Bridge Bank, 5AM Ventures, GBS Venture Partners, Wexford Capital, Square 1 Bank, RTW Investments, and Stone Pine Capital LLC. Went public in 2016.

Pulmonology
Inogen (2001, Goleta, IPO) – Portable Oxygen Concentrator for Oxygen Therapy. Backed by Western Technology Investment, Avalon Ventures, Versant Ventures, Novo A/S, Arboretum Ventures, and Accuitive Medical Ventures. Went public in 2014.
Aerogen (2000, Galway, IPO) – Develops Aerosol drug delivery devices. Backed by J.P. Morgan, US Venture Partners, InterWest Partners, Western Technology Investment, Invesco, Wheatley Partners, Viridian Investment Partners, Western Development Commission, and Healthcap. Went public in 2000.

Gastroenterology
EndoChoice (2008, Alpharetta, IPO) – Device for gastrointestinal conditions. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Accelmed, Council Capital, MidCap Financial, Deerfield, River Cities Capital Funds, Agate Medical investments, Rock Springs Capital, and Envest Private Equity. Went public in 2015.
Mauna Kea Tech (2000, Paris, IPO) – Endomicroscopy devices for Gastrointestinal and Respiratory tracts. Backed by Seventure Partners, Psilos, and Finadvance. Went public in 2011.

Dental & Maxillofacial
Align Technology (1997, San Jose, IPO) – Develops Invisalign clear aligners and other dental products. Backed by  KPCB, Questmark Partners, ABS Ventures, Oak Hill Capital Partners, The Carlyle Group, and Tekla Capital Management. Went public in 2001.
Biolase (1987, Irvine, IPO) – Develops Dental lasers and scanning devices. Backed by Oracle Investment Management. Went public in 2003.

ENT
Entellus Medical (2006, Plymouth, IPO) – Suite of products for treating chronic sinusitis. Backed by Greenspring Associates, Split Rock Partners, Essex Woodlands, SV Life Sciences, Covidien and Oxford Finance. Went public in 2015.
Intersect ENT (2003, Menlo Park, IPO) – Develops drug-releasing implant for sinusitis. Backed by Norwest Venture Partners, KPCB, and US Venture Partners. Went public in 2014.

Leaderboard includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.

For latest updates, visit the Medical Devices feed.

A daily newsletter summarizing interesting Indian startups and recent activity both in India & globally.

INTERESTING STARTUPS

Greendeck (2016, Mumbai), API-based dynamic pricing solution for online businesses. Founders are ex-Credit Suisse, Snapdeal & Sprinklr and are alumni of BITS – Pilani. No local comparables. Global comparables are Feedvisor (2011, Tel Aviv, Undisclosed) and Boomerang Commerce (2012, Mountain View, $20.5M).

INDIA INTERESTING NEWS

Design Cafe (2011, Bangalore), online platform for interior designing and implementation services, raises an undisclosed amount in Series A round of funding led by Fireside Ventures, Apurva Salarpuria, Sidharth Pansari and Sprout Capital. Link

Stellapps (2011, Bangalore), farm optimization and monitoring support solution provider, raises an undisclosed amount in Series A round of funding led by Blume Ventures, Binny Bansal and Venture Highway. Link

Amazon (1994, Seattle), international e-commerce marketplace, gets government approval to enter food-retailing sector with $500M investments over the next 5 years. Link

35North Ventures, Mumbai-based investment firm, joins the growing list of early stage funds in India. Link

Numberz (2015, Bangalore), invoice discounting platform, set to raise $3M in undisclosed round of funding from Sequoia Capital. Link

Ducati (1926, Bologna), manufacturer of bikes and accessories, to launch its apparel line exclusively through Flipkart (2007, Bangalore), online horizontal marketplace. Link

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

Advanced Microgrid Solutions (2013, SF), an energy service company connecting utilities and customers, raises $34M in Series B round of funding led by Energy Impact Partners, a collaborative utility-funded investment firm, Southern Company, DBL Partners and others. Link

NewLeaf Symbiotics (1999, St. Louis), developer of pink pigmented facultative methylotrophs and solutions to deliver these to crops, raises $24M in Series C round of funding led by Monsanto Growth Ventures and Otter Capital with participation from Lewis & Clark Ventures, Rockport Capital and others. Link

Inpria (2007, Corvallis), semiconductor lithography with inorganic photoresists and other thin films for nanoscale patterning, raises $23.5M in Series B round of funding led by Samsung Ventures, with participation from Aliad, Applied Ventures, Intel Capital and JSR Corporation. Link

AutoLotto (2015, SF), mobile app to purchase lottery tickets, raises $17M in Series A round of funding from Tom Arrix, Jason Port, Bruce Gibney, Ben Narasin, Ryan Scott, and Aurum Partners, among others. Link

Engage3 (2008, SF), SaaS-based price optimization solution, raises $12M in Series B round of funding led by Kayne NewRoad Ventures Fund II, LP, with participation from Pereg Ventures, Moneta Ventures, and Dale Carlsen. Link

Qonto (2016, Paris), a payments institution, supervised by the Central Bank of France, raises $11.3M in Series A round of funding from Valar Ventures and Alven Capital. Link

CellTrak (2006, Chicago), integrated mobile solutions for home healthcare and hospice industry, raises $11M in Series A round of funding from Boathouse Capital and MK Capital. Link

Trumid (2014, NYC), electronic trading marketplace for corporate bonds, raises $10M in Series C round of funding from Deutsche Börse. Link

Yamibuy (2013, California), an online e-commerce site, raises $10M in Series A round of funding led by GGV Capital, with participation from New Oriental Education & Technology Group and K2VC. Link

Partech Ventures, Paris-based top tier transatlantic venture capital firm, raises Seventh Venture Capital Fund, at $455.8M. Link

A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting start-ups globally 

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – MARKETING TECH

• Market Intelligence platform FoxIntelligence has raised $6M in a Series A round. Link
• Influencer marketing platform Tailify has raised an undisclosed investment from the affiliate marketing network Awin. Link
• User generated content marketing platform ShareRoot has raised $0.75M from institutional investors in a share placement round. Link
• Social Media analytics platform Klarity Analytics has been acquired by media intelligence provider Meltwater. Link
• Marketing intelligence platform Market Track and shopping data aggregator and insights platform InfoScout have merged. Link
• Email and SMS marketing platform DocuMatix has been acquired by offender management platform Marquis Software. Link
• Marketing automation and CRM platform LoyaltyExpress has raised an undisclosed amount from New Capital Partners. Link
• Social media content discovery and creation platform PromoRepublic has raised $1.2M in seed funding. Link
• Data-driven marketing platform RadiumOne has been acquired by ad tech firm RhythmOne. Link
• Marketing automation suite for SMBs Addzup has been acquired by Digital Caddies. Link
• Mobile analytics platform Sentiance has raised $8.9M in a Series C round led by Volta Ventures. Link
• Unified marketing analytics platform Singular and mobile app attribution and audience management platform Apsalar have merged and the new business will now operate under the Singular brand. Link
• Customer behavior insights platform Metabrite has raised $2.2M from an undisclosed investor. Link
• On-demand content creation marketplace Flashstock has been acquired by digital asset repository Shutterstock for $49M in cash. Link
• Customer data platform Synthio has raised $10.5M in a Series B funding round. Link
• Hybrid email marketing platform MessageGears has raised $2.75M in a Series B financing round led by its existing investors Covalent Interests and Hallett Capital. Link
• Sales prospecting solution GrowBots has raised $2.5M in a financing round led by Buran Venture Capital, Lighter Capital, and several angel investors. Link
• DIY online logo maker Logojoy has raised $900,000 in seed funding. Link
• Email marketing platform Mailto has been acquired by SendPulse valuing the acquired company at $300,000. Link
• Content creation marketplace Social Native has raised $8M from Softbank. Link
• Collaboration platform for marketers Torchlite has raised $2M. Link
• Gamified marketing platform DeepMarkit has raised $1.5M from Hong Kong-based Allstate Enterprise Consulting. Link
• Commercial real estate marketing solution Buildout has raised $8M from Susquehanna Growth Equity in a Series A funding round. Link
• Event driven interactions platform ZineOne has raised $2.5M led by Hyderabad Angels. Link
• Account based marketing platform ZenIQ has raised an undisclosed amount in a funding round led by Costanoa Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. Link
• Sales forecasting and pipeline management tool Heresy has raised $961,000 from LaunchHub Ventures, Angelist, Seedcamp, and London Co-Investment Fund. Link
• Feedback collection tool Happydemics has raised $2.2M from Starquest, the Finance Innovation Technology Fund, and several other angels. Link
• Marketing automation platform Ubiquity has been acquired by New Zealand based telecommunication firm Spark. Link
• Artificial intelligence analytics startup Boxx has raised $500,000 from Unicorn India Ventures. Link
• Marketing automation platform Kofera has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-Series A funding round led by MDI Ventures. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Maisie (2016, Melbourne) – AI based marketing bot which analyzes website data and provides actionable insights directly to marketers on Slack.
Landbot (2017, Valencia) – Turns landing pages into chatbots to drive customer engagement.

LEADER BOARD – MARKETING TECH

Omni-Channel Marketing – Suite
Marketo (2006, San Mateo, IPO, Acq.) – Provides cloud-based software for automated marketing to engage visitors on multiple channels. Features include in-bound marketing, lead scoring and lead management, visitor tracking and CRM tools. Went public in 2013.
Salesforce (1999, SF, IPO) – SaaS platform for Marketing, sales and service operations. Offers customer data integration and engagement tools. Went public in 2004.
Hubspot (2006, Cambridge, IPO) – Offers an integrated platform which provides inbound marketing software for businesses. Features include lead management, landing page optimization, social integration and email marketing. Went public in 2014.

Email Marketing
Campaign Monitor (2004, Sydney, $250M) – Provides an email marketing platform with customizable templates, A/B testing, Dynamic Content, Social Sharing and mobile ready capabilities. Backed by Insight Venture Partners.
ReturnPath (1999, NYC, $97M) – Offers an email marketing solution that includes email optimization to ensure deliverability of emails, other features include inbox monitor, reputation monitor, inbox insight, inbox preview, email client monitor, and email fraud protection. Backed by BVP, Costanoa VC, Foundry Group, Vista Equity Partners and Union Square Ventures.
MailChimp (2001, Atlanta) – Provides an email marketing service to send email newsletters, manage subscriber lists, and track campaign performance. Offers integrations with systems such as PayPal, Google Analytics, Shopify, Magento and Salesforce.

Social Suite
Hootsuite (2008, Vancouver, $225M) – Social media management system for businesses and organizations to collaboratively launch and manage campaigns across multiple social networks. Backed by Insight Partners, Accel and Omers Ventures.
Sprinklr (2008, NYC, $239M) – Full suite of social media management tools to post across social networks and measure engagement for enterprise. Backed by Battery, Iconiq and Intel Capital.
LiveWorld (1996, San Jose, IPO) – Services and software company that enables brands to enhance the customer experience in social media. Provides strategy, campaign management, content moderation, customer engagement, customer service, and social analytics and listening tools. Went public in 1999.

Campaign Management
Opal Labs (2010, Portland, $26M) – Planning, collaboration and management platform for brands to distribute marketing content across multiple social channels. Backed by Madrona Venture Group.
Buffer (2010, SF, $4M) – Platform to schedule social media posts to Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn & Google+. Backed by RedSwan VC and Collaborative Fund.

Analytics
Adobe (1982, San Jose, IPO) – A comprehensive social media marketing platform that provides analytics on content performance and extracts customer intelligence. Went public in 1986.
Dataminr (2009, NYC, $180M) – Tools to extract value from social media for clients in the finance and government sectors. Backed by Fidelity, Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners.
Opera Solutions (2004, Jersey City, $122M) – Tools to extract and apply insights from complex data environments in the financial services, healthcare, travel, hospitality, retail, and telecommunications industries. Backed by Wipro, Tola Capital, SilverLake and Accel.

Social Monitoring
Brandwatch (2007, Brighton, $64M) – Media Monitoring tool to analyze and utilize social media conversations in marketing. Backed by Nauta Capital, Highland Capital Partners and Partech Ventures.

Social Monitoring – Competitive Intelligence
TrackMaven (2012, Washington DC, $16M) – Tools to automatically aggregate competitive intelligence data from paid, earned and owned media channels. Backed by NEA and Bowery Cap.

Social Monitoring – Brand Protection
Reputation.com (2006, RedWood City, $88M) – Tools to help businesses and individuals in improving search results, protect privacy, and get more positive customer reviews. Backed by August Capital, Jafco Ventures, KPCB, BVP and Insight Partners.

Customer Data Platform
Zeta Interactive (2007, NYC, $207.5M) – Provides a marketing platform that unifies customer data from disparate sources for multi-channel engagement. Backed by Franklin Square Group, GCP Capital Partners, GSO Capital Partners and Madison Capital Funding.

Content Marketing Suite
Newscred (2008, NYC, $87M) – Content marketing and syndication platform that connects publishers and brands. Backed by InterWest Partners, FTV Capital, Mayfield, FirstMark Capital and IA Ventures.
Seismic (2011, CA, $64.5M) – Enterprise sales enablement and content management software provider. Backed by General Atlantic, Jackson Square Ventures and JMI Equity.
ScibbleLive (2008, Toronto, $59M) – End-to-End SaaS based content marketing platform to create, distribute and measure content. Backed by SummerHill, Rogers VP, BlueCloud Ventures and Georgian Partners.
Pulsepoint (2011, NYC, $43.5M) – Advertising technology platform that fuses programmatic targeting, distribution and optimization with content marketing. Backed by SVB, DFJ, VantagePoint Capital and Updata Partners.

Content Creation
Persado (2012, NYC, $66M) – Email Content Optimization platform using Machine Learning. Backed by American Express Ventures, Bain Capital, Citi Ventures and StarVest Partners.
Narrative Science (2010, Chicago, $29M) – Analyzes data and transforms it into narrative reports using NLP and Machine Learning. Backed by Battery, Sapphire and Jump Capital.
Captora  (2012, Mountain View, $27M) – Platform to identify product demand and push relevant content. Backed by Bain Capital and NEA.
Skyword (2010, Boston, $25.5M) – Marketplace for influential writers, designers, and videographers. Backed by Cox Media Group and Progress Ventures.

Content Curation
Martini Media (2008, NYC, $41M, Acq.) – Digital media and content Marketing platform for engaging the Affluent and the Influential. Backed by Venrock, Granite Ventures, Reed Elsevier Ventures, and Silicon Valley Bank. Acquired by Evolve Media in 2015.
Ahalogy (2012, Cincinnati, $20M) – Platform to source, optimize and publish content on Pinterest. Backed by CincyTech, North Coast Angel Fund, Vine St. Ventures, The Brandery, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Origin Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank and JobsOhio.

Content Workflow
Percolate (2011, NYC, $74.5M) – SaaS platform for planning, execution and publishing marketing campaigns. Backed by LSVP, Sequoia, GGV, First Round and Lerer Hippeau Ventures.
Kapost (2010, Boulder, $19M) – SaaS based workflow management system for creating and pushing branded content. Backed by Access VP, Cue Ball, Iron Gate and Salesforce Ventures.

Mobile Marketing Suite
Localytics (2008, Boston, $60M) – Provides a lifecycle engagement platform for web and mobile apps. Allows marketers to gain insights into app user behavior, and create automated marketing programs through targeted push and in-app messaging, and a personalized in-app experience. Backed by Foundation Capital, Sapphire Ventures and Polaris Partners.

Referral Automation
Influitive (2010, Toronto, $50M) – Provides a platform to manage and mobilize customer advocates in a central location to enable referral leads, reference calls and social media advocacy. Backed by Georgian Partners, HWVP, Converge Venture Partners and Relay Venture Partners.
Extole (2009, SF, $48M) – Provides a social media customer acquisition platform through referrals, promotions and testimonials. Backed by Trident Capital, Scale Venture Partners, Redpoint, Shasta Ventures and NVP.

Account Based Marketing
Radius (2009, SF, $133M) – Predictive marketing and sales platform for sales professionals to reach over 20M SMBs. Backed by Founders Fund, Glynn Capital, SalesForce, AME Cloud Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, American Express, SLow Ventures, Western Technology Investment and Comcast Ventures.
Bloomreach (2009, Mountain View, $97M) – Offers a big-data ML based engine to analyse customer interaction data and provide personalized product recommendations and web experiences. Backed by Bain Capital, NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SalesForce and Battery Ventures.

User Identity Management
Gigya (2006, Mountain View, $106M) – Offers a Customer Identity Management Platform that businesses can use to identify customers, aggregate data & personalize campaigns. Backed by Adobe, Intel, Common Fund, Greenspring Associates and DAG Ventures.

Tag Management
Signal (2009, Chicago, $90M) – Offers a people based cross channel marketing platform. Backed by I2A Fund, Baird Capital, EPIC Ventures, Jumpstart Ventures, Pritzker Group, Silicon Valley Bank and Tommorow Ventures. Combined with BrightTag in 2014.
Tealium (2008, San Diego, $113M) – Offers an enterprise tag management and customer data integration platform. Backed by Bain, Battery Ventures, Georgian Partners, Presidio Ventures, Tenaya Capital and Silver Lake Partners.

Leader board includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.

A daily newsletter summarizing interesting Indian startups and recent activity both in India & globally.

INTERESTING STARTUPS

PerfectPi (2016, Bangalore), customer messaging and interaction platform. Founders are ex-The Meme Design and are alumni of IIIT – Bangalore. Local comparable is msg.ai (2014, NYC, $2.7M). Global comparables are Smooch (2015, Montreal East, $7.6M) and Assist (2015, SF, $5.5M).

INDIA INTERESTING NEWS

Innoviti Payment Solutions (2002, Bangalore), online platform offering real-time credit distribution & payments automation, raises $18M in Series B round of funding from SBI-FMO and Bessemer Venture Partners. Link

Flickstree (2015, Mumbai), digital portal for movie discovery and recommendation, raises $464k in Seed round of funding led by Venture Catalysts with participation from Moksh Sports Ventures and Saurav Ganguly among others. Link

Student startup SYM (2015, Kochi), web and mobile app-based microsavings platform, gets acquihired by Good Methods Global (2015, FL), cloud based enterprise software for dental practice management. Link

Eko (2007, Delhi), branchless mobile banking, partners with StoreKing (2012, Bangalore), e-commerce enabler for offline stores in small towns, as it takes money transfer services to rural India. Link

Paytm Mall (2017, Noida), online horizontal e-commerce marketplace, plans cross-border shipping of Indian brands to China. Link

PhonePe (2015, Bangalore), UPI based payment app, enters offline commerce. Link

Simplilearn (2009, Bangalore), online portal for professional certification programs, launches Bounce Back Scholarships for IT professionals. Link

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

Ofo (2015, Beijing), online bicycle rental platform, raises $700M in Series E round of funding led by Alibaba Group, Hony Capital and CITIC Private Equity, with participation from DST Global and Didi Chuxing. Link

Darktrace (2013, Cambridge), machine learning based adaptive threat detection, raises $75M in Series D round of funding led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Summit Partners, KKR and TenEleven Ventures. Link

Move Guides (2011, London), a Talent Mobility and relocation management, raises $48M in Series C round of funding from Future Fund, New Enterprise Associates and Notion Capital. Link

Neutral Connect Networks (2011, FL), a new breed of tower company, offering neutral hosting of networks in addition to traditional attachment, raises $30M in undisclosed round of funding led by M/C Partners. Link

Lastline (2011, Redwood City), Malware Detection using proprietary Sandboxing Technology, raises $28.5M in Series C round of funding led by Thomvest Ventures with participation from Osage University Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Barracuda Networks, Inc., NTT Finance Corporation, and WatchGuard Technologies. Link

Allurion Technologies (2009, Wellesley), satiety induction through gastric balloon introduced endoscopically, raises $27M in Series C round of funding led by Romulus Capital, with participation from Cogepa Investments and IDO Investments. Link

Ephesoft (2010, Laguna Hills), data capture solution, raises $15M in Series A round of funding led by Mercato Partners. Link

Intuition Robotics (2015, Tel Aviv), social robot that acts as a companion for the aging, raises $14M in Series A round of funding led by the Toyota Research Institute OurCrowd and iRobot as well as existing seed investors Maniv Mobility, Terra Venture Partners and others. Link

Buoyant (2015, SF), infrastructure management solutions for distributed applications, raises $10.5M in Series A round of funding led by Benchmark Capital, with participation from #Angels, A.Capital, Data Collective, Fuel Capital, SV Angel, and the Webb Investment Network. Link

Sonoma Creamery (2012, Sonoma), manufacturer and marketer of premium cheeses and cheese snacks, raises $10M in equity investment from Svoboda Capital Partners. Link

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – AUGMENTED REALITY

• TechSee, a provider of augmented visual support solution for technical support, raises $7.5M in Series A funding from investors including Planven Investments, OurCrowd, innogy, Comdata Group. Link
• Car360, a platform for visualization of cars and related data, raises $3.55M in Series A funding from BIP Capital, Radical Investments and Service Provider Capital. Link
• Snapchat bought the AR location intellectual property of startup Drop. Link
• 8i launches hologram app Holo and announces partnership with Sony Pictures. Link
• Apple patents light field cameras for their Macs and iOS devices that will add AR to pictures and video calls. Link
• Meta selected by World Economic Forum in world’s top 30 Technology Pioneers in 2017. Link
• Nokia and Xiaomi sign cross-licensing patent deal, to explore opportunities for cooperation in areas such as augmented reality, virtual reality. Link
• IKEA and Apple partner for an AR-based app to help customers visualize what products will look like in their own homes. Link
• DAQRI collaborates with Flex for manufacture of augmented reality headsets. Link

The Season 7 of Game of Thrones is now hours away. While we await for the fantasy saga to further unfold and take us on a cinematic and emotional roller coaster, we wondered, what if our favourite Game of Thrones characters had the opportunity to invest in the real world startups? What would their fantasy portfolio be? Here’s our list of these characters, and one startup in which they’d be eager to invest, often becoming a life or death decision. Because Valar Morghulis, Valar Dohaeris, and Valar Investis.

Samwell Tarly

Sam the slayer has a hunger. For books, we mean. He might Moonwalk as a killer of White Walkers and Thenns, gathering knowledge is at the core of his existence. While Sammy is about to start his training as a Maester, the war is all but started in all parts of the world. And Jon could use some mind muscle. What would make Sam’s training faster? A product that sums up long books into quick abridged versions sounds about right. We found it.

Lyanna Mormont

Being the young lady of Bear Island and the head of House Mormont is difficult. More so, when you are a 12-year old girl. Lyanna spends all her time in taking care of her House and the islanders, she has no time and no obvious mentor, for her education or learning. Here’s a startup that’d give her the means to further her education, and make her a wise and ferocious leader of the house Mormont when she comes of age.

Davos Seaworth

Davos lost his son, his king, and his daughter in all but name, Shereen. And only one person is responsible for all these deaths, Melisandre. While Jon might have saved her from his ire, Davos would be keen to stay updated on Melisandre’s whereabouts, and if she’s entering North again. A startup able to recognize people’s faces is just the thing he’d put his gold into.

Sansa Stark

The elder Stark sister has had a journey only longer, but no less eventful, than her dead family members. From seeing her father’s beheading and humiliation at King’s Landing, to two miserably failed marriages and an old man seeking her hand, the girl has faced it all. Now that she is in no foreseeable danger, the girl could use some real love. That’s why we’ve found just the startup that she’d be happy to use, and invest into.

Cersei Lannister

Cersei is the Queen of the seven islands, for now. But as always, her attention is not in her subjects, but in her enemies. If she wants to keep her control on the realm, it will take more than the Mountain, or an army. What if Cersei could find a solution that listens to the voice of the people, analyzes it, and does a sentiment analysis? Looks like the startup we’ve found is going to get a lot of Lannister gold!

 Jaime Lannister

Jaime is back to King’s Landing. And though he doesn’t like what he see, it’s time for him to stand by Cersei, hand in hand. Oh wait! With all the Lannister gold and no one to share it with, Jaime could make a lot of worthy investments. Top of the mind however would be a startup that replaces his decorative golden hand with a titanium-based 3D printed one that actually moves. Looks like we found just the company. But hurry up Jaime. Winter is here.

Jon Snow

Jon has a lot on his plate, including unknown parentage, unruly countrymen, unmarried sister, and an unwanted second life. The last thing he needs is uncertainty on enemy strategy. Yes, we know the Boltons are gone. It’s the army of Wights that worries Jon. He doesn’t know what The Others do when they aren’t killing humans. Some insight into their life, societal construct or location might change the course of the upcoming war. We were thinking of a warging drone. The one which would do the ‘knowing’ for Jon. Ygritte will finally be at peace.

Tyrion Lannister

Everyone’s (except his family’s) favorite, Tyrion has made it this far mostly on his wits and knowledge. There’s little he expects from the world, except hoping it will be ready with a glass of fine wine just the way he likes. If there’s going to be a space Tyrion would invest into in his fantasy portfolio, we have found it. Here’s one to his favorite vice.

Daenerys Targaryen

While everyone’s rooting for Khaleesi to rule the Iron Throne, there’s an undercurrent of fear that what if she has the masochistic traits of the Mad King, as Tyrion once hinted at? It is important for the future queen to be in touch with her subjects, not just in King’s Landing, but with those in far away lands like Meereen and Essos. Here’s a startup she’d invest into to stay connected with her people, and thus keep at bay the infamous Targaryen madness.

Drogon

Let’s face it, bigger pets need more care, and Daenerys hasn’t been paying attention here. With so much to attend do for her, things like food for Drogon and her other dragons is probably often overlooked. And Drogon’s hunger pangs have escalated into political conflicts in the past. What if Drogon could have his supply of fresh meat assured? A startup like this would be his first investment, if dragons could invest.

Night King

Much can’t be said about the Night King. And much can’t be understood either. With the ‘war to end all wars’ brewing up, what if a political negotiation with the Night King leads to peace? What if The Others want something specific, and not the whole world, but are unable to communicate the same to the folks north of the wall? Hence, this startup is the perfect investment for the Night King, provided he understands the concept of money…

That was our bit to make the Westeros a better place. Keep rooting for your favorite characters in Season 7. And stay warm. Winter is here.

Also read: 13 startups that will change the course of events in Star Wars.

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INTERESTING STARTUPS

HealthOS (2017, Indore), APIs for healthcare data. Founders are ex-Credit Suisse, Sprinklr and are alumni of BITS – Pilani. No local comparables. Global comparable is Open Health Networks (2013, SF).

INDIA INTERESTING NEWS

Blue Tokai (2012, Delhi), a private label for coffee, raises $733k in Seed round of funding from undisclosed investor. Link

VDeliver (2011, Hyderabad), web based platform to book for on-demand delivery services, raises an Undisclosed amount in Seed round of funding led by Corvus Ventures and MAPE Advisory Group. Link

Arcatron (2015, Pune), patient friendly wheel chair provider, raises an undisclosed amount in Angel round of funding from Indian Angel Network. Link

Google (1998, Mountain View), multinational internet technology company, acquires Halli Labs (2017, Bangalore), developing speech and vision products, for an undisclosed. Link

DriveU (2015, Bangalore), mobile app to get on demand drivers for personal cars, acquires Zuver (2015, Mumbai), mobile app providing chauffeur services, for an undisclosed amount. Link

StartupXSeed (2015, Bangalore), early stage venture capital firm, to increase startup fund corpus to $15.4M by FY’17-18. Link

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

Revolut (2014, London), cloud money app for currency exchange, raises $66M in Series B round of funding from Index Ventures, Balderton Capital and Ribbit Capital. Link

Bitly (2008, NYC), URL shortening, management and analytics platform, raises $63M in undisclosed round of funding Spectrum Equity. Link

E-Scape Bio (2015, SF), developing small molecule therapeutics against genetic targets for neurodegenerative disease, raises $63M in Series A round of funding led by OrbiMed, with participation from Novo Holding A/S, Johnson & Johnson Innovation and others. Link

Movile (1998, Sao Paulo), platforms and marketing for entertainment, raises $53M in Series F round of funding led by Naspers with participation from Innova Capital. Link

Transfix (2012, NYC), on demand load matching and booking platform, raises $42M in Series C round of funding led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from Canvas Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures and others. Link

ZeroFOX (2013, Baltimore), social media and digital risk monitoring market platform provider, raises $40M in Series C round of funding led by Redline Capital Management and Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake’s late stage growth capital fund, with participation from Enterprise Associates, Highland Capital Partners and Core Capital. Link

HyTrust (2007, Mountain View), Security for Virtual Infrastructure based data center, raises $36M in Series E round of funding led by Advance Venture Partners with participation from Sway Ventures, Epic Ventures, Vanedge Capital and Trident Capital and others. Link

Deep Instinct (2015, Tel Aviv), deep learning based threat detection against APT & zero-day threats, raises $32M in Series B round of funding led by CNTP, with participation from Nvidia, Coatue Management, and existing investors. Link

Gong.io (2015, Tel Aviv), call analytics for inside sales teams, raises $20M in Series A1 round of funding led by Norwest Venture Partners and Shlomo Kramer with participation from Wing Venture Capital and NextWorld Capital. Link

Growth Capital Partners, London-based private equity firm, raises Growth Capital Partners Fund IV, at $263.85M. Link

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION

• Ephesoft, a data capture solutions provider, raises $15m investment from Mercato Partners. Link
• SiteTraker, a program and asset management platform for modernizing infrastructure and capital projects, raises $11 Million in Series A. Link
• M-Files, the enterprise information management company, partners with Esri, a global leader in smart-mapping, to integrate global smart mapping technology with intelligent information management platform. Link
• Thoma Bravo, a leading PE firm completes the acquisition of Lexmark International’s enterprise software business. Link
• South African cloud storage startup Digital Cabinet raises $375k. Link
• Dropbox is getting ready for the biggest tech IPO since Snapchat. Link
• WizeHive, a cloud-based platform that simplifies business processes, raises an undisclosed amount and expands the executive team to accelerate strong market momentum. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Resolvd (2016, Kyiv) – Resolvd offers a platform for automatically prioritizing tasks based on the analysis of communication between team members.

LEADER BOARD – ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION

Collaboration Suite
LogMeIn (2003, Boston, IPO) – Provider of SaaS and cloud-based remote connectivity services for collaboration, IT Management & customer engagement. Went Public in 2009.
Atlassian (2002, Sydney, IPO) – Enterprise collaboration software solutions provider offering tracking, collaboration, real-time communication, code hosting and repository management. Went public in December 2015.

Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing
Box (2005, Los Altos, IPO) – Enterprise file sharing cloud storage platform with secure cloud content management and collaboration. Went public in 2015.
Dropbox (2007, SF, $607M) – Dropbox offers cloud storage, file sharing and synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Backed by BlackRock, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital.

Enterprise Content Management
OpenText (1991, Waterloo, IPO) – Provider of enterprise information management software solutions to help companies manage their unstructured business information. Went Public in 1996.
SpringCM(2005, Chicago, $113M) – Provider of enterprise class, on-demand workflow automation, and document management for legal and sales team in a completely web-based environment. Backed by Foundation Capital, NBVP, Growth Equity, Panorama Point Partners, Bluestem Capital, Goff Capital, Wellington Financial, SVB, and Square 1 Bank.

Knowledge Management
Bowstreet (1991, Tewksbury, $145M, Acq) –  Provider of portal-based tools and technology that helps companies bring together corporate applications, documents, databases and other enterprise information into a single, integrated portal application. Acquired by IBM in December 2005.
Inkling (2009, SF, $86M) – Provides a mobile publishing platform for learning content. Backed by Sequoia Capital.

Collaborative Workspaces
Quip (2012, SF, $46M, Acq) – Provides cloud-based word processor to collaborate on documents. Acquired by Salesforce for $750M in August 2016.
Quick Office (1997, Plano, $28.5M, Acq.) – Provider of mobile office solution with cloud integrations that enables users to access, view, edit and create the content anywhere on their mobile devices. Acquired by Google in June 2012.

Enterprise Social Networking
Jive Software (2001, Palo Alto, Acq.) – Provider of communication and collaboration solutions to businesses. Acquired by ESW Capital’s Wave Systems for $462M in 2017.
Yammer (2008, SF, $142M, Acq.) – Enterprise social network for employees to create groups to collaborate on projects and share & edit documents. Acquired by Microsoft in 2012.

Enterprise Communication – Unified Communication
Cisco (1984, SF, IPO) – Offers full UC suite of integrated on-premise and cloud based applications and services based on its Unified Communications Manager. Went public in February 1990.
Mitel (1973, Kanata, IPO) – Provider of unified communication solutions for businesses focused on VoIP products. Went public in May 2006.

Enterprise Communication – Conferencing
Fuze (2009, SF, $334M, Acq.) – Provides cloud-based HD video and audio collaboration solutions along with other features such as chat, share, and comments on files. Got acquired by ThinkingPhones in 2015.
BlueJeans Network (2009, Mountain View, $175M) – Cloud-based video conferencing solution provider. Backed by NEA, Battery Ventures, NVP, Glynn Capital, Accel Partners, and Quadrille Capital.

Enterprise Communication – Messaging & Chat Apps
Vocera (2000, San Jose, IPO) – Provides mobile communication solutions for integrated, intelligent communication in healthcare and other mission-critical mobile environments. Went public in 2012.
Slack (2009, Vancouver, $540M) – SaaS team communication tool for enterprises. Backed by Social Capital, GV, Accel Partners, SV Angel.

Project Management
Workfront (2001, Lehi, $95M) – Cloud-based enterprise work management solution for marketing, IT, and other enterprise teams. Backed by Greenspring Associates, JMI Equity.
Asana (2009, SF, $88M) – Developer of the web and mobile application designed for teams to improve communication, organization, and collaboration. Backed by 8VC, Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark and more.

Meeting Management
Diligent (2001, NYC, $30M) – Cloud-based board portal software for collaboration among corporate boards and senior executives. Got acquired by Insight Venture Partners for $624M in 2016.
Teem (2012, Slat Lake City, $21.5M) – Provides room booking software and workplace analytics software. Backed by NGP, Origin Ventures, Zetta Venture Partners, Greycroft Partners, GE Ventures, Peak Venture, Royal Street Ventres and more.

Leader board includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS

• Spry Health which provides a predictive analytics based monitoring wearable has raised $5.5M Series-A funding led by Grove Ventures with participation from the Stanford-StartX Fund. Link
• AI startup Mindstrong which offers a behavioral health assessment platform has raised $14M funding led by ForeSite Capital and ARCH Venture Partners with participation from Optum Ventures, Berggruen Holdings and One Mind Brain Health Impact Fund. Link
• Innovu, a provider of employee health management solution raised $6.5M in financing from an undisclosed investor. Link
• Sigmacare, a CDSS-integrated EHR provider for long-term care is acquired by MatrixCare. Link 
• PHEMI which offers big data solutions for healthcare raised $10M from Quark Venture, GF Securities, CTI Life Sciences Fund (CTI), BDC Capital Healthcare Venture Fund, and Yaletown Partners. Link
• Cyder, a provider of patient flow management software is acquired by Cambio Healthcare. Link
• Coviti Healthcare which provides analytics-driven payment accuracy solutions for healthcare payers announced an agreement to purchase a value-based payer-provider analytics company RowdMap for $70M. Link
• Wellframe, an AI-based mobile care management solution provider raised $15M Series-B funding led by F-Prime Capital, with participation from existing investors including DFJ. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

2bPrecise  (2016, Pittsburgh) – A provider of a cross clinical-genomic platform for precision medicine & scientific discovery.
Ibex (2016, Tel Aviv) – An AI-based digital pathology solution for cancer diagnostics.

LEADER BOARD – HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS

Suite Solutions
NantHealth (2007, Culver City, IPO) – Building an integrated, evidence-based, omically-informed, personalized approach to the delivery of care and the development of next generation healthcare solutions.Went public in 2016.
Inovalon (1998, Bowie, IPO) – Cloud-based analytics platform for clinical, financial and quality insights. Went public in 2015.
Evolent Health (2011, Arlington, IPO) – An integrated platform for population health, financial and operational analytics. Went public in 2015.
Health Catalyst (2008, Salt Lake City, $237M) – A suite of health analytics and data management solutions to help identify care gaps and support process improvement. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sands Capital Ventures, Sorenson Capital and more.

EHR Platforms
Modernizing Medicine (2010, Boca Raton, $328.74M) – Provides Electronic Medical Assistant (EMA), is a cloud-based, specialty-specific electronic medical record (EMR) system. Backed by IBM, Summit Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, Pentland, Sands Capital, Sands Capital Ventures
Flatiron Health (2010, NYC, $314M) – Cloud-based Cancer care platform for clinical, financial and operational intelligence. Backed by Google Ventures, Roche, First Round Capital, Social Capital, SV Angels and more.

Population Health Management
Welltok (2009, Denver, $185M) – PaaS based analytics platform for health optimization and population health management. Backed by Qualcomm Ventures, EMCAP Partners, Interwest Partners, Bessemer Venture Capital.
MedHOK (2009, Denver, $185M, Acq) – Provides a SaaS-based platform that uses predictive analytics to allow payers to identify and target member health risks, trigger workflow interventions. Acquired by Hearst Communications.

Clinical Analytics
Imaging Advantage (2007, Santa Monica, $295M) – Cloud-based clinical decision support tool for radiologists. Backed by Goldman Sachs, Brightwood Capital Advisors, and CRG.
Heart Flow (2007, Redwood City, $227M) – Non-invasive decision support tool for diagnosing blood flow blockages in the heart. Backed by Capricorn Investment Group and more.
Butterfly Network (2011, Guilford, $100M) – Developing a device that combines deep learning and an ultrasound imaging technology. Backed by Aeris Capital and Stanford University.

Financial Analytics
Remedy Partners (2011, Fairfield, $96M) – Provides a tech-enabled episode based care. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures, TomorrowVentures, Bain Capital, Spring Lake Equity Partners.
MediGain (2002, Plano, $46M) – Analytics tools for revenue cycle management, billing, and reimbursement. Backed by Prudential Capital Partners.
Apixio (2009, San Mateo, $42M) – Cognitive computing platform for risk adjustment coding. Backed by SSM Partners, First Analysis, and Bain Capital Ventures.
Truveris (2009, NYC, $27M) – A SaaS-based platform for prescription claims analytics and pharmacy data validation. Backed by New Leaf Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, First Round, New Atlantic Ventures and more.

Operational Analytics
Evariant (2008, Farmington, $68.5M) – CRM analytics platform for digital marketing and patient engagement. Backed by Goldman Sachs, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Health Enterprise Partners, Dignity Health and Salesforce Ventures.
Kyruus (2010, Boston, $56M) – Referral management solutions using analytics and data mining. Backed by Venrock, Mckesson Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners and more.
Evidation (2014, Menlo Park, $31M) – Data analytics platform to assess digital health technologies. Backed by Rock Health, GE Ventures, Sanofi-Genzyme BioVentures, Fresco Capital, B Capital Group and more.
OnShift (2008, Cleveland, $30M) – SaaS based staff scheduling software that predicts and prevents overtime and understaffing. Backed by Health Velocity Capital, HLM Venture Partners, Draper Triangle, West Capital Advisors and more.
Impact Rx (2000, Mount Laurel, $28M, Acq) – Platform which tracks and evaluates the impact of pharmaceutical promotions on the prescribing behavior of the physicians. Backed by Western Technology Investment, Mediphase Venture Partners, 3i Group.

Health Engagement
Proteus Digital Health (2001, Redwood City, $404M) – Medication adherence platform using sensor-enabled pills, biometric sensor patch, and data analytics. Backed by Novartis, Medtronic, Oracle, KP Ventures.
Early Sense (2004, Israel, $85M) – Has developed a sensor that is placed under the mattress and monitors body vitals as well as bed entries and exits. Backed by Pitango Venture Capital, The Challenge Fund-Etgar, JK&B Capital, ProSeed Venture Capital Fund, Docor International, Bank Hapoalim, Bridge Investment Fund, Noaber Services, Mitsui, Impact First Investments, Partners500, Welch Allyn, Samsung Venture Investment.

Leaderboard includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.

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The wind energy sector which saw offshore turbines and bladeless turbines emerge as niche upcoming sectors drawing most funding saw round count climb in 2016 in the seed and early stages by 100% and 12.5% respectively and a drop in the late stage by 35%.

Total funding dollars dipped by a marginal 10% from the previous year as Greenko Group’s PE round of $230M and ReNew Power Ventures’ Series C round of $200M constitute top investments made in this sector till date.

Funding dollars fell for both early and late stages whereas, for seed, they surged by a whopping 600%. Average ticket size soared for both seed and Series A by 200% and 6% respectively while it dropped by 27% for Series B investments.

By stage of entry, Northstar Ventures emerged top investor for seed, Goldman Sachs for Series A, Statoil for Series B and General Electric for the later stage.

In the last three years, eight companies have gone public as 14 acquisitions marked the space since the past year with GE buying LM Wind Power for $1.7B being the biggest disclosed deal value. Independent Power Producers have historically been the most funded business model with $8.6B having been invested in this space till date.

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Round count in the alternative lending space in 2016 surged only for late (12%) as it dropped for seed and early by 22% and 10% respectively.

Funding dollars soared only in the early stage by 37% as they fell for both seed (21%) and late (32%).

Average ticket size climbed sharply by 78% for Series B investments as it remained flat for seed and fell by 6% for Series A.

YiXin Capital’s PE round of $1.5B in Apr-2017 and Aug-2016’s PE round of $550M constitute top investments in this sector till date.

Six companies have gone public in the last three years as 13 acquisitions have taken place with Helvetia picking up MoneyPark for $104B being the biggest disclosed deal value.

Consumer Loans with $20B in its kitty has historically been the most funded business model ($20.6B) followed by Business Loans ($5.7B) with investments totalling $12.9B being invested in this sector between 2016-17.

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CRM and Enterprise under CRM formed large upcoming sectors in the sales force automation space as total funding climbed by 17% in 2016 from the previous year with fundraising rounds dropping by 20%.

Round count fell across the board-late by 10%, 14% in early and 35% in seed.

Average ticket size moreover, fell for both Series A and Series B investments by 20% each as it maintained a flat trend for seed. Apttus’ Series D round of $88M and FXiaoKe’s Series E round of $70M constituted top investments last year.

16 acquisitions have dotted this space till date with Insight Partners acquiring Zyme for $100M being the biggest disclosed deal value.

Customer Relationship Management has historically been the most funded business model ($4.6B) followed by Performance Management ($428M) as dollars to the tune of $2.2B have been infused into this sector between 2016-17.

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Nucleic acid-based assays and high throughput assays formed large upcoming sectors that drew most investments as total funding fell by 18% from the previous year in 2016 in the diagnostics space.

Round count soared only for seed (22%) as it dipped for both early and late with the fall being most pronounced for late (35%).

By stage, funding dollars fell by 42% only for late as it soared for seed and early by 24% and 36% respectively.

Average ticket size climbed across the board-seed by 11%, Series A by 20% and Series B by 19%. Grail Bio’s Series B round of $900M and Guardant Health’s Series E round of $360M are top investments made in this space till date.

By stage of entry, Y Combinator emerged as the top investor for seed, High-tech Grunderfonds for Series A, Sequoia Capital for Series B and Mohr Davidow Ventures for later stage.

16 companies have taken the public route in the last three years as 16 acquisitions have taken place in this sector till date.

Molecular Diagnostics with investments worth $4.8B has historically been the most funded business model followed closely by point-of-care diagnostics ($4.2B). Dollars to the tune of $3.5B have been invested in this sector between 2016-17.

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A daily newsletter summarizing interesting Indian startups and recent activity both in India & globally.

INTERESTING STARTUPS

IdentifyMe (2017, Faridabad), Mobile and email based-OTP solution for the second factor authentication. Founder is ex-Amazon and is an alumni of IIT – Kharagpur. No local comparables. Global comparables are Payfone (2008, NYC, $67.76M) and Nok Nok Labs (2011, Palo Alto, $55.80M).

INDIA INTERESTING NEWS

QwikSpec (2013, Bangalore), cloud-based site management solution for construction industry, raises $542k in Seed round of funding led by Brigade Innovations LLP. Link

Open (2016, Bangalore), a fintech startup, raises $250k in Angel round of funding from Amrish Rau and Jitendra Gupta. Link

Foom (2016, Bangalore), mobile-based membership to offers on alcoholic beverages, raises $46k in Seed round of funding from an undisclosed amount. Link

Bottr.me (2016, Bangalore), SaaS platform to develop and deploy chatbots, raises an undisclosed amount in Seed round of funding from 500 Startups, Purvi Capital, Rajan Anandan, and Abhishek Gupta. Link

Amazon (1994, Seattle), international e-commerce website, invests an additional $20M into its digital payments entity, Amazon Pay India. Link

Infibeam (2007, Ahmedabad), online horizontal retail marketplace, and CCAvenue (2001, Mumbai), a payment gateway solution, announce merger. Link

IntelleGrow (2010, Mumbai), venture debt-financing to SMEs, looking to launch $31M debt fund. Link

Aurovine (2012, England), online open music streaming & sharing platform, launches in India. Link

Trip Tap Toe (2008, Gurgaon), online travel agent, signs an MoU with Avis Cars (2012, England), self-drive car rental company. Link

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

Rover.com (2011, Seattle), online pet sitting marketplace, raises $65M in Series F round of funding led by Spark Capital with participation from Bespoke Strategies, StepStone Group, Madrona Venture Group, Menlo Ventures, Foundry Group, OMERS Ventures and Technology Crossover Ventures. Link

Geek+ (2015, Chaoyang), warehouse automation robots, raises $60M in Series B round of funding led by an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, and participated by including Volcanics Venture and others. Link

Evelo Biosciences (2015, Cambridge), cancer therapeutics through the systematic understanding of cancer associated microbiome and bacterial immune activators, raises $50M in Series B round of funding from Flagship Pioneering, GV, Celgene, Mayo Clinic and Alexandria Venture Investments. Link

Stash (2015, NYC), micro investment app, raises $40M in Series C round of funding led by Coatue Management, Breyer Capital, Goodwater Capital, and Valar Ventures. Link

Flashpoint (2011, NYC), dark net monitoring based threat intelligence, raises $28M in Series C round of funding led by Georgian Partners with participation from Greycroft Partners, TechOperators, Leaders Fund, Jump Capital, Bloomberg Beta, and Cisco Investments. Link

Solera Health (2015, Phoenix), SaaS based population health management platform for chronic disease management, raises $18.3M in Series B round of funding led by Adams Street Partners with participation from Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Partners, Sandbox Industries and social impact fund SJF Ventures. Link

Nosto (2011, Helsinki), SaaS-based personalized product recommendation solution for online retailers, raises $17M in undisclosed round of funding from Wellington Partners, Open Ocean Capital and The European Investment Bank. Link

Bevi (2013, Boston), smart water cooler company, raises $16.5M in Series B round of funding led by Trinity Ventures, with participation from Horizons Ventures and Tamarisc. Link

Lightbend (2011, SF), high performance application builder, raises $15M in Series C round of funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, IBM, Intel Capital, Juniper Ventures and Shasta Ventures. Link

Spotinst (2015, Hertzeliya), SaaS optimization platform for AWS and GCE, raises $15M in Series A round of funding led by Intel Capital with participation from Vertex Ventures and Springtide Ventures. Link

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DEALS OF THE WEEK

AI Start-Up SenseTime Raises $410M Series B Round
SenseTime (2014, Hong Kong), an AI start-up focussing on computer vision and deep learning technologies, raises $410M in series B round of funding led by CDH Investments, and Sailing Capital with participation from China International Capital Co., Co-Stone Capital, China Merchants Securities International, Morningside Venture Capital, Everbright-IDG Industrial Fund, Advantech Capital, Zhongping Guoyu Asset Management, Huarong International Financial Holdings, TCL Capital and Infore Group.

INTERESTING FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY IN CHINA

PAG, Primavera Lead $117M Round In Online Unsecured Loan Lender Dashu Finance
Dashu Finance (2014, Shenzhen), an online lender for unsecured loans to small and micro enterprises, raises $117M in series C round of funding led by PAG and Primavera Capital Group with participation from Sequoia Capital China and China Everbright.

Shouqi Limousine & Chauffeur Raises $88M In New Round
Shouqi Limousine & Chauffeur (2015), an app-based ride booking service with a fleet of authorized vehicles, raises $88M in series B round of funding from undisclosed investors.

Warburg Pincus Leads $60M Series B Round In Logistics Robot Maker Geek+
Geek+ (2015, Beijing), a provider of one-stop intelligent logistics robot solutions enabled by artificial intelligence and robot technologies, raises $60M in series B round of funding led by Warburg Pincus with participation from Volcanics Venture.

Eastern Bell Leads $52M Round In Industrial Products E-Commerce Platform Zhenkunhang
Zhenkunhang (1996, Shanghai), an industrial products e-commerce platform, raises $52M in series B round of funding led by Eastern Bell Venture Capital with participation from Shenzhen Cowin Venture Capital Investments.

IDG Leads $50M Round In Apartment Rental Firm Chengjia Apartment
Chengjia Apartment (2015), an apartment rental start-up, raises $50M in pre-series A round of funding led by IDG Capital and Huazhu Hotels Group.

IFC Leads $50M Round In Hong Kong Fintech Firm CompareAsiaGroup
CompareAsiaGroup (2014, Hong kong), an online comparison platform for financial, telco and utility products across Asia, raises $50M in series B round of funding led by International Finance Corp with participation from Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, SBI Group, H&Q Asia Pacific, Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund, Nova Founders Capital, ACE & Company SA and Route 66 Ventures.

China Renaissance Co-Leads $30M Round In Fabric Trading Platform Lianshang
Lianshang (2015), an online B2B fabric trading platform, raises $30M in pre-series C round of funding led by China Renaissance Private Equity Fund and Fengshang Capital with participation from  IDG Capital and China Growth Capital.

Qingdao Ronghai Leads $29M Round In Chinese Fintech Start-Up Hairongyi.Com
Hairongyi.com (2014), a Fintech start-up backed by Haier Financial Holdings, raises $29M in series A round of funding led by Qingdao Ronghai.

Qiming Leads $25M Round In Precision Medicine Solutions Firm QIAGEN Suzhou
QIAGEN Suzhou (2013, Jiangsu), a precision medicine solutions provider, raises $25M in series A round of funding led by Qiming Venture Partners with participation from New Horizon Capital, Quanchuang Capital and Shanghai Anjie Medical Equipment Company.

Chinese Academy Of Sciences Unit Leads $22M Round In Robot Sensor Firm Slamtec
Slamtec (2009, Shanghai), a provider of high-performance laser sensor solutions for robots in auto localization and navigation, raises $22M in funding led by Chinese Academy of Sciences Holdings with participation from ChinaEquity and Shenzhen Guozhong Venture Capital Management.

Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund Leads $14M Round In Cooking Video Producer DayDayCook
DayDayCook (2012, Hong Kong), a start-up providing cooking videos and recipes, raises $14M in series B round of funding led by Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund.

Fidelity International Leads Funding Round In Mobile Big Data Firm Jiguang
Jiguang (2011, Shenzhen), a big data  start-up focused on providing user activity analysis for mobile app developers and marketers, raises an undisclosed amount in series D round of funding led by Fidelity International.

China Growth Capital Leads Funding Round For Import-Export Fintech Start-up Sunrate
Sunrate (2016), a Fintech company focused on providing cross-border payment and exchange-rate risk-management solutions, raises an undisclosed amount in series A round of funding led by China Growth Capital.

INVESTMENTS BY CHINESE INVESTORS AND COMPANIES

Cathay Innovation Closes Debut Fund At $320M
Cathay Innovation (2015, San Francisco), a global venture capital fund affiliated with Sino-French private equity firm Cathay Capital Private Equity, closes its first venture capital fund at $320M from China Development Bank Capital, Joyoung, investment bank Bpifrance, tire manufacturer Michelin, BNP Paribas Cardif S.A., airport operator Groupe ADP, Groupe Artemis, Groupe SEB, Total S.A. and automotive supplier Valeo.

GGV Leads $10M Round In Cross-Border E-Commerce Firm Yamibuy
Yamibuy (2013, California), an e-commerce platform focused on selling specialty Chinese and Asian goods to Asian consumers living in North America, raises $10M in series A round of funding led by GGV Capital with participation from New Oriental Education & Technology Group.

WI Harper Joins New Founding Round In Chinese AI Cloud Firm CloudBrain
CloudBrain (2015), a U.S. and China-based artificial intelligence cloud start-up, raises an undisclosed amount in series A round of funding led by 10Fund with participation from WI Harper Group.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ALTERNATIVE LENDING

• Klarna, a Stockholm, Sweden-based buy now pay later option and installment credit provider for e-commerce purchases, receives a full banking license. Link
• Marlette Funding, a Wilmington, US-based online consumer lending platform, closes a $369M securitization of its brand BestEgg’s unsecured personal loan portfolio. Link
• Dashu Finance, a Shenzhen, China-based unsecured loan platform, raises a RMB 800M ($117M) Series C round led by PAG and Primavera, with participation from Sequoia Capital China and China Everbright. Link
• TRINE, a Gothenburg, Sweden-based crowdinvesting platform for solar projects, raises €6M ($6.85M) in a Series A round led by Gullspång Invest with participation from angels Andrew Reicher and Lars Thunel. Link
• Patch of Land, a Los Angeles-based real estate crowdfunding platform, expands its warehouse debt facility with SFCapital from $10M to $30M. Link
• LoanTap, a Mumbai-based online consumer lending startup, secures $4M in debt and equity financing from Kae Capital, India Quotient, IFMR and MAS Finance along with other angel investors. Link
• Singapore-based SME lending platform Validus receives $3M from Vertex Ventures and an additional $600K from angel investors for expansion to new SEA markets. Link
• Kissht, a Mumbai, India-based consumer loans provider for e-commerce purchases, raises $2M from Endiya Partners and Ventureast. Link
• CredoLab, a Singapore based alternative credit scoring startup, raises over $1M in a Pre-Series A round led by Fintonia Group with participation from Reliance Modal Ventura and other investors. Link
• Billion Loans, a Bangalore-based P2P consumer and business loans platform, raises a $1M (around INR 7 crore) seed round from Reliance Capital arm. Link
• AutoGravity, an Irvine, Texas-based online auto loans origination platform, receives an undisclosed equity investment from VW Credit. The investor joins the platform as a captive lender, and plans to create own branded online financing mobile app using AutoGravity’s technology. Link
• LendUp, a San Francisco-based payday and installment credit provider, receives an undisclosed strategic investment from PayPal. Link
• LendingOne, a Boca Raton, US-based online lending platform for real estate investors, closes a Series A round from investors Ron Suber, Richard Vague, Sidney Brown and Michael Heller. Link
• RentTrack, a Minnetonka, US-based online rent payments and rent reporting company, closes a Series A round led by Yabeo for expansion to Canada and the UK. Link
• London-based SME lender iwoca receives an undisclosed investment from Intesa Sanpaolo. Link
• Upgrade, a San Francisco-based online platform for personal loans founded by Lending Club founder Laplanche, partners with reporting and analytics platform dv01,unde which investors will receive free access to the platform, including use of dv01’s Portfolio Management solution. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Kue (2016, London) – A provider of installment-based payment options to a target market of consumers setting up their homes. The customers can go to any store and buy furniture, electronics etc in monthly EMI plans. The customers can choose payment terms which fit their budget. The financing is mobile-app based.
BridgeCare Finance (2016, Seattle) – A platform providing easy funding for a largely untouched domain of accessing child care financing. The platform allows to select the childcare provider of one’s choice and pays full amount directly to the provider. The customer needs to repay in monthly installments to BridgeCare Finance.

LEADER BOARD – ALTERNATIVE LENDING

Consumer Loans
Lending Club (2007, SF, IPO) – P2P online lending marketplace. Backed by Canaan Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Foundation Capital. Went public in 2014.
SoFi (2011, SF, $2.12B) – Marketplace lender and provider of student loan refinancing. Backed by Morgan Stanley, SoftBank, Third Point Ventures, Renren, Discovery Capital, Baseline Ventures, QED Investors.
Prosper (2005, SF, $353M) – P2P lending marketplace. Backed by Credit Suisse, Sequoia Capital, Francisco Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
Avant (2012, Chicago, $655M) – Online lending platform. Backed by Tiger Global Management, Victory Park Capital, August Capital.
Affirm (2012, SF, $420M) – Provides instant point-of-sale financing for online purchases. Backed by Spark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners.
GreenSky (2006, Atlanta, $410M) – A consumer finance marketplace, specializing in providing support services for consumer credit in the home improvement, retail, and healthcare industries. Backed by QED Investors, TPG, Fifth Third Bancorp.
Klarna (2005, Stockholm, $335.8M) – Platform providing e-commerce payment solutions for merchants and shoppers. Backed by General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, QED Investors, DST Global.

Business Loans
OnDeck (2007, NY, IPO) – Technology-enabled financial platform that provides loans to small and medium-sized businesses. Backed by Tiger Global Management, Google Ventures, RRE Ventures. Went public in 2014.
IOU Financial (2006, Kennesaw, IPO) – Working capital loan provider to small businesses. Went public in 2014.
Funding Circle (2010, London, $375M) – P2P marketplace for business loans. Backed by Accel Partners, Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures, DST Global, Temasek, Ribbit Capital, Baillie Gifford, Rocket Internet, Sands Capital, Montage Ventures, Endurance Companies.
Kabbage (2009, Atlanta, $241M) – Provider of working capital loans for small businesses. Backed by Reverence Capital Partners, SoftBank Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, BlueRun Ventures.
Behalf (2011, NY, $156M) – Lending platform which offers financing for small businesses. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Viola Group, Spark Capital, Vintage Partners, Western Technology Investment, Victory Park Capital, MissionOG, Maverick Ventures.
BlueVine (2013, Redwood City, $113M) – An online invice factoring company. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, 83North, and Citi Ventures.
AbleLending (2014, Texas, $111M) – A collaborative lending platform for small businesses. Backed by Community Investment Management.
LendingHome (2013, SF, $109M) – Online mortgage marketplace for real estate loan. Backed by Foundation Capital, Renren, Ribbit Capital.
Fundbox (2012, SF, $107.5M) –  An invoice discounting service provider.Backed by Spark Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures.

Enablers
Think Finance (2001, Fort Worth, $60M) – Analytics and technology services for lenders. Backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Victory Park Capital.
Zest Finance (2009, LA, $54M) – Deploys machine learning to provide lenders with borrowers’ credit score. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, Kensington Capital, Northgate Capital, Baidu.
FactorTrust (2006, Atlanta, $43.6M) – Provider of consumer data, analytics and risk scoring solutions on those underserved by traditional banking channels. Backed by  ABS Capital Partners, MissionOG, Archbrook.
Insikt (2012, SF, $24M) – White label platform for online lending. Backed by Accelerator Ventures, Investment AB Kinnevik, FirstMark Capital, Atalaya Capital.

Investment Platforms
Orchard (2013, NYC, $45M) – An investment and analytics platform that supports the lending marketplaces by providing technical and operational efficiency to help institutional investors and loan originators connect and transact. Backed by Canaan Partners, Spark Capital, QED Investors, Thrive Capital, Thomvest Ventures, Victory Park Capital, Conversion Capital, Tom Glocer, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Nyca Partners, Social Leverage.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS

• Better Doctor, a centralized hub for provider information raised $11M from Health Catalyst Capital, Vision+, Texo Ventures, SoftTechVC, LifeLine Ventures and B-ForeCapital. Link
• Innovu, a provider of employee health management solution raised $6.5M in financing from an undisclosed investor. Link
• Sigmacare, a CDSS-integrated EHR provider for long-term care is acquired by MatrixCare. Link 
• PHEMI which offers big data solutions for healthcare raised $10M from Quark Venture, GF Securities, CTI Life Sciences Fund, BDC Capital Healthcare Venture Fund, and Yaletown Partners. Link
• Glooko, a provider of diabetes data management platform raised $35M in Series – C  funding led by Georgian Partners, Insulet Corporation, Mayo Clinic, Canaan Partners, Social Capital, Medtronic, and Samsung NEXT. Link
• PatientPoint, a provider of patient engagement solutions at the point of care raised $140M from Searchlight Capital Partners and Silver Point Capital. Link
• Mediware completes the acquisition of Kinnser Software, which provides web-based software solutions for home healthcare organizations. Link
• emocha which provides medication adherence platform raised $1M seed funding from Propel Baltimore Fund, Kapor Capital, Sand Hill Angels, Baltimore Angels, and Blue Jay Syndicate. Link
• Myocardial Solutions which provides MRI-based diagnostic software for cardiac diseases raised $5M from undisclosed investors. Link
• Muses Labs which provides SaaS solutions for personalized combination therapy to Alzheimer’s patients raised $2M from undisclosed investors. Link 
• Solera Health which provides SaaS for population health management for chronic diseases raised $18.3M in financing from an undisclosed investor. Link
• ChiroTouch, a leading provider of electronic health records and practice management software for the chiropractic market raised an undisclosed funding from a PE firm Waud Capital Partners. Link
• CellTrak which provides integrated mobile solutions for home healthcare and hospice industry raised $11M from Boathouse Capital with participation from existing investor MK Capital. Link
• Healthify which provides a community referral and social determinants management platform raised $6.5M  Series-A funding led by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners (BCBSVP) with participation from Primary Venture Partners (PVP) and Activate Venture Partners (AVP). Link
• Cyder, a provider of patient flow management software is acquired by Cambio Healthcare. Link
• Coviti Healthcare which provides analytics-driven payment accuracy solutions for healthcare payers announced an agreement to purchase a value-based payer-provider analytics company RowdMap for $70M. Link
• Wellframe, an AI-based mobile care management solution provider raised $15M Series-B funding led by F-Prime Capital, with participation from existing investors including DFJ. Link
• BloomAPI which provides an API platform for healthcare data management raised $2,4M seed funding led by Founders’ Co-op with participation from Y-Combinator, Slow Ventures, Section 32, Liquid 2 Ventures and Parker Conrad. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

TrimAI  (2017, Durham) – Develops website and messaging integrated chatbots for automating patient education, hospital admission, and discharge processes.
Proactive Care (2017, Kfar Saba) – An AI-based patient engagement platform which provides personalized preventive health care plan based on patients’ EHR records.
Carey (2017, NYC) – An AI-based smarter patient treatment delivery platform that can be customized for any treatment, disease, clinic, and hospital.

LEADER BOARD – HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS

VALUE BASED CARE
Evolent Health (2011, Virginia, IPO) – Provides healthcare technologies and services that improve clinical, operational and business outcomes. The company’s services include providing customers with a population.
Onduo(2016, Minneapolis, $500M) – a JV between Sanofi and Verily focused on Diabetes. The company plans to use a combination of devices, software, medicine and professional care. The company claims to use a service-centric approach and support doctors in their efforts to treat their patients more effectively.
Privia Health (2013, Viginia, $419M) – Builds and enables physician groups and clinically integrated provider networks using technology, team-based care, and wellness programs to help doctors to manage the health of their populations. Backed by Goldman Sachs, Pamplona Funds, Cardinal Partners, Brighton Health, Health Enterprise Partners and Morgan Noble.

Population Health Management
MedHOK (2009, Tampa, $78M) – Provides a SaaS-based platform that uses predictive analytics to allow payers to identify and target member health risks, trigger workflow interventions, and improve the quality of care. Backed by Spectrum Equity and Bain Capital Ventures.
Humedica (2008, Boston, $63M, Acq) – Provides analytics solutions for healthcare providers to create a longitudinal view of individual patients and patient populations by gathering, normalizing, and analyzing data from EHRs, practice management, claims data. Backed by NorthBridge and Bain Capital Ventures.

Patient Engagement
Accolade (2007, Pennsylvania, $163.5M) – Provides consumer healthcare engagement and influence solution for large self-insured employers and payer organizations. Backed by Mckesson, Carrick Capital Partners, Com Cast Ventures.
PatientPoint (1987, Cincinnati, $140M) – Develops patient engagement solutions for healthcare providers at the point of care. Backed by Searchlight Capital, Silver Point Capital, Catterton.

Medication Adherence
Proteus Digital Health (2001, California, $404M) – Digital medicine platform includes unique measurement tools like sensor enabled pills, a biometric sensor patch worn on the body that receives data from sensors and sends it to the cloud, from where it can be analyzed using a smartphone app by doctors and caregivers. Backed by Novartis, Medtronic, Oracle, KP Ventures.

Care Coordination
Remedy Partners (2006, San Franciso, $96M) – Enables healthcare providers in developing and operating patient-centric episodic payment programs. Backed by Bain Capital ventures.
PatientSafe Solutions (2002, San Diego, $88.5M) – Provides smart point-of-care mobile solutions and innovating technologies enabling accountable care for healthcare organizations. Its flagship product, the PatientTouch System, delivers measurable safety and quality improvement by making care team workflows streamlined.

Remote Monitoring
LifeWatch (1993, New Jersey, IPO) – It is a maker of a medical device to be are worn on the chest to record heart’s rhythm. The data is continuously collected and analyzed in a dedicated mobile device.
iRhythm Tech (2006, San Franciso, $95M) – Its product the Zio Patch is a wearable patch designed to gather beat-to-beat heart data for diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias. Backed by California Healthcare Foundation, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners, Northwest Venture Partners, and Synergy Life Science Partners.
EarlySense (2004, Tel Aviv, $85M) – Developed a sensor that is placed under the mattress and monitors body vitals as well as bed entries and exits, patient motion, and quality of sleep eliminating the need for regularly manually checking the patients in constant care. Backed by Pitango Capital Ventures and JKB Capital.
AirStrip technologies (2003, San Antonio, $65M) – Platform allows clinicians to securely access patient monitoring data such as continuous heart tracings and other waveforms – along with parameters such as BP, temperature, etc from EMRs, bedside monitors, and devices on their laptops and mobiles. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Welltrust Fund, and Qualcomm Ventures.

PROVIDER
Hospital Information Management Systems
Epic (1979, Madison) – Develops, implements and supports IT software solutions for healthcare providers.
Cerner (1979, Kansas City, IPO) – End-to-end healthcare information technology solutions and services for the healthcare provider to optimize clinical, financial and operational outcomes.Went public in 1986.

EHR Platform
Practice Fusion (2005, SF, $155M) – Provides a free, web-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform to physicians. Backed by Qualcomm, Longitude Capital, Artis Ventures, SV Angels, Band Angels, Orbimed and KPCB.
Kareo (2004, Irvine, $137M) – Provides a SaaS-based practice management system to healthcare providers. Backed by  Escalate Capital, OpenView, SVB Financial Group, Montreux Equity Partners, Silver Lake, Greenspring Associates, Western Technology Investment, Stripes Group.

Practice Management
We Doctor Group (2010, Hangzhou, $521M) – We Doctor Group, earlier Guahao offers a platform to consumers and doctors, to book and manage appointments. Offers a practice management solutions to healthcare providers. Backed by Tencent, Fosun, Morningside Ventures, Qiming Ventures and Shandong Tyan Home Co.
Practo (2008, Bangalore, $125M) – Offers a web-based platform to patients and doctors. The SaaS-based practice management solution for physicians is called Practo Ray. Backed by Matrix Partners, Sequoia Capital, Tencent, Google Capital and InnoVen Capital.

Home care Management
Homecare Homebase (2001, Dallas, $57M) – Cloud-based tech enabler for Hospice & HomeCare organizations. Backed by SV Life Sciences.
Kinnser Software (2003, Austin, $40M) – Offers web-based software solution for point of care, billing and administration services to home health agencies. Backed by Insight Partners and Georgian Partners.

Clinical Operations Management
Imaging Advantage (2007, Santa Monica, $295M) – Offers RadAdvisor, a cloud-based decision support platform for radiologists that helps in diagnostic decision support. Backed by Goldman Sachs, Brightwood Capital Advisors, and CRG.
HeartFlow (2007, Redwood City, $227M) – Provides cardiovascular diagnostic support using CT scans and high-performance computing to provide physicians with data about blood flow within the coronary arteries. Backed by Capricorn Investment Group and US Venture Partners.

Administrative Solutions
Livescribe (2007, Oakland, $168M, Acq) – Provides smart CPOE solution platform for healthcare providers. Backed by Qualcomm, Greenhouse Capital Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Double Bottom Line Investors, Lionhart, TransLink Capital, Keating Capital, Presidio Ventures, Crosslink Capital, DBL Partners, Aeris Capital, VantagePoint Capital Partners. Acquired by Anoto in Nov 2015.
Awarepoint (2002, San Diego, $88M) – Offers Location-as-a-Service for healthcare organizations to facilitate asset management and tracking. Backed by KPCB, Cardinal Partners, SVB Financial Group, Venrock, Heritage Group, Icon Ventures, Jafco Ventures, Avalon Ventures, Avalon Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, New Leaf Ventures.
Phreesia (2005, NYC, $75M) – Provides a patient check-in platform for healthcare providers. Backed by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Escalate Capital, Ascension Ventures, Ascension Ventures, LLR Partners, Polaris Partners, Sandbox Industries, Long River Ventures, HLM Venture Partners, VantagePoint Capital Partners.
Evariant (2008, Farmington, $69M) – Provides platform for digital marketing solutions. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Health Enterprise Partners, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital and Goldman Sachs.

Professional Networks
Doximity (2011, San Mateo, $82M) – Mobile/web networking platform for physicians, medical professionals. Backed by Interwest Partners, Emergence Capital, T. Rowe Price, DFJ Venture, Morgan Stanley and Morgenthaler Private Equity.
Sermo (2000, New York City, $60M) – Social network for physicians. Backed by Kennet Partners and Deerfield Capital Management.

HORIZONTAL
McKesson (1833, San Francisco, IPO) – Provides solutions that include pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management, healthcare information technology, and business and clinical services.
Imprivata (2002, Tennesse, IPO) – Provides secure access and collaboration solutions for enterprises. It strengthens user authentication, streamlines application access and simplifies compliance reporting across multiple computing environments.
MedSolutions (2002, Tennesse, IPO) – Provides Intelligent Cost Management, that encompasses utilization management, capturing savings, reducing treatment costs, and supporting diagnostic accuracy.
Health Catalyst (2000, Utah, $237M) – Provides multiple analytical products, services, and applications like population health management, patient injury prevention, operational efficiency, performance monitoring and financial management for healthcare organizations. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Kp Ventures, Epic Venture Capital, Sorenson Capital.

EMPLOYER
Benefits Administration
Castlighthealth (2008, SF, IPO) – Offers healthcare information on providers and pricing for enterprises. Went public in 2014. Went public in 2015.
Collective Health (2013, San Mateo, $119M) – Self-insurance SaaS platform for employers to sponsor their employees. Backed by Google Ventures, Rock Health, Redpoint Ventures, Maverick Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Founders Fund and RRE Ventures.

Employee Fitness & Wellness
Welltok (2009, Denver, $151M) – Platform which provides personalized incentive based patient engagement services for Population health managers. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Emergence Capital Partners, InterWest Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Qualcomm Ventures, Miramar Digital Ventures, Okapi Venture Capital, Georgian Partners, EDBI and Flare Capital Partners.
Virginpulse (2004, Framingham, $92M) – Provides hub of tools that foster employee engagement and wellness.Backed by Insight Venture Partners and Virgin Group.

Healthcare Delivery
Imaginehealth (2006, Midvale, $36M) – Provider of customize fleet of Healthcare providers to employers. Backed by HLM Venture Partners and Trident Capital.
Healthiestyou (2010, Scottsdale, $30M) – Teleconsultation service provider for employees. Backed by Frontier Capital.

PAYER
Connecture (1997, Brookfield, IPO) – Web-based health plan distribution platform for healthcare payers. Went public in 2014.
NexgenRx (2003, Toronto, IPO) – Web-based claims adjudication and benefits administration for processing prescription drugs, and dental office claims. Went public in 2006.
ikaSystems (1999, Southborough, $152.5M, Acq.) – Software suite for health plans that includes claims submission and authorization, member and provider portals, electronic billing and claims adjudication solutions. Backed by Essex Woodlands Health Ventures. Acquired by Blue Cross Blue Shields in 2015.
HealthEdge (2004, Burlington, $58M) – Suite of software products for the healthcare payer market that includes claims and benefits administration, care management, business intelligence and portal solutions. Backed by Psilos.

PHARMACY
Express Scripts (1986, Missouri, IPO) – Offers SaaS platform of pharmacy benefit management solutions for health plans, providers, and patients.
CatamaranRx (1981, Illinois, Acq) – Provides pharmacy benefit management solutions and connect pharmacists, doctors, and caregivers with prescription data to improve health outcomes.
Talyst (2012, Washington, $65M) – Pharmacy Management solutions to pharmacies. Backed by OVP Ventures, Align Investments, Ignition Partners.
MedAvail (2012, Ontario, $36M) – Offers a self-service kiosk solution called the MedAvail MedCenter, automating the dispensing of prescription drugs and Over-The-Counter medications. Backed by Walgreens, Redmile Group, Adage Capital.
Millennium Pharmacy Systems (2003, Oakbrook, $62M) – Offers Just-In-Time dispensing with e-prescription, administration, documentation, and reporting. Backed by Essex Woodlands, Boulder Ventures, ATEL Capital Group, CHL Medical Partners, Ascension Ventures, and HealthInvest Equity Partners.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ENERGY EFFICIENCY

• View, a developer of smart glass, raises $200M from BlackRock and TIAA. Link
• Spruce Finance, a provider of consumer financing for residential energy efficiency and solar technology, raises $25M in funding from HPS Investment Partners. Link
• Kalray, a developer of high-performance, low-power many core microprocessors, raises $26M to target two rapidly growing markets autonomous vehicles and data centers. Link
• Light Polymers closes $5M Series B strategic funding round with Tokyo Electron And Tsingda International Venture Capital. Link
• HomeTree, a home energy service provider, raises $2.4M funding from LocalGlobe, DN Capital, Oxford Capital and FJ Labs. Link
• Energy management solutions provider Ecolibrium Energy raises $2.6M from Infuse Ventures, JLL and angel investor. Link
• Nerdalize raises nearly $850k for CloudBox servers in homes through crowdfunding platform Symbid. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Platformatics (2014, Bloomington) – Power over Ethernet (PoE) intelligent lighting control platform and hardware. The solution combines ethernet based switches with LED lights controlled by application rich software which can reduce energy consumption.
Vaayu (2015, Indore) – Developer of a patented hybrid cooling machine which blends the traditional coolers with a compressor and consumes 10% of the electricity as compared to similar cooling devices.

LEADER BOARD – ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Products – Lighting – Material & Component Manufacturers
Bridgelux (2002, Sunnyvale, $219M, Acq.) – LED chip manufacturing company. Backed by El Dorado Ventures, VantagePoint Capital Partners, Craton Equity Partners and Passport Capital. Acquired by China Electronics Corporation in 2015.

Products – Lighting – Finished Products – LED
Lighting Science Group (2004, Melbourne, IPO) – Manufactures different shapes of LED bulbs and invented biologically corrected lighting. Backed by Riverwood Capital and Pegasus Capital. Went public in 2008.
Cree (1987, Durham, IPO) – Manufactures LED components, and semiconductor products for power and radio-frequency (RF) applications. Went Public in 1993.

Products – Lighting – Finished Products – OLED
Novaled (2003, Dresden, $35M, Acq.) – Provides organic materials and complementary technologies for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) in display and lighting. Acquired by Samsung in 2013.

Products – Thermal Energy – Insulation
Aerogel (2001, Northborough, IPO) – Provides thermal management and energy conservation insulation solutions. Backed by Mount Royal Ventures, Arcapita Ventures, Lehman Brothers, RockPort Capital Partners, Reservoir Capital Group, Tenaya Capital.

Products – Thermal Energy – HVACR – Heating
System Heat (2012, Moscow, $500k) – Energy efficient radiators which help in reducing energy consumption and increasing savings. Backed by Genezis Capital.

Products – Thermal Energy – HVACR – Cooling
TAS Energy (1999, Houston, $60M) – TAS Energy manufactures energy efficient chilling and cooling systems. Backed by KPCB and Element Partners.

Products – Construction – Pre-Fabricated
View Dynamic Glass (2007, Milpitas, $646M) – Smartglass on which tint level can be modified by the user using smartphone to admit only light and reject glare. Backed by Khosla Ventures, DBL Investors, Sigma Partners, Navitas Capital, The Westly Group.

Energy Management Systems – BEMS
GridPoint (2003, Arlington, $294M, Acq.) – Energy management systems using big data analytics to monitor and manage energy-consuming assets, such as HVAC and lighting systems. Backed by Goldman Sachs, Skypoint Capital, Advantage Capital Partners, Craton Equity Partners. Acquired by TFC Utilities in 2015.
Distech Controls (1995, Brossard, $37M, Acq.) – Building energy management system that provides integration of HVAC, lighting, access control, CCTV, energy management, and other building systems. Backed by Export Development Canada, Enertech Capital. Acquired by Acuity Brands in 2015.

Energy Management Systems – IEMS
Energy and Power Solutions (2001, Costa Mesa, $50M, Acq.) – Energy Management System with real-time information collected at the equipment level, across a customer’s entire enterprise. Backed by NGEN, Robeco, Altira Group. Acquired by Ameresco in 2011.

Energy Management Systems – HEMS
There Corporation (2009, Helsinki, $5.8M) – Home energy management system. Offer smart boiler control,     dual fuel control for air and gas heated houses, comfort control. Backed by VNT Management.

Device Level Management Systems – HVAC Management – Residential – Thermostats
Nest Labs (2010, Palo Alto, $80M, Acq.) – Provides thermostats for monitoring home energy consumption. Backed by KPCB, Google Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. Acquired by Google in 2014.
Tado (2011, Munich, $57M) – Smart AC management devices for homes. Backed by Target Partners, Shortcut Ventures, BayBG, Siemens.

Device Level Management Systems – HVAC Management – Commercial
Optimum Energy (2005, Seattle, $36M) – Provides data-driven cooling and heating optimization solutions for enterprise facilities.Backed by Columbia Pacific Advisors.

Device Level Management Systems – Lighting Control Systems – BLCS
Enlighted (2009, Sunnyvale, $83M) – Provides network platform with wireless sensor to collect and analyze data to intelligently adapt the lighting level. Backed by Intel Capital, KPCB, RockPort Capital Partners.

Device Level Management Systems – Lighting Control Systems – SLCS
Sensity Systems (2010, Sunnyvale, $74M, Acq.) – Offers a high-speed, sensor-based, open networking platform to connect lighting systems for improving the experience. Backed by Mohr Davidow Ventures, Cisco Investments, Acuity Brands and Simon Venture Group. Acquired by Verizon in Sep, 2016.

Device Level Management Systems – Power Management Systems – Data Center Management
SynapSense (2006, Folsom, $46M, Acq.) – Wireless cooling and data center asset monitoring solution. Backed by  Sequoia Capital, Crosslink Capital, Frontier Venture Capital, Aeris Capital, Nth Power, Robert Bosch Venture Capital and American River Ventures. Acquired by Panduit in 2014.

Energy Monitoring Systems – Residential & Commercial
Encored (2013, Seoul, $17M) – Energy tracking through app using disaggregation technologies. Backed by  Formation 8, Stonebridge, LG U Plus.

Energy Monitoring Systems – Residential
Bidgely (2010, Sunnyvale, $25M) – Home energy management up to appliance level without using any plug-level monitors. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, E.on, RWE Global and  Constellation Technology Ventures.
Sense (2013, Cambridge, $19M) – Device to monitor appliances and track energy usages using electronic signatures. Backed by  Charles River Ventures, Capricorn, Bolt, Shell Global, Prelude Ventures and Energy Impact Partners.

Energy Monitoring Systems – Commercial & Industrial
Verdigris (2011, Moffett Field, $15.7M) – Energy analytics for better management of facilities using disaggregation techniques. Backed by Data Collective, Founder, Jabil, Verizon Ventures, StartX.

Service Providers –  As-a-Service Providers
UrbanVolt (2014, Dublin, $33M) – Lighting as a Service to install and maintain LED lights without any upfront cost. Backed by SUSI Partners.

Service Providers – Finance Providers
Ygrene Energy Fund (2009. Santa Rosa, $185M) – Offers clean energy financing solutions for residential and commercial properties. Backed by Lightyear Capital, New Energy Capital, Virgo Investment Group.

Service Providers – Project Management
Thermondo (2012, Berlin, $32M) – Energy efficient residential heating system installer. Backed by Holtzbrinck Ventures, E.on, IBB, Global Founders Capital, Rocket Internet.

Leader board includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.

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INTERESTING STARTUPS

Primoface (2015, Delhi), face recognition-based customer engagement solution for retailers. Founders is alumnus of Delhi University. Local comparable includes Corseco (2016, Delhi, $225k). Global comparables include Brickstream (2000, Norcross, $36M) and Prism Skylabs (2011, SF, $24M).

INDIA INTERESTING NEWS

Vayana Networks (2009, Chennai), premier financial services company, raises $4M in Series A round of funding from IDG, Jungle Ventures. Link

Increff (2016, Bangalore), supply chain management solutions provider for fashion retailers, raises $2M in funding led by Sequoia Capital. Link

Chumbak (2009, Bangalore), manufacturing and product retail company, raises $1.7M in debt round funding from Blacksoil. Link

IONA Entertainment (2016, Bangalore), gaming and activity arena for adults and kids, raises an undisclosed amount in Angel round of funding from Chris Gayle. Link

Eatigo (2013, Bangkok), app based restaurant booking service, acquires Ressy (2015, Pune), provider of real-time location based deals from restaurants, for an undisclosed amount. Link

Square Capital (2014, Gurgaon), online loan aggregator, crosses $309.8M in loan disbursements. Link

Jugnoo (2014, Chandigarh), mobile-based autorickshaw hailing and hyperlocal delivery service, launches Bumbl, a workflow automation tool. Link

Facebook (2004, Menlo Park), social networking site, launches Messenger Lite App for android users in India. link

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

Vroom (2013, NYC), an online used car dealer, raises $76M in Series F round of funding from undisclosed investors. Link

Segment (2011, SF), data integration software, raises $64M in Series C round of funding led by the Y Combinator Continuity Fund and GV with participation from Accel, Thrive Capital, Ron Conway’s SV Angel, and New Enterprise Associates. Link

Assent Compliance (2005, Ottawa), Web-based compliance management software, raises $40M in undisclosed round of funding led by Greenspring Associates with participation from Volition Capital, OpenText Enterprise Application Fund, Business Development Bank of Canada and others. Link

Pendo (2013, Raleigh), customer product engagement platform, raises $25M in Series C round of funding led by Meritech Capital Partners with participation from Battery Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, Core Capital Partners, IDEAFund Partners, Salesforce Ventures and Spark Capital. Link

Framebridge (2014, Washington D.C.), custom picture frames & online art framing, raises $16.7M in Series B round of funding from Gordon Segal and Beth Kaplan with participation from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Revolution Ventures, and SWaN & Legend Venture Partners. Link

Bespin Global (2015, Seongnam), cloud IT solutions company, raises $15M in Series A round of funding led by Legend Capital with participation from Premier Partners, Altos Ventures, Hyosung ITX, and other investors. Link

Cover (2016, SF), Mobile first general insurance broker, raises $11M in Seed and Series A round of funding led by Social Capital. Link

Star Capital Partners, UK- based private equity firm, raises Third Private Equity Fund, at $912.9M. Link