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

INTERESTING STARTUPS

Str8bat (2017, Bangalore), developer of sensor based wearables for cricket. Founders are ex-SAP, IBM, Cisco. Local comparable is Retisense (2014, Bangalore). Global comparables are Zepp (2011, San Jose, $20M) and PIQ (2009, Lausanne, $5M).

INDIA INTERESTING NEWS

Flipkart (2007, Bangalore), online horizontal e-commerce marketplace, raises $2.5B in funding from SoftBank Vision. Link

Ola (2011, Bangalore), app-based asset-light cab operator, raises $36M in funding from Tekne Private Ventures. Link

Moong Labs (2012, Delhi), a mobile games developer company, raises an undisclosed amount of funding from Nazara Games. Link

Career Power (2010, Delhi), coaching institute for Government jobs, raises an undisclosed amount in bridge round of funding from existing investors. Link

BitBay (2014, Katowice), poland based bitcoin exchange, plans to launch a dedicated platform for trade and exchange of cryptocurrencies in India. Link

Aurobindo Pharma (1986, Hyderabad), generic FDF & API manufacturer, plans to increase stake in Tergene Biotech (2008, Hyderabad), developer of vaccines against bacterial infections. Link

Quess Corp. (2007, Bangalore), business services provider, plans to raise $179M via institutional placement. Link

Citibank (1812, New York), a financial services company, and MobiKwik (2009, Gurgaon), mobile wallet, recharge and bill payments app, to go for arbitration over reward programme payments. Link

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

Donuts (2011, Bellevue), registry for generic top-level domain names, raises $110M in debt round of funding led by Silicon Valley Bank with participation from Cadence Bank, N.A., Comerica Bank, Pacific Western Bank, and Umpqua Bank. Link

Coinbase (2012, SF), digital wallet and payment gateway for bitcoins, raises $100M in Series D round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners, with participation from Spark Capital, Greylock Partners, Battery Ventures and others. Link

Apellis Pharmaceuticals (2008, Crestwood), biopharmaceutical company targeting complement system to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, raises $60M in Series E round of funding led by Sectoral Asset Management with participation from Sofinnova, Vivo Capital, F-Prime Capital Partners, Clough Capital Partners and others. Link

Amplitude (2012, SF), mobile analytics and business intelligence platform, raises $30M in Series C round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners, with participation from Benchmark Capital and Battery Ventures. Link

Auvik Networks (2011, Kitchener), network monitoring, configuration & management automation solution provider, raises $15M in Series B round of funding led by OpenView, with participation from Celtic House Venture Partners and Rho Canada Ventures. Link

HighBar Partners, CA-based an investment firm, raises Third Fund, at $208M. Link

3D Capture under content creation tools and PC/Console/Standalone under display devices formed the most investment friendly, large, and upcoming sectors in the virtual reality space as total funding dollars fell marginally from the previous year.

By stage, funding increased by 19% for early, dropped for late and seed by 52% and 31% respectively.

Average ticket size for Series B investments peaked by a whopping 296%, increased marginally by 20% for seed and fell by 35% for Series A.

Top investments in the last one year include Improbable’s Series B round of $502M and NextVR’s Series B round of $80M. Only one company has taken the public route since 2016 as 15 companies have been acquired with TDK picking up InvenSense for $1.3B being the biggest disclosed deal value.

Content creation tools have historically been the most investment friendly business model ($1.1B) followed by applications ($549M) with $1.4B being invested in this sector between 2016-17.

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Customer engagement and proximity marketing constituted large, upcoming sectors in the retail tech landscape in 2016 that drew the most investments as total funding dollars plunged by a considerable 72% from the previous year.

By stage, the number of fundraising rounds saw a dip across the board-late dropping by 76%, early by 63% and seed by 77%. Funding dollars too nosedived across the board-late by 83%, early by 65% and seed by 66%.

Average ticket size of Series A investments soared by 31%, fell marginally and remained the same for Series B and seed investments respectively.

Top investments till date in this space include Trax’s Series C round of $40M and LevelUp’s Series E round of $37M led by JP Morgan Chase & Co and U S Boston Capital.

As Y Combinator led the list of most active investors for seed, Index Ventures led for Series A, Sequoia Capital for Series B and Goldman Sachs for later stage.

16 acquisitions have marked this space since 2016 with Bain Capital buying Concardis for $741M being the biggest disclosed deal value.

Payments having shored up $2.2B till date have historically been the most funded business model with analytics following a close second with $1.1B. Investments totaling $1B have been plowed in this space between 2016-17 YTD.

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Medication Adherence under Health Engagement and Suite Solutions under Financial Analytics constituted large, upcoming and investment friendly sectors in the Healthcare Analytics landscape as Artificial Intelligence under Clinical Analytics and Workflow Optimization under Operational Analytics made up niche upcoming sectors that witnessed increased investment activity.

In 2016, stage wise, the number of fundraising rounds plunged across the board with seed registering the steepest decline by 79%, followed by late (75%) and then early (59%).

Average ticket size, however, climbed across the board-Series B grew by 30%, Series A by 12.5% and seed by a whopping 160%.

Top investments in the last one year include Modernizing Machine’s PE round of $231M in May, 2017 and Alignment Healthcare’s PE round of $115M of March, 2017 both led by Warburg Pincus.

While Rock Health led the tally for the most active investor for seed, GE Ventures led for both Series A and B as Ascension Ventures led for later stage.

Four companies have gone public in this sector since 2015 with 16 acquisitions dotting the space as Evolent Health picking up Valence Health for $219M was the only disclosed deal value.

Companies offering suite solutions like Alignment Healthcare and Health Catalyst have historically been the most investment friendly ($1.7B) business model with Clinical Analytics companies following a close second ($1.45B). Between 2016-17 YTD, investments totalling $1.90B have been invested in this sector.

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Developers and casual games under developers formed the most investment friendly large, upcoming sectors in the VR gaming space.

Total funding dollars fell from the previous year in 2016 by a whopping 255% as total fundraising rounds fell by 83%.

Top investments in the last one year include Vsensory’s Series A round of $10M and Double Fine’s Series B round of $8M.

By stage of entry, Boost VC led the tally of most active investors for seed, HTC Corporation led for Series A and Danhua Capital led for Series B.

Historically, developers have been the most funded business model ($299M) as investments to the tune of $83M have been invested between 2016-17 in the VR gaming space.

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ERP

• Open System, a business accounting software, and ERP solutions provider acquired Precise Software, which develops business management tools for Apparel Decorating industry. Link
• Tyler Technologies, an information management software provider acquires Digital Health Department Inc, a company that provides environmental health software solutions. Link
• Shorebird Technologies, a developer of cloud-based travel ERP solution raised undisclosed seed funding led by Grace Grace Techno Ventures. Link
• Prometheus group, leading provider of enterprise asset maintenance and management solution developer acquires Pipeline Group and Sage Technolgy  Link
• Infor, a cloud-based business application developer acquired Birst Inc, a leading provider of cloud-based Business Intelligence, Visualization and Analytics tools. Link     
• Swedish enterprise IFS(Industrial and Financial System) which provides ERP, asset management, and service management solution acquires MPLSystem and Field Service Management Limited. Link
• Compeat, developer of cloud based restaurant management software provider acquires Ctuit. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Fabacus( (2016, London) – Cloud-based supply chain management solutions for fashion retailers and manufacturers. 

LEADER BOARD – ERP

Multi-Industry
Workday (2005, Pleasanton , IPO) – Provides cloud-based ERP solution focused primarily on human resource, payroll and financial management for multiple industries. Went IPO in 2012.
Kingdee International Software Group (1993, Shenzhen, IPO) – Provides cross-platform ERP solutions deployable on cloud and on-premise for all industries. Went IPO in 2006.

Professional Services
FinancialForce.com (2009, SF, $194M) – Equips customer-centric businesses with a unified cloud platform and applications necessary to streamline operations for all industries. Backed by TCV, SalesForce Ventures, Advent International, and Unit4.
Intacct (1999, San Jose, $135M) – Cloud based ERP solutions with best-in-class financial management and accounting systems. Backed by Battery Ventures, BVP, Sigma Partners, SVB, Split Rock Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Costanoa Venture Capital, Emergence Capital Ventures, JK&B Capital, and HWVP.

Manufacturing
Plex Systems (1995, Troy, $86.5M) – Cloud-based ERP solution that features modules like machine execution system (MES), supply chain, quality, BI. Backed by Accel, Apax Partners, T.Rowe Price.
Kenandy (2010, Redwood City, $55M) – Integrates order-to-cash, procure-to-pay cycles, production & planning and financials. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, SalesForce Ventures, KPCB, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
IQMS (1989, Paso Robles, $40M) – Offers manufacturing ERP solutions with features like production monitoring, quality control, supply chain and inventory. Backed by TCV, and Banneker Partners.

Retail
Lightspeed (2005, Montreal, $126M) – Offers end-to-end SaaS-based solutions that primarily targets brick and mortar stores. Features include POS integration, inventory management, customer management, analytics. Backed by Accel, iNovia Capital, Investissement Quebec, and CDPQ.
VendHQ (2010, Auckland, $46M) – Cloud-based POS software that enables retailers to accept payments, track customers, manage inventory, provide loyalty incentives and run business analytics. Backed by Point Nine Capital, Valar Ventures, and Square Peg Capital.

Waste Management
AMCS (2003, Limerick, $103M) – ERP provider for recycling and waste management industry with features like Contract Pricing, Invoicing, Subcontractor Management, Billing, Analytics. Backed by Alpina Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Mianach Venture Capital, Insight Partners, Investec, NCB, SVB, and Shannon Development Company.

Government
Deltek (1983, Herndon, $107M, Acq) – Provides ERP solution for government and project-based organizations. Acquired by Roper Technologies for $2.8B in Decemebr 2016.

Education
rSmart (2002, Scottsdale, $14M, Acq.) – Cloud-based ERP solution that integrates academic and administrative functions of educational institutes. Acquired by KualiCo in October 2014.
Foradian (2009, Bangalore, $2M) – Open Source ERP solutions for educational institutes. Backed by an Angel Investor, William Bissell.

Agribusiness
MJ Freeway (2010, Denver, $11M) – SaaS-based integrated software suite for seed sale in Cannabis industry. Backed by Tao Capital Partners.  
Farmeron (2010, Columbus, $4M) – Offers Live Stock Management solutions that provide real-time insights into the production. Backed by Softtech VC, Nextview Ventures, 500 Startups, SeedCamp, and Valley Oak Investments.

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 – DOCKER ECOSYSTEM

• StorageOS, a provider of application-centric and platform-agnostic storage for containers and cloud raised $2M in Seed funding. Link
• Mesosphere, a provider of the platform for building and running data-rich, containerized applications was awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum. Link
• Docker, a provider of the container platform launched its first official container services in China. Link
• Aqua Security, a provider of container security solution for micro services based virtual infrastructure won 2017 Red Herring Hot 100 North America award. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Adminix (2017, Paris) – Provides an administration tool for micro services based docker infrastructure for small and medium businesses.

LEADER BOARD – DOCKER ECOSYSTEM

Container Technology
Docker (2008, SF, $181M) – It helps developers create, deploy and run applications using containers. Backed By Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, Greylock, Trinity Ventures, Insight Partners, GS, Coatue, Northerntrust, Amecloud Ventures, SVAngel.

Platform
Tutum (2013, NYC, $2.72M, Acq.) – It provides a container orchestration service to automatically manage and scale cloud infrastructure, and provide a platform on which users can build, deploy and manage containerized applications. Acquired by Docker in October 2015.

PaaS
BoCloud (2012, Suzhou, $16M) – It is an automated cloud based IT infrastructure provider includes a Docker based cloud management platform. Backed By HuaTai Securities, TalkingData, Hoperun, Oriza Holdings, Oriental Fortune Capital.
dotCloud (2008, SF, $11M, Acq.) – It is a developer cloud platform to build, deploy and scale apps. The platform features testing, staging and live environments out of the box to ensure users can deploy hundreds of times per day without breaking the app. Acquired by Cloudcontrol in August 2014.
Cypherpath (2013, Mountain View, $900K) – It provides On Demand IT Infrastructure with virtual container platform. Backed By Seabed VC. 

DevOps
CloudBees (2010, Woburn, $51M) – It allows developers to deploy applications into the cloud. Backed By ISVP, Verizon, Matrix Partners, Blurcloud ventures.
CoreOS (2013, SF, $48M) – It is a server operating system for running a cluster of servers. Backed By Google ventures, KPCB, Accel, Fuelcapital, Ycombinator, A16z.
CircleCI (2011, SF, $25.5M) – It provides Continuous Integration & Deployment, and Container enabled services. Backed By SV Angel, 500 Startups, DFJ, Data Collective, Harrison Metal, Scale Venture Partners, Baseline Ventures.
Codeship (2011, Vienna, $11.4M) – It offers continuous delivery services and Parallel CI. Backed By Sigma Prime, Boston Seed, Fprime Capital, TechStars, Rothenberg Ventures, Seedcamp.

Networking
Weave Works (2014, London, $20M) – It addresses Docker`s networking issue by providing Docker containers with a single virtual network even if they are on a different host.

Container Management
Rancher Labs (2014, Cupertino, $30M) – It provides open source private container management and Infrastructure software. Backed By Nexus Venture Partners, Mayfield, NZVIF, GRC SinoGreen Fund.
Portworx (2014, California, $28.5M) – A software defined application providing scale-out storage for containerized applications. Backed by Sapphire Ventures, GE Ventures, Mayfield, MSD Capital, Stanford.
Sysdig (2013, Davis, $28M) – It provides software tools for managing micro services and containers. Backed By Accel Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, MTSfund.
ClusterHQ (2008, Bristol, $15M) – It provides Flocker,  data volume manager and multi-host Docker cluster management tool for easy database portability. Backed By Accel Partners, Canaan Partners, DN Capital, Charlotte Street Capital, EC1 Capital, Episode 1 Ventures, Firestartr, Beacon Capital, OpenOcean.

Container Security
Twistlock (2015, SF, $30M) – Security solution for Docker for visibility and control over container based applications and data. Backed By YL Ventures, Polaris Ventures, and Rally Ventures.
Aqua Security (2015, Tel Aviv, $13M) – Container security solutions for virtual containers with added visibility and control to large environments. Backed By TLV Partners.

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

For latest updates visit Docker Ecosystem feed.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – MOBILE ADVERTISING

• Ash.Tv, a mobile video advertising and monetization platform has raised an Undisclosed Series A funding from Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. Link
• Fyber, an ad monetization platform for mobile apps has raised $7.9M in Series A funding from BillFront. Link
• UpSnap, a technology platform to develop custom mobile campaigns has raised $150.5K Debt funding. Link
• Celtra, a mobile video advertising platform has raised  $15M in Series C funding led by Unilever Ventures and WPP. Link
• YieldMo, a mobile supply-side platform for programmatic ad selling has raised $8.9M in Series C funding from Time Waner, Google Ventures, Union Square Ventures, and Vast Ventures. Link
• Mozoo, a multi-level machine learning technology platform has acquired AdinCube, an AI powered mobile revenue optimization platform for $20M. Link
• OLAmobile, a performance based mobile ad network has acquired IconPeak, an in-app mobile advertising platform for $10M. Link
• Taptica, a mobile user acquisition platform has acquired Adinnovation, a mobile app advertising and analytics provider for $5.7M. Link
• Ninth Decimal, a mobile audience intelligence platform has acquired MoLOGIQ, a mobile audience management platform. Link
• Singular, an end-to-end marketing analytics platform has acquired Apsalar, a mobile attribution and analytics platform. Link 
• You and Mr Jones, a Brandtech group has acquired Mobkoi, a platform to create and deliver tailormade mobile marketing campaigns. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Halawa Web (2017, Berlin) – A native mobile app advertising platform with proprietary fraud prevention algorithm.
Attriboost (2016, Boston ) – A mobile ad tracking and attribution platform for advertisers to track their app activity and performance.

LEADER BOARD – MOBILE ADVERTISING

Creatives
Crisp Media (2003, NYC, $16M) – Produces rich media creative units, serves campaigns across all devices and OS types and provides detailed analytics to inform campaign optimization. Backed by EDB Investments, Intel Capital, Meritage Funds.

Demand Side Platform
xAd (2009, NYC, $119M) – xAd is a location based Demand Side Platform which also provides analytics solution to marketers. Backed by SoftBank, Silicon Valley Bank, EMCap Partners.

Ad Network
Millennial Media(2006, Baltimore, IPO, Acq) – Independent mobile ad platform and data company that partners with advertisers, app developers, and mobile operators to reach consumers at scale. Went public in March 2012. Acquired by AOL in 2015.

Ad Exchange
Nexage (2000, Boston, $19.5M, Acq) – Provides mobile RTB, mobile private exchange, exchange based data solution which delivers behavioural, location data to buyers. Backed by GrandBanks Capital, Relay Ventures, Hearst Ventures, Singtel. Acquired by Millennial Media in 2014.

Supply Side Platform
Smaato (2005, SF, $43M, Acq) – Provides mobile RTB ad exchange and SSP for mobile app developers and publishers and offers open API and SDKs to integrate with ad network and DSP. Backed by Singapore Press Holdings, EDB Investments, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Aeris Capital. Acquired by Spearhead Integrated Marketing Communications Group in 2016.

Native Ad Platform
Appsfire (2009, Tel Aviv, $9M, Acq) – Provides a customizable native ad format that blend with the flow of the app. The system designs and localizes native ads with an integrated attribution analytics services. Backed by Georgian Partners, Blue Sky Capital. Acquired by Mobile Network group in 2015.

Ad Serving Platform
Medialets (2008, NYC, $33M, Acq) – Third-party ad serving and rich media ad platform that enables brands, agencies and publishers to create, deliver and measure mobile and tablet campaigns. Backed by Foundry Group, 500 Startups, DFJ Gotham VC, Greenspring Associates. Acquired by WPP in 2015.

Data Management Platform
NinthDecimal (2003, SF, $56M) – Mobile audience intelligence platform which uses both data and proprietary technology to construct customized audience segments. Backed by DFJ, Comcast Ventures, Trident Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Panorama Capital.

Analytics
Marchex (2000, Seattle, IPO) – Delivers new customer phone calls to businesses and analyzes the data in these calls to improve ad campaign results. Went public in March 2004.

Retargeting
TVSmiles (2013, Berlin, $13M) – Tracks TV ads being watched by the user and pushes relevant advertising content into the user mobile phones. Backed by MAGIX, Ventech, SevenOne Media, Omnes Capital, German Startups, Ventech, e.ventures.

Attribution
4INFO (2004, San Mateo, $63M) – Provides mobile attribution and audience targeting solutions to publishers, agencies and brand advertisers. Backed by DFJ Ventures, Gannett, Sand Hill Capital, US Venture Partners, Peacock Equity, Selby Ventures, Mitsui Global, Rogers Venture Partners, Avid Bank.

Enabler
Factual (2007, LA, $61M) – Global location data provider and creates user profiles using geo-behavioural pattern of the audience. Backed by Founder Collective, SV Angel, Heritage Group, Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis, Data Collective, Index Ventures, Miramar Ventures, Haystack Partners, Upfront, Altpoint Ventures.

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

For latest updates, visit Mobile Advertising feed.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION

• Slack announces seven more companies backed through 106 million funds. Link
• TimeHero Inc., a Sudbury based automated and adaptive task planning software developer startup gets $400K from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation. Link
  
• Cisco acquires Observable Networks, a network security technology solutions provider, for an undisclosed sum. Link
  
• Site Traker, a cloud based project management tool, raises $11M Link
  
• Ephesoft, an advanced machine learning based data capture solution provider, raises $15M in Series A from Mercato Partners. Link
• DataRails, a cloud platform to securely store, share and manage all data from spreadsheets, raises $6M through Vertex Ventures. Link
• Receipt Bank, a provider of automation solutions to bookkeeping and accounting firms, raises $50M through Insight Venture Partners. Link
• Noticeboard, a communication platform for frontline staff, raises $1.2M in funding raised by Stellaris Venture Partners. Link
  
• Mitel, a telecom company providing unified communication solutions, acquires ShoreTel, which provides a similar solution as the former, for $530M. Link
  
• Qmarkets, a provider of collective intelligence solution for idea & innovation management, secured $5.2M in the round led by funding by LETA Capital, Club 100 Plus and the State of Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development. Link
• Wickr, a secure mobile communication application developer raises $8.8M from an undisclosed investor. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Taggun (2017, Auckland) – Taggun is an enterprise data digitization solution provider which can perform image transcription in real-time and supports 56 languages.

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, IPO) –  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.
Mindjet (1994, SF, $33.2) – Provides mind mapping and innovation management software.

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
Vidyo (2005, Hackensack, $163M) – Provides both software based technology and product based visual communication solutions.
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.
Smartsheet (2005, Bellevue, $120M) – Provides online collaborative work platform used by individuals and companies of all size to manage projects and get work done from any device or browser.

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, Salt 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.

For latest updates, visit Enterprise Collaboration feed.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ONLINE GROCERY

• Chef’d, an online meal kit delivery service has raised $35.2M in Series B funding from Smithfield Foods, Campbell Soup, and Fresh Direct. Link
• Jumbotail, an online B2B platform for groceries raised $8.5M in Series A funding from Kalaari Capital and Nexus Venture Partners. Link
• Fresh Nation, an on-demand farm to home grocery delivery raised $3.8M in Series A funding from an undisclosed investor. Link
• SimplyCook, an online meal kit delivery service has raised $2.6M in Series A funding from Maxfield Capital, Episode 1 Ventures, 500 Startups and other investors. Link
• Flashfood, an online marketplace to purchase excess food has raised $1.5M in a Seed funding round from undisclosed investors. Link
• MaxWholesale, an online B2B platform for groceries raised $1M in Pre-Series A funding from IAN and Maple Capital Advisors. Link
• Signature Market, an online platform to purchase organic products has raised $350K from equity crowd funding. Link
• Raincan, a subscription based grocery delivery service has raised $270K in Pre-Series A round from IIFL Holdings Limited Group’s CFO Prabodh Agarwal and existing investor Dr. Aniruddha Malpani. Link
• Crofarm, an online platform connecting farmers and businesses raised $783K in Pre-Series A round led by US-based venture development firm Factor[e] Ventures. Link
• MrNeeds, an on-demand grocery delivery service raised $500K in Pre-Series A round of funding from a consortium of investors. Link
• Doodhwala, an online milk delivery service raises an undisclosed amount of Pre- Series A funding from Stonehill Capital. Link
• Mat Smart, an online platform offering excess or near-to-expiry groceries raised fresh funding from three Swedish angel investors. Link
• Amazon launches its own meal kit delivery service through Amazon Fresh. Link
• Shipt, an on-demand grocery delivery service has partnered with Piggly Wiggly for delivering groceries in Birmingham, England. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

LEADER BOARD – ONLINE GROCERY

Online Retailers- Horizontal
Ocado (2002, Hatfield, IPO) – Online grocery retailing company. Went public in 2010. Current market cap is £1.73B.
Fresh Direct (2002, NYC, $315M) – Online platform for ordering fresh produce and premium groceries in NYC and Philadelphia area. Backed by JP Morgan.
Big Basket (2011, Bangalore, $247M) – Online and mobile platform for grocery delivery. Also, has hyperlocal logistics for one hour express delivery. Backed by Helion Venture Partners.

Online Retailers- Food Focused
Womai (2008, Beijing, $330M) – Online retailer offering majorly health food as well as imported food products in China. Backed by Baidu.
Fruit Day (2009, Shanghai, $195M) – Online platform for ordering imported fruits. Backed by ClearVue Partners.
Benlai (2012, Beijing, $157M) – Online retailer for premium food products e.g. locally-grown organic vegetables to imported food products in China. Backed by CDH Investments, and China Equity among others.

Online Retailers- Organic Grocery
Door to door organics (2007, Lafayette, $43M) – Online retailer for organics products on the subscription basis. Backed by Arlon Group.
Tony’s Farm (2009, Shanghai, $39M) – Online retailer for organic grocery. Backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
My Pimlico market (2010, Charenton-le-Pont, $3.65M) – Online organic superstore. Backed by Siparex Sigefi.

Hyperlocal Delivery
Instacart (2012, SF, $675M) – Hyperlocal delivery for grocery products through personal shopper. Backed by Y Combinator.
BeeQuick (2014, Beijing, $110M) – An O2O marketplace for ordering grocery where delivery is done by vendors. Backed by Sequoia, and Hillhouse among others.
Dmall (2015, Beijing, $100M) – An online marketplace to order groceries from local businesses delivered by personal shoppers. Backed by IDG Capital Partners.

Farm to Home
Miss Fresh (2014, Beijing, $172M) – Online platform for ordering fresh produce sourced directly from farms. Backed by China Growth Capital, and Tencent among others.
Freshmarket (2012, Suzhou, $74.5M) – Online delivery of organic goods directly from local growers. Employs process monitoring at all stages. Backed by Tiantu Capital.
Good Eggs (2011, SF, $46.5M) – An open marketplace for local farm produce and other organic food products. Backed by Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital.

Recipe Box Based Grocery
Blue Apron (2012, NYC, IPO) – Delivers meal kits, including pre-measured ingredients and recipes, in refrigerated boxes. Backed by Strips Group. The current market cap is $1.18B.
Hellofresh (2012, Berlin, $367M) – Weekly subscription-based service that provides 3-4 recipes and related groceries. Sources seasonal and local organic food. Backed by Insight Partners.
Plated (2012, NYC, $80M) – Offers a subscription box service that contains meal ingredients and recipe by partnered chefs. Backed by Greycroft.

Online Meat
Licious (2015, Bangalore, $14M) – Online retailer for meat products. Backed by Mayfield, Sistema and Tholons Capital among
others.
Carre de Boeuf (2009, Paris, $3M) – Online platform for ordering meat products. Backed by CM-CIC Capital Prive.
Crowd Cow (2015, Seattle, $2M) – Online marketplace for purchasing beef in a group. Backed by Maveron, Fuel Capital.

B2B- Marketplace
Ds365 (2014, Beijing, $121M) – Online B2B marketplace for FMCG goods. Backed by DT Capital Partners, Matrix Partners China, UCF Group, Grand Yangtze Capital, K2 VC (Xianfeng Evergreen)
Liancair (2015, Shanghai, $23M) – Online B2B marketplace for food items allowing business to purchase products from the listed vendors.
Zhanghetianxia (2013, Beijing, $16M) – Online B2B marketplace for groceries, food items from the listed vendors. Backed by RiverHill Fund.

B2B- Wholesaler
Huimin (2013, Beijing, $295M) – Online platform allowing businesses to purchase grocery products. Backed by Shenzhen
Fortune Venture.
Farm link (2014, Beijing, $39M) – Online supplier of groceries and food items to restaurants. Backed by Sequoia Capital.
Xiaonongnv (2014, Shenzhen, $14.5M) – Online supplier of groceries products. Backed by Shenzhen Capital Group.

Farm to Business
Meicai (2014, Beijing, $253M) – Fresh fruits and vegetable delivery to small and medium restaurant market. Backed by Bluelake Capital.
Yimutian (2011, Beijing, $20M) – Online B2B agriculture product marketplace allowing farmers and brokers to sell directly to the businesses e.g. restaurants. Backed by Sequoia Capital.

Shopping List Builder
Shopwell (2008, Palo Alto, $7.4M) – Grocery list building app based on nutritional content.
Shoptimise (2012, Paris, $5.8M) – Shopping list building platform.

Enablers
My Web Grocer (1999, Winooski, $61M) – SaaS based solution suite for grocers. Backed by Strip Groups.

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

For latest update, visit Online Grocery feed.

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – MARKETING TECH

• Unomy, a sales an marketing intelligence platform, has been acquired by coworking space giant WeWork, as the latter looks forward to expand into serving Fortune 500 class customers. Link
• Amplitude, an analytics platform for product teams, has raised $30M in a Series C round led by IVP. Link
• Jebbit, a declared data collection platform, has raised $6.8M in a Series A round led by Manifest Investment Partners. Link
• Parse.ly, an analytics platform for publishers, has raised $6.8M in a Series B round led by its existing investors Grotech Ventures and Blumberg Capital. Link
• Evergage, a real time user engagement and personalization platform, has raised $10M in a Series C round led by Arrowroot. Link
• Bizible, a revenue attribution and planning platform, has raised $8.1M from its previous investors Scale Venture Partners, Madrona Venture Group, and Square 1 Bank. Link
• DeepCrawl, a search engine optimization solution, has raised $2.2M in a Series A round led by Beringea, with participation from private investors. Link
• LimeTray, a marketing and technology solutions provider for restaurants, has raised an undisclosed amount from JSW Ventures. Link
• Hustle, an SMS marketing platform, has raised a $8M Series A round led by Social Capital with participation from existing investors. Link
• 3C Interactive, a mobile marketing platform, has acquired Prime Message Mobile Marketing business unit from CellTrust Corporation. Link
• Awin and Affilinet, affiliate network subsidiaries from Axel Springer and United Internet, will merge. Link
• Crownpeak, a digital experience management platform, has aquired Digital Governance Solutions provider Evidon. Link
• Power Post, a content marketing platform, has acquired content marketing agency Social Media Beast. Link
• Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of Lithium, a digital customer experience technology provider. Link
• Cloud IQ, an ecommerce optimization platform, has raised $5.2M from PayPal, Nauta Capital, Juno and Finance Wales. Link
• The Big Willow, a platform to discover off-site prospects with purchase intent, has raised $1M in convertible debt financing led by Connecticut Innovations and Stonhenge Growth Capital with participation from private investors. Link
• Shelf, a content collaboration and management platform, has raised $2.2M in seed funding from SeedInvest, CT Innovations, and NY Angels. Link
• Follow Analytics, a mobile marketing suite, has raised $10M from an undisclosed investor. Link
• Hubspot, a marketing automation suite, has acquired Kemvi to leverage Kemvi’s AI capabilities into its platform. Link
• Node, an Account Based Intelligence platform, has raised $10.8M in financing from Mark Cuban, NEA, and Canaan Partners. Link
• SimilarWeb, a website analytics and competitive intelligence playform, has raised $47M led by Vioa Growth taking its post-money valuation to $800M+. Link
• Synthesio, a social monitoring and analytics suite, has acquired Social Karma. Link
• Acrolix, an AI enabled enterprise content creation software, has announced a majority acquisition and growth equity from Genui in a deal valued at $60M. Link
• SuperAwesome, a marketing automation platform to target kids, has sold a minority stake for an undisclosed amount to Mayfair Equity Partners. Link
• Zanroo, a social media monitoring and analytics solutions provider, has raised $7.4M from Shift Ventures. Link
• Dynamic Yield, a digital experience personalization platform, extended its Series C funding by $9M from La Maison and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners taking the total funding raised in this round to $31M. Link
• Integrate, a marketing orchestration platform, has raised $8M led by Iron Gate Capital. Link
• Algomizer, a search engine advertisement solution, has acquired Linkury for $11M plus options. Link
• Zeta Global, a marketing technology solutions provider, has acquired AI enabled marketing automation platform Boomtrain. Link
• Impartner, a relationship marketing platform, has raised $15M from Emergence Capital. Link
• Synthio, a data solutions provider, has raised $8.5M in a Series C round led by Fulcrum Equity Partners. Link
• Quill, a content creation platform, has raised $13M from Smedvig Capital and Panaromic Growth Equity. Link
• Nosto, an ecommerce personalization platform, has received a $17M from European Investment Bank. Link
• Quark, a content automation platform, has been acquired by Parallax Capital Partners. Link
• Bitly, a URL shortening platform, has announced majority acquision by Spectrum Equity in a deal valued at $63M. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Affect Lab (2017, Bangalore) – App based market research solution which leverages human emotions to churn out actionable insights for product teams.
Deep Brand (2017, Warsaw) – AI enabled content monitoring solution which allows businesses to analyze brands and products in the visual web. In beta mode as on Aug 2017.

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 Global (2007, NYC, $312.58M) – 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 recent activity & interesting start-ups globally

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – BANKING TECH

• Fiserv, a provider of technology solutions to financial services industry acquired Monitise, a white label mobile banking platform for £70. Link
• Verisk Analytics, a Data analytics and risk assessment firm acquired G2 Web Services, a provider of fraud and risk mitigation solution for acquirers, PSPs, and commercial banks for $112M. Link
• Blackrock acquired Cachematrix, a liquidity and cash management platform for an undisclosed amount. Link
• Atom Bank, a UK-based challenger bank, secured $38M (£30M) Tier 2 capital facility from British Business Bank. Link
• LevelUp, a white label mobile wallet provider raised $37M in Series E round of funding from JPMorgan Chase and U.S. Boston Capital and $13M in debt financing from CentroCredit Bank. Link
• Ohpen, a cloud-based core banking platform provider raised $17M in Series B round of funding led by Amerborgh. Link
• Sequent, a token service, card, and wallet management platform raised $16M in Series C round of funding from TIS, Opus Capital Partners, SBT Ventures and Jado Investments. Link
• Tide, a mobile first bank for small businesses raised $14M in Series A round of funding from Anthemis, Creandum, Passion Capital and LocalGlobe. Link
• Socure, an identity fraud detection platform announced $14M in Series B round of funding from Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Work-Bench, Santander InnoVentures and Two Sigma Ventures. Link
• Cardlytics, a card-linked marketing and loyalty service provider announced $12M in Series E round of funding from ITC Holding, Kinetic Ventures, Canaan Partners, Polaris Partners, TTV Capital. Link
• Qonto, a neo bank for entrepreneurs and freelancers closed $11M in Series A round of funding from Valar Ventures and Alven Capital. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Ntwist (2017, Hyderabad) Machine learning-based business process improvement and data analytics platform for financial institutions.
Hydra AML (2016, Leigh-on-sea) Transaction tracking-based anti money laundering tool.

LEADER BOARD – BANKING TECH

Alternative Banking
WeBank (2014, Shenzhen, $450M) – Internet first bank launched by Tencent Group. Backed by Temasek and Warburg Pincus.
Atom Bank (2014, London, $269M) – UK-based internet first bank. Backed by Anthemis Group, BBVA, Toscafund Asset Management, Marathon Asset Management, Polar Capital, Woodford Investment Management, British Engines.

Front-end Channel Providers
FINO Paytech (2006, Mumbai, $111M) – Financial inclusion technology provider and banking correspondent. Backed by Intel Capital, Blackstone, LIC,  ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and some Indian banks.
MX Technologies (2010, Lehi, $57M) – White label personal finance management solution provider. Backed by Digital Garage, Commerce Ventures, USAA, DG Incubation, Subtraction Capital, TTV Capital, North Hill Ventures, Plus550, Peak Ventures.

Banking APIs
Yodlee (1999, Redwood City, $134M, Acq.) – Financial data API provider. Backed by Accel Partners, E-Trade Financial Corporation, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Sequoia Capital, America Online, Chase, Institutional Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, Warburg Pincus, W Capital Partners, Merrill Lynch, Lake Street Capital, Future Perfect Ventures. Acquired by Envestnet in August 2015.
Solaris Bank (2016, Berlin, $60M) – Cloud-based banking platform provider for financial institutions. Backed by American Express, NEA, Goldman Sachs, Spark Capital, Felicis Ventures, Citi, GV, Homebrew, BoxGroup.

Payments
First Data Corporation (1971, Atlanta, Acq, IPO) – Payments service provider specializing in merchant transaction processing, private label cards and e-check acceptance services. Was acquired by KKR in 2007 for $27.5B. Went public in October 2015.
Mozido (2008, Austin, $288.5M) – White label web and mobile wallet solution provider. Backed by MasterCard, TomorrowVentures, Atlanticus, Brentwood Associates, Wellington Management, Quabbin Capital.

Marketing Solutions
Cardlytics (2008, Atlanta, $200M) – Card-linked marketing and loyalty service provider. Backed by Canaan Partners, Polaris Partners, Kinetic Ventures, ITC Holding, TTV Capital, Aimia, Discovery Capital, ITC Holdings, Savano Capital Partners.
Edo Interactive (2007, Nashville, $76.5M, Acq.) – Provider of personalized card linked offers. Backed by Baird Capital, Nashville Capital Network, FCA Venture Partners, VantagePoint Capital Partners. Acquired by Augeo in January 2017.

Fraud & Risk Management 
KnuEdge (2005, San Diego, $100M) – Provider of voice biometrics solutions. Backed by Hasso Plattner Ventures.
Secure Key (2008, Toronto, $90M) – Provides identity and authentication solutions. Backed by VISA, MasterCard, Intel Capital, Royal Bank of Canada, Rogers Venture Partners, BMO, Blue Sky Capital, Desjardins, CIBC, Discover, Scotiabank, TD Asset Finance, TELUS Ventures.

Regulatory & Compliance
Metricstream (1999, Palo Alto, $150M) – Provider of regulatory compliance, risk management, and corporate governance solutions. Backed by Goldman Sachs, KPCB, Integral Capital Partners, Gold Hill Capital, Sageview Capital, Saints Capital, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Blade Ventures, Montage Capital, The Camelot Group.
Ping Identity (2002, Denver, $137M, Acq.) – Provider of comprehensive identity management solutions. Backed by DFJ, General Catalyst Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, KKR, Fidelity Ventures, W Capital Partners, Triangle Peak Partners, Appian Ventures, Volition Capital, Hercules Capital, Ten Eleven Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, F-Prime Capital Partners. Acquired by Vista Equity Partners in June 2016.

Back end Solutions
nCino (2012, Wilmington, $64M) Provider of cloud-based core banking solution. Backed by Insight Venture Partners, Salesforce, Wellington Management.
Think Finance (2001, Fort Worth, $60M) Provider of white label lending platform. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures, Victory Park Capital.

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

For latest update, visit Banking Tech feed.

A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting startups globally

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – CONSUMER HEALTHTECH

• CarePayment, a healthcare finance company, secured $90M in debt from Comvest Capital. Link.
• Headspace, a mobile application offering guided meditation sessions and mindfulness training, has raised $37M in a round led by Spectrum Equity. Link
• Glooko, a diabetes management solution provider, has raised $35M in a round led by Georgian Partners. Link
• Push Doctor, an online doctor consultation platform, has raised $26M from a syndicate of global investors. Link
• Kry, an online telemedicine platform, has raised $23M in a round led by Accel. Link
• Ottonova, a health insurance provider has raised $12M in a round participated by Debeka, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Vorwerk Ventures, Tengelmann Ventures, BtoV and STS Ventures.Link
• Yao123.Com, an online pharmacy store has raised $18M in funding. Link
• ChartSpan, a personal health record company, has raised $16M in a round led by Cypress Growth Capital. Link
• 1mg, an Online hyperlocal pharmacy marketplace with doctor listing and tele-consultation platform, has raised $15M in a round led by HBM Healthcare Investments. Link
• Viome, a Machine learning based bioinformatics solutions, has raised $15M in a round led by Khosla Ventures. Link
• Gravie, a health insurance marketplace, has raised $14M in a round led by Split Rock Partners. Link
• Intuition Robotics, the developer of a social robot that acts as a companion for the elderly, has raised $14M in a round led by Toyota Research Institute. Link
• Arivale, a provider of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, has raised $14M. Link
• Biovotion, the developer of a Wearable vital sign monitoring device, has raised $13M in a round led by Swiss Re. Link
• Impact Health, a health insurance comparison provider using predictive modeling, has raised $13M in a round from Techstars Central and Foundry Group. Link
• Day Two, a health-tech company providing personalized nutrition recommendations, has raised $12M. Link
• Maven, a  telemedicine app that caters to the healthcare needs of women, has raised $11M in a round led by Spring Mountain Capital. Link
• Circulation, a provider of on-demand medical transportation, has raised $10.5M in a round co-led by Flare Capital Partners and The Providence Service Corporation. Link
• Your.MD, an m-health company, has raised $10M in a round led by Orkla Ventures. Link
• Haohushi, an online platform to book nurses for home care services, has raised $9M. Link
• Rythm, developer of Dreem, a wearable sleep tracking device, has raised $9M from private investors. Link
• DocASAP, an online platform to book doctor and dentist appointments, has raised  $9M. Link
• CirrusMD, a telemedicine company, has raised $7M in a round led by Colorado Impact Fund. Link
• Buoy Health, a AI-powered platform for self-diagnosis of medical symptoms, has raised $7M in a round led by F-Prime Capital Partners. Link
• WebMD, an online health related information for patients and providers, has been acquired by KKR. Link
• Best Doctors, a second opinion platform, has been acquired by Teladoc. Link
• Helix, a genetic sequencing company, has launched the first online marketplace for DNA-powered products by forging partnerships with various companies. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Qolware (2017, Munich) – Health monitoring and emergency alarm system for smartwatch
PKvitality (2017, Paris) – Connected watch for tracking blood glucose

LEADER BOARD – CONSUMER HEALTH TECH

PERSONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT
ONLINE INFORMATION SEARCH
Medical Content Providers
WebMD (1996, NYC, Acq.) – Online platform providing health-related information to consumers and healthcare professionals. Went public in 2005.
Healthline (2005, SF, $154M) – Health information portal. Also started providing appointment booking service through the platform by acquiring YourDoctor. Backed by U.S. News, Summit Partners, Comcast Ventures, VantagePoint Capital Partners, Peacock Equity, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Mitsui, Trinity Capital Investment, Investor Growth Capital, PeakSpan Capital, REV.

Social Platforms
PatientsLikeMe (2004, Cambridge, $132M) – Online community for people with medical conditions. Backed by Omidyar Network, CommerceNet, Invus, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Collaborative Seed and, iCarbonX.

PERSONALIZED HEALTHCARE
Sharecare (2010, Atlanta, $300M) –  Online platform for personalized health recommendations including expert resources, guidance, and programs based on the proprietary RealAge test results and other personal health data shared by the user. Backed by   Summit Partners, Wells Fargo, TomorrowVentures, Heritage Group, Claritas Capital, OPRAH, Arsenal Venture Partners, Galen Partners, HCA, HMSA, Wellington Management, Swiss Re, New Evolution Ventures, Sony Pictures Television, and Trinity Health.
Your.MD (2013, London, $17M) – Mobile app which uses AI and Machine Learning technology to give personalized feedback to individuals as they speak or type their query. Backed by Smedvig.

MONITORING
Meet You (2013, Xiamen, $200.5M) – Social network for women and a menstruation period tracking app. Backed by  SIG China, The Cathay Funds, Matrix Partners China, and K2VC (Xianfeng Evergreen).
Dayima (2012, Beijing, $66M) – App for period tracking and women’s health. It predicts period cycles based on past patterns, offering health tips on avoiding cramps and premenstrual syndromes, and links to an online forum where users can exchange their experiences on parenting, beauty, etc. Backed by Sequoia Capital, ZhenFund, Ceyuan Investment Consulting, By-Health, Haitong International Securities Group, Tisiwi Ventures, and Bertelsmann Asia Investment Fund.
TelCare (2008, Bethesda, $65M, Acq.) – Provides a wireless blood glucose meter with two-way messaging, that transmits to a care management server, along with a suite of iPhone and Android apps. Acquired by BioTelemetry in December 2016.

DIY DIAGNOSTIC SOLUTIONS
Cognoa (2013, Palo Alto, $20M) – Developing an app for developmental disorder assessment for children. Backed by Morningside Venture Capital.
ResApp Health (2014, Perth, $10M, Acq.) – Smartphone-based respiratory diseases diagnosis tools. Acquired by Narhex in July 2015.

THERAPEUTIC SOLUTIONS
Chrono Therapeutics (2004, Waltham, $80M) – Device with programmable passive transdermal drug delivery for smoking cessation. Backed by Canaan Partners, Mayo Clinic, Rock Health, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Endeavour Vision, 5AM Ventures, Emergent Medical Partners, NCI, Fountain Healthcare Partners, Mission Bay Capital, GE Ventures, Labuan IBFC, Cota Capital, Xeraya Capital, Mayo Clinic Ventures, and Hikma Ventures

MEDICATION ADHERENCE
Mango Health (2012, SF, $8M) – Mobile app that helps consumers comply with their medication through games. Backed by KPCB, Bullpen capital, First Round Capital, Floodgate, RockHealth, Express Scripts and Baseline Ventures.

PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS
CareSync (2011, Wesley Chapel, $22M) – The web and mobile application which allows patients to collect their electronic health records from different health care providers. Backed by Merck GHI, Greycroft, HMC, Tullis Health Investors, Clearwell group, and CDH Solutions.
CareZone (2010, SF, $13M) – Personal health information log book. Backed by NEA, and Catamount Ventures.

HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
DOCTORS
Telemedicine
Chunyu Yisheng (2011, Beijing, $244M) – Telemedicine platform for remote doctor consultation. Backed by  BlueRun Ventures, CICC, ICH Group and Bertelsmann Asia Investment Fund.
AmericanWell (2006, Boston, $123M) – Telehealth platform that connects users with doctors over the video feed. Backed by Inventures Alliance Management Company.

Homecare
Heal (2014, LA, $52M) – Mobile app for on-demand home visits for a family doctor. Backed by  Pritzker Group, Slow Ventures, Armada Investment, Breyer Capital, Slow Ventures, March Capital Partners, Singulariteam, and HashTag One.
Pager (2014, NYC, $34M) – Mobile app for on-demand doctor house call. Backed by NEA, Lux Capital, Abundance Partners, Montage Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Summation Health Ventures, QueensBridge Venture Partners, and Sound Ventures.

Appointment booking  
We Doctor Group (formerly Guahao) (2010, Hangzhou, $520.5M) – Online platform for appointment booking with doctors and a healthcare information portal. Backed by   Goldman Sachs, Morningside Group, Tencent, Fosun International, Hillhouse Capital, Shandong Tyan Home, Qiming Venture Partners, CDB Capital, Fosun Kinzon Capital, Morningside venture Capital, and F&H Fund Management.
ZocDoc (2007, NYC, $223M) – An online platform which helps users to find a nearby health practitioner and instantly book an appointment online. Also provides scheduling software to providers. Backed by  Khosla Ventures, Atomico, Goldman Sachs, Founders Fund, DST Global, Bezos Expeditions, Vast Ventures, Baillie Gifford, Social Starts, Haystack Partners.

DIAGNOSTICS
Dx Kits
23andMe (2006, Mountain View, $232M) – A human genome research company enabling customers to study their ancestry, genealogy, and inherited traits. Backed by Google Ventures, MPM Capital, NEA, JJDC and Mohr Davidow Ventures.

Marketplace
WellnessFX (2010, SF, $6M, Acq.) – Online marketplace for preventive health diagnostic packages. Acquired by Health Elements in December 2013.

HEALTH INSURANCE
Internet-first Insurance providers
Oscar Health (2012, NYC, $727.5M) –  An internet first health insurance provider that uses digital healthcare solutions to keep its members healthy. Backed by  Fidelity Investments, Khosla Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Thrive Capital, Glynn Capital, Lakestar, Western Technology Investment, Red Swan Ventures, Formation 8, CapitalG, Breyer Capital, Wellington Management, Darwin Ventures, The Cambria Group, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Ping An Ventures, BoxGroup, Nima Capital, 8VC, and Brainchild.

Aggregator
GoHealth Insurance (2001, Chicago, $50M) – Online price comparison and shopping portal for health insurance. Backed by NEP.
Gravie (2013, Minneapolis, $44M) – Online health insurance marketplace for consumers to choose and buy insurance, pay for it and manage all healthcare expenses at one place. Backed by Aberdare ventures, Split Rock Partners,  Brightstone Venture Capital, and Firstmark Capital.

PHARMACY
7LK (2011, Guangzhou, $149M) – Online retailer of non-prescription drugs and health supplements such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and medical products. Backed by  JD.Com, Orient Securities, Tuspark Ventures, Nine co-venture, Greenwoods Investments, Grand Yangtze Capital, Govtor Capital, and Share Capital.
Yiyao  (2010, Guangzhou, $72M) – Online drug store that sells over-the-counter medications, traditional Chinese remedies, and a variety of other health products.Backed by China Equity Group, and Ivy Capital, ClearVue Partners
PillPack (2013, Boston, $94M) – Mobile app-enabled which periodically sends the required medications to the user. Backed by Accel Partners, Sherpa Ventures, CRV, Menlo VC, Atlas Ventures, Slow ventures, Highline VP, QueensBridge VP, Founder Collective, IDEO, and Techstarts.

CAREGIVERS
Caregiver Discovery Platforms
Care.com (2006, Waltham, IPO) – Online marketplace connecting families requiring babysitters and nannies (for children, senior adults or disabled), pet care, housekeeping with caregivers. Went public in 2014.
Honor (2014, SF, $62M) – The web and mobile-based platform that allows users to find and book caregiver for elderly people. Backed by  Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, True Ventures, Kapor Capital, Rock Health, Homebrew, BAM Ventures, NFX Guild, Syno Capital, and 8VC.
HomeTeam (2013, Manhattan, $43.5M) – An online platform which allows people expert caregiver matching and a care team to promote healthy & active days. Backed by Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Lux Capital, AI Ventures, and Recruit Strategic Partners.

MEDICAL TOURISM FACILITATOR  
Medigo (2013, Berlin, $12M) – An online marketplace that facilitates searching, booking and arranging medical travel. Backed by Accel Partners, Atlantic Labs, TA Ventures, and CLI Ventures.

CLINICAL TRIAL ENROLLMENT
Antidote (2008, London, $18M) – Search engine for clinical trials which helps patients to explore, understand and access clinical trials. Backed by Octopus Ventures, Amadeus Capital, and Smedvig Capital.

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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INTERESTING STARTUPS

Arctos Networks (2017, Bangalore), APT and malware detection platform. Founder is ex-Cyphort Inc, Symantec, Comodo and alumnus of Anna University. Local comparables are CloudSek (2015, Bangalore) and SmokeScreen (2015, Mumbai). Global comparables are Darktrace (2013, Cambridge, $180M) and Vectra (2011, San Fransisco, $86M).

INDIA INTERESTING NEWS

Satin Creditcare (1990, Delhi), microfinance company offering loans to women in rural and semi-urban areas, plans to raise $5.5M in funding from Capital First Link

Hike (2012, Delhi), mobile messaging and calling app, acqui-hires Creo (2013, Bangalore), proprietary OS and smartphone developer, for an undisclosed amount. Link

Haptik (2013, Mumbai), AI-enabled mobile app offering web associated support services to users, partners with Amazon Pay to enable payments for its services. Link

BlackSoil, a Mumbai based investment-focused NBFC, closes 20 structured debt deals worth over $4.06M. Link

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

SoundCloud (2008, Berlin), ad-supported music streaming open platform, raises $170M in undisclosed round of funding from The Raine Group and Temasek. Link

Viu (2015, Hong Kong), OTT video platform, raises $110M in undisclosed round of funding from Foxconn Ventures, Temasek Holdings, and Hony Capital. Link

Flo (2016, SF), AI-driven women’s health platform, raised $5M in Series A round of funding led by Flint Capital, with participation from Natalia Vodianova. Link

I Am On Location (2012, Seattle), video news service provider, raises an undisclosed amount in funding from a local investor. Link

A Place for Mom (2000, Seattle),  marketplace of senior living facilities and other elderly care services, raises an undisclosed amount of funding from General Atlantic and Silver Lake. Link

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – FIELD FORCE AUTOMATION

• Dispatch, a field service management tools for home services raised $12 million in Series A funding led by ServiceMaster, GrandBanks Capital, and Salesforce Ventures. Link
• ProntoForms Corporation, a mobile workflow automation tools announced $5.77 Million in Private Placements Link
• Brussels based Aproplan, a construction field management application developer raised €5 million in Series A funding. Link
• Repsly, a mobile application developer for field automation tools raised $1.6 million Link
• Assingar, a workforce management application developer for construction operators raised $3 million in Series A funding. Link
• Canvas, a cloud-based form development application platform raised $6 million from an undisclosed investor. Link
• SmartVid, a safety reporting application for construction operator raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Autodesk, Borealis Ventures Link
• Noticeboard, a communication platform provider for mobile workforce raised $1.2 million led by Stellaris Venture Partners. Link
• Xactly, a cloud-based incentive management developer acquired AlignStar, a territory resource management developer. Link

 SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Toolyt (2016, Bangalore) AI/ML(Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning) enabled field automation tools for field service and sales team. The company has been selected by Facebook Inc, for its startup mentoring program FbStart in April 2017. 

LEADER BOARD – FIELD FORCE AUTOMATION

Maintenance Services Management
Astea (1979, Horsham, IPO) – Provides applications for lead generation, project quotation, service and billing, and asset retirement services for specific businesses requirements like campaigns, depot repair, field service, logistics, projects, field sales. It also offers infrastructure tools and services, went Public in 1995.
ServiceMax (2007, Pleasanton, $202M, Acq.) – A complete on-demand field service cloud-based solution built on the Salesforce1 platform, to manage post-sales service, field service supply chain. Acquired by GE Digital. Backed by Salesforce, Mayfield, Emergence Capital, KPCB, Trinity Ventures, Meritech Capital, Crosslink Capital, Adams Street Partners, Questmark Partners, Woodside Fund, Cross Creek Advisors, PTC, GE Ventures, Cloud Apps Capital Partners, Sozo Ventures.

Home Services Management
ServiceTitan (2012, Glendale, $98M) – Provides service and sales management software for services businesses. includes CRM, scheduling, dispatch, reporting, marketing management tools, mobile connectivity for field techs, GPS, Quickbooks integration and more. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Iconiq Capital, Mucker Capital.

Construction
Procore Technologies (2003, Carpinteria, $181M) – SaaS based tool for construction project management, provides a mobile app for bidding, document management, budgeting, creating RFIs and managing contracts. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Lead Edge Capital, Iconiq Capital, Lumia Capital, Tech Coast Angels, Persistence Partners, TenOneTen, MicroVenture Marketplace, O’Connor Ventures, Greater Pacific Capital.

Field Data Collection
ProntoForms (2001, Ottawa, IPO) – Platform for field personnel to help in data collection, surveys, inspections with features for customization, work orders etc. Backed by   Skypoint Capital, BDC Capital, CANARIE, Wesley Clover, Venture Coaches. Went Public on Canadian Venture Exchange in 2005.

Collaboration – Images & Video
Zinc (2013, San Francisco, $31.5M) – Provides an interface to facilitate communication between workforce which includes onsite and offshore workforce. Provides features secure message interface, broadcast support, media sharing which include audio and video, file & location sharing, report generation and analytics solution and others. Backed by Charles River Ventures, Emergence Capital, Hearst, GE Ventures.
UpSkill (formerly APX Labs) (2010, Herndon, $29M) – Provides software platform Skylight SDK that companies use to create smart glasses applications.Used to sell optical wearable technologies to the military for applications ranging from connecting soldiers to unmanned aerial vehicles for medics in the field; before it focused on industrial applications. Backed by Salesforce, GE Ventures, NextGen Angels.

Oil & Gas Field Services
LiquidFrameworks (2001, Houston, $5M) – Provides field management solutions for energy and environmental industry, streamlining processes between operations, field personnel, and accounting reducing DSO (Days Sales Outstanding). Features include sales quotes, equipment and personnel tracking, scheduling and dispatching, service tickets, domain specific functionality for oilfield, industrial and environmental operator and services companies. Backed by Houston Ventures.

Sales Force Management -> Sales Enablement
Tactile (2012, Redwood City, $30M) – Mobile app for sales personnel which enables sales managers and sales reps to get data from different platforms and let them take action. Backed by Accel Partners, Microsoft Ventures, Redpoint Ventures.

Sales Force Management -> Order Management
Spring Mobile Solutions (2001, Seattle, 84.73M) – Provides field service management solutions for sales, marketing and distribution teams. Provides tools to capture and gather field data, plan routes for sales and delivery, messaging and collaboration, sales materials, monitoring, surveys, invoicing, payments integration, territory management and more. Backed by NEA, Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, Industry Ventures, Hercules Capital, Darby Overseas Investments, Ideiasnet, Sapphire Ventures, Bregal Sagemount.

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 Field Force Automation feed.

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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – LOCAL SERVICES

• ClassPass, a membership program for fitness classes across multiple gyms, has raised $70M in a Series C round led by Temasek, Acequia Capital, Charles River Ventures and others. Link
• Rover, an online pet sitting marketplace, has raised $65M in a Series F round led by Spark Capital, Menlo Ventures, Foundry Group, and others. Link
• IKongJian, an online home renovation service platform operating in China, has raised $31.7M in Series C round led by Gome Group Holdings. Link
• UrbanClap, an online marketplace for multiple local services operating in India, has raised $21M in Series C round led by Vy Capital, SAIF Partners, Accel Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. Link
• Cellsavers, an on-demand mobile phone repair service provider, has raised $20M in Series B round led by Red Dot Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures of Viola Group. Link
• Booster, an on-site gasoline and diesel delivery service provider, has raised $20M in Series B round led by Conversion Capital, Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, RRE Ventures and others. Link
• Goudafu, an online health consultation and appointment booking platform for pets and operating in China, has raised $14.7M in Series A round led by THG Ventures. Link
• Rinse, an on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service provider, has raised $14M in Series B round led by Partech Ventures, Javelin Ventures, Arena Ventures, Structure Capital and Accelerator Ventures. Link
• Pro, an online marketplace for home improvement services, has raised $10M in Series B round led by DFJ, Maveron, Madrona Venture Group and Two Sigma Ventures. Link
• Managed by Q, an office cleaning services company, has raised $3.3M in Series C round. Link
• Helpling, an on-demand cleaner service operating in Germany, has raised Series C funding from Unilever Ventures. Link
• BoxMySpace, an online platform offering warehouse space for personal boxes and operating in Mumbai, has raised funding from AVN Business Solutions, Dreamweaver Investments and Business Solutions, and several other individual investors. Link
• 7Card, a Romanian subscription-based fitness and sports service provider, was acquired by Sodexo. Link
• Zuver, a mobile app providing chauffeur services in India, was acquired by DriveU. Link
• Hellocare, a marketplace for senior care and support operating in Germany, was acquired by caregiver marketplace Pflegix. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Kmimos (2017, Mexico City) – Online marketplace for dog walking, training and boarding services
Paintmates (2017, Sydney) – Online platform for painting services

LEADER BOARD – LOCAL SERVICES

Multi-Services
Marketplaces
Koubei (2004, Hangzhou, $2.1B) – A horizontal O2O platform for multiple local services. Backed by Alibaba Group, Ant Financial, China Investment Corporatin and others.
58daojia (2014, Beijing, $300M) – Online marketplace for multiple local services such as cleaning, babysitting, automobile repairs, beauty care, lawn care and other. Backed by KKR, PingAn Insurance and Alibaba Group.

Listings – Local Businesses
Angie’s List (1995, Indianapolis, IPO, Acq.) – Online platform offering reviews of local services. Went IPO in 2011. Acquired by IAC’s HomeAdvisor in May 2017.
JustDial (1996, Mumbai, IPO) – Online directory for local businesses along with phonecall and SMS enquiries. Went IPO in 2013.

Listings – E-commerce platforms
Trustpilot (2007, Copenhagen, $118M) – Platform offering reviews of online businesses such as search engines, social media and business websites. Backed by Seed Capital, Index Ventures, Northzone and others.

Lead Generation
Thumbtack (2009, SF, $274M) – Online platform for hiring local service professionals by comparing quotes and reviews. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Google Capital and others.

Aggregator
Tapzo (2010, Bangalore, $26M) – Formerly Helpchat,a AI powered content and commerce platform for requesting a variety of on-demand services. Backed by Sequoia Capital, American Express and others.

Home Services
Multi-home services
Oneflare (2012, Sydney, $19M) – Lead generation platform for home-care service providers. Backed by Microequities, Right Click Capital and Domain Group.
Zaarly (2011, SF, $15M) – Marketplace connecting users with local home service providers. Backed by KPCB, Felicis Ventures and others.

Maintenance & Repair
Multi-Maintenance Services
Handy (2012, NYC, $112M) – Web and mobile-based marketplace for availing home maintenance services. Backed by Fidelity Investments, Highland Capital Partners, TPG and others.
Serviz (2014, Sherman Oaks, $31M) – Marketplace for home maintenance services. Backed by PointGuard Ventures, Groupon and Engie.

Cleaning
Helpling (2014, Berlin, $64M) – Online platform for booking home cleaning services.Backed by Rocket Internet, Lakestar, Point Nine Capital, Phenomenon Ventures and others.
95081 (2004, Beijing, $57.04M) – Online platform for booking housekeeping services. Backed by Tiantu Capital.

Lawn Care
TaskEasy (2011, Salt Lake City, $22M) – Online platform for booking home services such as lawn care, snow removal and pool cleaning. Backed by Grotech Ventures, Access Venture Partners and others.
LawnStarter (2013, Blacksburg, $7M) – Online platform where users can receive quotes and book lawn care services. Backed by Techstars, Binary Capital and others.

Improvement
Multi-improvement Services
Houzz (2009, Palo Alto, $614M) – Content driven platform for home remodelling and design. Backed by Sequoia Capital, KPCB, DST Global and others.
To8to (2008, Shenzhen, $216M) – Online marketplace for interior decoration. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners China and 58.com.
Porch (2012, Seattle, $100M) – Online network that connects homeowners and renters with home improvement professionals.Backed by Founders Fund, Battery Ventures, Graph Ventures and others.

Interior Designer
Homepolish (2012, NYC, $17M) – Online marketplace for availing services of interior designers. Raised Series A in Jan 2016.

Painting
Paintzen (2013, NYC, $12M) – Online platform for booking home and office painters. Backed by Bullpen Capital, Expansion Venture Capital, Quotidian Ventures and others.

Electronics Repair
Cellsavers (2015, SF, $38M) – Online marketplace for booking technicians for smartphone repairs. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Carmel Ventures of Viola Group and Red Dot Capital Partners.
Uyess (2014, Shenzhen, $19M) – Online platform for booking technicians for home appliances and electronics repairs. Backed by Vertex Ventures, GX Capital and Thunderstorm VC.

Domestic Help
Drivers
Edaijia (2011, Beijing, $125M) – Mobile marketplace for booking drivers. Backed by Warburg Pincus, Matrix Partners China, 58.com and others.

Chefs
Hao Chushi (2014, Beijing, $22M) – Online marketplace for private chefs. Backed by Lightspeed China Partners, Cowin Capital and Shanghai Zhonglu Group.

Personal Services
Beauty
Parlour Booking
StyleSeat (2011, SF, $41M) – Online platform for booking beauty and wellness services. Backed by 500 Startups, Founders Fund, SoftTech VC and others.
Wahanda (2008, London, $35M, Acq.) – Marketplace for booking salons and spas. Acquired by Recruit Holdings in 2015.

At-Home Booking
Helijia (2013, Beijing, $55M) – Marketplace for booking at-home beautician appointments. Backed by IDG Capital Partners, CBC Capital, GX Capital and others.
Glamsquad (2013, NYC, $24M) – Mobile app for on-demand at-home beauticians.Backed by SoftBank, NEA, Montage Ventures and others.

Laundry
Edaixi (2013, Beijing, $123M) – Mobile app for on-demand laundry services. Backed by Tencent, SIG China, Baidu and others.

Fitness & Training
Fitness Centers
Classpass (2011, NYC, $154M) – Membership program for fitness classes across multiple gyms. Backed by SV Angel, Mayfield, Techstars, Charles River Ventures, Catalyst Partners and others.
Quancheng Relian (2014, Beijing, $17M) – O2O mobile app for booking gyms and fitness centers. Backed by Matrix Partners China and Legend Capital.

Personal Trainers
fitmob (2013, SF, $15M, Acq.) – Mobile app to find and book local fitness trainers. Acquired by Classpass in 2015.
CoachUp (2011, Boston, $9M) – Marketplace for private sports and fitness coaches. Backed by General Catalyst Partners, Point Judith Capital and others.

Auto Services
Auto Repair
Xiaokakeji (2014, Hangzhou, $94M) – Mobile-based car servicing platform connecting auto owners with offline after-sales service providers. Backed by GGV Capital and Magic Stone Alternative.

Driving Schools
Eclicks (2012, Shanghai, $102M) – O2O platform for booking driving classes at nearest driving schools. Backed by Decent Capital, Yiche, Vision Knight Capital and others.

Refuelling
Booster (2014, Burlingame, $32M) – On-site gasoline and diesel delivery service provider. Backed by Maveron, Expansion Venture Capital, RRE Ventures, Tusk Ventures and others.

Car Wash
Guaguaxiche (2014, Beijing, $26M) – On-demand at-home car wash service provider. Backed by 58.com.

Caregivers
Multi-services
Care.com (2006, Waltham, IPO) – Online marketplace for caregivers offering child care, senior care, pet care and housekeeping services. Went IPO in 2014.
Sittercity (2001, Chicago, $44M) – Online marketplace for babysitters, nannies, special needs sitters, care companions and pet sitters. Backed by Baird Capital, Apex Capital Partners, Western Technology Investments and others.

Senior Care
Honor (2014, San Francisco, $62M) – Senior care service provider having its own fleet of caregivers. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, True Ventures and others.
HomeTeam (2013, Manhattan, $43M) – Online provider of senior care services through its own fleet of caregivers. Backed by Lux Capital, IA Ventures, Recruit Strategic Partners and others.

Pet Care
Rover.com (2011, Seattle, $156M) – Online marketplace for booking pet sitters. Backed by First Round Capital, Spark Capital, Menlo Ventures, CrunchFund, Foundry Group and others.
Dogvacay (2012, Santa Monica, $47M, Acq.) – Online and mobile-based marketplace for booking pet sitters and pet boarders. Acquired by Rover.com in 2017.

Storage Services
B2C
Clutter (2013, Los Angeles, $100M) – Online platform for availing physical storage services. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Atomico, Javelin Venture Partners and others.

P2P
Spacer (2015, Sydney, $1M) – P2P marketplace for storage spaces. Raised seed funding in 2015.

Event Vendors
Multi-Categories
Celebrations.com (2008, NYC, $4M) – Event invitations and vendor listing platform. Backed by Martha Stewart and Double M Partners.

Catering
ezCater (2007, Boston, $70M) – Online marketplace for caterers and concierge services. Backed by Insight Venture Partners, Walnut Venture Associates, LaunchPad and others.

Photographers
Canvera (2007, Bangalore, $23M) – Online platform for availing photography services across India. Backed by Info Edge India, Mumbai Angels, Kae Capital and others.

Corporate Services
Managed by Q (2014, NYC, $76M) – Online platform providing cleaners, assistants, helpers, and handymen for office spaces. Backed by SV Angels, Greycroft Partners, Kapor Capital and others.

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

For latest update visit Local Services feed.

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY –  RETAILTECH

• Trax, a computer vision based retail analytics company, has secured $64M funding round led by an affiliate of Warburg Pincus. Link 
• Mswipe Technologies, a mobile-based POS solution provider, raised $31M funding round. Link
• Innoviti, a payments technology company, raised $18.6M Series B financing. Link
• Yoyo Wallet, an app enabling shoppers to make payments, raised $15.3M in Series B funding. Link
• Bingobox, an operator of automated convenience stores, has raised $15M in Series A funding. Link
• Engage3, a market intelligence solution provider, raised $12M in Series B funding. Link 
• Incontext Solutions, a provider of VR solution for retailers, raised $6.3M funding. Link
• Virtualstock, a chain automation company, has raised $6M in a funding round led by Notion Capital. Link
• iKentoo, a mobile-based POS solution provider, raised $5.2M in private equity financing. Link
• Poq, an app commerce platform that enables retailers to create customized apps, raised $4.5M funding. Link
• POSpulse, a shopper insights intelligence provider, has raised $3.4M in Series B financing. Link
• Entrupy, a provider of AI-based technology for authenticating luxury goods, has raised $2.6M in Series A funding. Link
• StreetLight Data, a location analytics solution provider, raised $2.4M in funding. Link
• Increff, a provider of supply chain management solutions, raised $2M in a seed round of funding. Link
• Payclip, a mobile-based payment solution provider, raised $1.6M Series B financing. Link
• Repsly, a SaaS field team analysis platform provider, has secured $1.6M in a second seed round of financing. Link
• Logiwa, a cloud-based warehouse and inventory management software provider, raised $1M in funding from Revo Capital. Link 
• Intelligent Clearing Network, a provider of SaaS solutions for promotion management and coupon validation, has raised $450k in funding. Link
• Ubox, a provider of smart vending machines, is acquired by supermarket chain New Hua Du. Link
• Aptos, a provider of retail technology solutions, has acquired TXT Retail in order to expand its geographical presence and Omni Capabilities. Link
• Market Track, a provider of competitive business intelligence solutions, has acquired InfoScout, a provider of retail analytics using consumer purchase data. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

WithMe (2016, Las Vegas, $32.8M) – The company offers mobile retail stores with features such as smart product fixtures and smart fitting rooms.
Facenote (2016, Anaheim) – The company provides AI powered customer recognition solution.

LEADER BOARD – RETAILTECH

Payments – mPOS
Square (2009, SF, IPO) – POS solution provider for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. Acquired Kili Technology, 80/20, FastBite, Caviar, Evenly, Framed, and BookFresh. Went public in 2015. Current market capital is 4.09B.
Revel Systems (2010, SF, $127M) – iPad based Point of Sale solution. Backed by DCM Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, ROTH Capital and more.
Lightspeed POS (2005, Montreal, $126M) – SaaS based retail management software provider. Backed by Accel Partners, Inovia Capital, Hercules Capital and more.

Payments – Self-Checkout
Scandit (2009, Zurich, $13M) – Developer of software-based barcode scanning and data capture platform for smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices. Raised funding in a round led by led by Ariel Luedi, CEO at Hybris.
Digital Retail Apps (2011, Toronto, $1M) – An app based self-checkout platform for brick & mortar retail stores. Backed by Texas Ventures.

Payments – Wallets
Yoyowallet (2013, London, $31.5M) – QR code-based mobile payment service provider and consumer behavior analysis. Backed by Imperial Innovations, Telefonica and more.
nanoPay (2012, Toronto, $10M) – Secure digital wallet by eliminating physical loyalty & payment cards. Backed by Goldman Sachs and Alchemist Accelerator.

Payments – Alternative Payments
Cinch (2014, NYC, $1.4M) – Platform that enables purchase on store credit for offline and online stores. Backed by Lool Ventures, Entree Capital, iAngels, SilverTech Ventures.
Sunbit (2016, Binyamina, Undisclosed) – Provides offline store payment solution via installments. Backed by SGVC.

Analytics – In-Store – Sensor-based
RetailNext (2007, San Jose, $190M) – Real-time in-store analytics using WiFi and Bluetooth sensors. Backed by Activant Capital Group, NGP, StarVest Partners, August Capital and more.
Trax (2010, Tel Aviv, $148M) – Image recognition solution for monitoring and analyzing retail shelves. Backed by Investec.
Euclid Analytics (2010, Palo Alto, $44M) – Provider of actionable shopper insights to brick and mortar retailers. Backed by Cox Enterprises, Benchmark, NEA and more.
Brickstream (2000, Norcross, $36M) – Provider of behavior measurement technology for offline retailers. Backed by 
Eastward Capital Partners, Columbia Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures and more. Acquired Nomi in 2014.

Analytics – In-Store – Transaction-based
Profitect (2005, Waltham, $15.5M) – Technology platform that provides prescriptive analytics for retailers. Backed by Genesis Partners, Motorola Solutions, Cedar Fund, and Benhamou Global Ventures.
Celect (2013, Boston, $15M) – Cloud-based predictive analytics platform for retailers. Backed by August Capital, Fung Capital, Activant Capital and more.
Coherent Path (2012, Boston, $8M) – Customer loyalty and predictive analysis platform. Backed by GrandBanks Capital, Boldstart Ventures, Common Angels, Sigma Prime Ventures, Stage 1 Ventures, and Converge Venture Partners.
Blue Ridge (2007, Atlanta, $6M) – Demand forecasting solutions provider. Backed by Vocap Investment Partners.

Analytics – In-Store – Multi Source-based
Manthan Retail (2004, Bangalore, $86M) – Analytics for retail and CPG brands. Backed by Norwest Venture Partners, IDG Ventures India, Temasek, SIDBI Venture Capital, ePlanet Capital, InnoVen Capital, and Eight Roads Ventures.
Market6 (2006, Ohio City, $5.5M, Acq.) – Big data analytics company catering to retailers. Backed by Western Technology Investment, Sevin Rosen Funds, and Rho Ventures. Acquired by 84.51˚ in August, 2016.

Analytics – Market Intelligence
Bazaarvoice (2005, Austin, IPO) – SaaS solutions that help brands to capture, analyze, and act on data from social media. Went public in 2012.
Fractal Analytics (2000, San Mateo, $125M) – Predictive and advanced big data analytics. Backed by 
Khazanah Nasional, Kae Capital, TA Associates Mangement, and more. Acquired Imagna Analytics and Mobius in 2015.

Customer Engagement – Suite
Capillary Tech (2008, Bangalore, $79M) – Platform managing the entire life cycle of customer data from acquisition, analysis, insights, and activations. Backed by Sequoia Capital, NVP, Warburg Pincus, and more.
Blue Calypso (2011, Dallas, IPO) – Developer of digital products and services to increase brand loyalty. Went IPO in 2011.

Customer Engagement – Clienteling
Ecrebo (2010, London, $23M) – Customer engagement through targeted marketing. Backed by Octopus Ventures.
Toushay (2011, Ottawa, $6M) – In-store engagement solutions through various TouchPoints.

Customer Engagement – Augmented Shopping
Me-Ality (1994, Santa Clara, $48M) – Virtual fitting solutions provider to businesses. Backed by Northwater Capital and Nova Scotia Business.
Marxent (2011, Dayton, $14M) – AR & VR solutions for visual commerce. Backed by Detroit Venture Partners and Stage 1 Ventures.
Avametric (2012, SF, $10.5M) – Fashion software company that provides virtual fitting technologies for offline stores. Backed by Y Combinator and Khosla Ventures.

Customer Engagement – Navigation
Aisle411 (2008, St. Louis, $10M) – Indoor retail mapping and location service. Backed by Cultivation Capital.
Insiteo (2009, Colomiers, $4.87M) – Indoor navigation technology provider for offline retail. Backed by Creathor Venture.

Customer Engagement – Loyalty & Rewards
FiveStars (2011, SF, $105M) – Customer loyalty program which integrates with merchant POS systems. Backed by 
HarbourVest Partners.
Linkable Networks (2010, Boston, $40M) – Card-linked program which offers company with the ability to provide coupons. Backed by Converge Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, and Blue Chip Venture Company.
Appcard (2011, NYC, $26.5M) – Loyalty platform providing merchants with effective tools to raise profits and increase customer retention. Backed by Founders Fund and Innovation Endeavors.

Customer Engagement – Feedback
Cloud Cherry (2013, Chennai, $7M) – Feedback app based on customer sentiment mapping. Backed by IDG Ventures India, The Chennai Angels, Cisco Investments, and Vertex Ventures.
Saygent (2009, Mountain View, $2M) – Mobile customer feedback and voice analytics. Backed by Innovation Endeavors, Karlin Ventures, and Kima Ventures.

Marketing – In-store
Swirl Networks (2011, Boston, $32M) – Indoor location-based marketing platform. Backed by Hearst Ventures and SoftBank Capital.
ComQi (2005, NYC, $28M) – End-to-end technology platform to manage in-venue digital signage, mobile and social media. Backed by Ithmaar Bank.
YCD Multimedia (1999, Shefayim, $26.5M) – In-store digital media solutions. Backed by Pitango Venture Capital and Arts Alliance Ventures. Acquired C-nario in 2011.

Marketing – Proximity Marketing
Eversight Labs (2013, Palo Alto, $27M) – Cloud-based solution that enables promotion testing by presenting digital offers to consumers that can be redeemed in-store. Backed by Emergence Capital Partners.
MaxPoint (2007, Morrisville, $11M) – Cross channel digital marketing through buyer-product mapping. Backed by Trinity Ventures.

Monitoring – Store Audits – CrowdSourced
Quri (2010, SF, $31M) – Retail intelligence company that provides compliance checks of store level operations. Backed by Matrix Partners.
Gigwalk (2010, SF, $18M) – Mobile-based platform that unites retail businesses with temporary workers to check store compliance. Backed by SoftTech and August Capital.
BeMyEye (2011, Milano, $10M) – Data gathering platform by utilizing the crowd source. Backed by 360 Capital Partners and Nauta Capital. Acquired LocalEyes on May 2016.

Monitoring – Store Audits – Internal Audits
GoSpotCheck (2011, Denver, $24M) –  An enterprise software for field-based teams. Backed by  Insight Venture Partners, 500 Startups, Techstars, Venture 51, and Point Nine Capital.
Zenput (2011, SF, $1.5M) – Mobile data collection for businesses with field employees.

Monitoring – Security – Theft Prevention
3VR (2002, SF, $59.5M) – Video intelligence solutions for real-time security to detect fraud and customer insights. Backed by Menlo Ventures and Opus Bank.
Iverify (2002, Charlotte, $52M) – Provider of innovative security solutions, including real-time remote monitoring services, for retailers. Backed by Driehaus Private Equity.
Agilence (2006, Camden, $24M) – Intelligent video auditing solutions to identify shrink. Backed by Arrowroot Capital and Laurel Capital Partners. Acquired Vidient in 2011.

Monitoring – Security – Fraud Detection
ChannelIQ (2009, Chicago, $12M, Acq.) – Online price monitoring solution for brand protection. Backed by Drive Capital. Acquired by Market Track on June 2016.
Sproxil (2009, Cambridge, $2.3M) – Mobile technology to combat counterfeit products. Backed by Acumen.

Store Automation – Electronic Shelf Labels
Displaydata (2000, Bracknell, $66M) – Electronic Shelf Labels to manage omnichannel pricing and promotions strategy. Backed by TTP Ventures and Lansdowne Partners.
Label Insight (2008, Chicago, $13M) – SaaS solution to develop a comprehensive view of the data on product labels. Backed by Cultivation Capital, KPMG and Mercury Fund.

Store Automation – Planogramming Solutions
EasyFill (2005, Ostersund, IPO) -Rotating shelf solutions for retail stores. Went public in 2007.
Revionics (2002, Austin, $57M) – Solutions for optimization of pricing, promotions, markdown, space, and assortment. Backed by Goldman Sachs and Sierra Ventures.

Store Automation – Robotics
Bossa Nova Robotics (2005, Pittsburgh, $23M) – Developer of in-store mobile information dispensing robots. Backed by Riverwood Capital.
Fellow Robots (2014, Mountain View, $225k) – Robot technology for retail stores to keep customers engaged. Backed by Plug and Play Tech Center.

Back Office – Suite
i200.cn (2013, Shanghai, Undisclosed) – SaaS solution for retailers to manage their operations. Backed by Atom Ventures.

Back Office – Inventory Management
Profit Logic (1998, Cambridge, $37.5M) – Retail inventory and price optimization solutions. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures, J.P. Morgan, General Catalyst Partners, and more.

Back Office – Inventory Management – Vending Solutions
Ubox (2010, Beijing, $163M, Acq.) – Smart O2O vending machines where customers can make purchases through their mobile app. Backed by Carlyle Group, Haier, and more. Acquired by New Hua Du Supercenter in 2017.
Cantaloupe Systems (2002, SF, $19M) – Cloud-based mobile technologies that deliver an integrated end-to-end vending retail solution. Backed up Global Environment Fund Management and Foundation Capital.

Back Office – Asset Recovery
Optoro (2010, Washington DC, $119M) – Asset recovery solutions for distressed inventory of retailers and manufacturers. Backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Revolution.

Back Office – HRTech – Recruitment
Staffly (2014, SF, $1.96M) – On-demand staffing solution for retailers. Backed by ff Venture Capital.

Back Office – HRTech – Workforce Management
Reflexis (2001, Dedham, $38M) – Provider of real-time store execution and workforce management solutions. Backed by Sageview Capital and Pequot Capital.
Theatro (2012, Dallas, $9M) – Solution for increasing workforce productivity. Backed by Khosla Ventures.

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 RetailTech feed.

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ONLINE TRAVEL

• Traveloka, an online travel agency, raised $350M in Series C funding from Expedia. Link
• RedAwning, a managed vacation rentals marketplace, raised $40M in Series C funding round led by Silversmith Capital Partners. Link
• FabHotels, a marketplace of branded budget hotels, raised $25M in Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs. Link
• SnapTravel, a chat-based hotel booking platform, raised $8M in Series A funding round led by iNovia Capital. Link
• Cool Cousin, a P2P platform for travel recommendations, raised $2M in Seed funding round led by Elevator Fund. Link
• Polarsteps, a travel log and tracking platform, raised $1.1M in Angel funding. Link
• Wego, a Metasearch engine for travel bookings, raised an undisclosed amount in Series C funding round. Link
• BeMyGuest, an online travel agent for niche travel experiences, raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding round. Link
• Onehome, a vacation rental marketplace, raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding round. Link
• Triploc, a travel planning & P2P guides marketplace, raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding round. Link
• Momondo Group, an operator of multiple travel platforms was acquired by travel bookings metasearch platform Priceline Group for $550M. Link
• JacTravel, a B2B distributor of hotel accommodation, was acquired by Webjet, the operator of multiple travel businesses, for $264M. Link
• Love Home Swap, a home-swapping online platform, was acquired by Wyndham Hotel Group for $45M. Link
• Vayant, a travel technology platform for airlines, was acquired by PROS Holdings, a CPQ & Revenue Management Software provider for $35M. Link
• Mundi, a Brazilian travel metasearch engine, was acquired by Kayak, a travel search engine. Link
• SmartHost, a pricing manager SaaS for vacation rentals, was acquired by Beyond Pricing, a pricing management software provider. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

TicketClever (2017, Arbroath) – Algorithm-based train ticket booking platform.

LEADER BOARD – ONLINE TRAVEL

Online Travel Agencies
Online Travel Agencies – Booking platforms
Priceline (1998, Norwalk, IPO) – Online travel agency offering booking and bidding platform for hotels, flights, and car rentals. A subsidiary of The Priceline Group. Went public in 1999.
Expedia (1996, Bellevue, IPO, Acq.) – Online travel agency offering hotels, flights, car rentals, etc. Acquired by IAC in 2003. 11 acquisitions. Went public in 1999.
Ctrip (1999, Shanghai, IPO) – Chinese Online travel agency offering booking platform for hotels, flights, car rentals etc. Acquired Skyscanner in 2016, Suanya and Travelfusion in 2015, ToursForFun and Jia Chi in 2014, and Chanyouji in 2013. Went public in 2003.

Online Travel Agencies – Discovery
Kayak (2004, Norwalk, IPO, Acq.) – Travel search engine – helps users find flights, hotels, rental cars and cruise lines. Acquired SideStep in 2007. Went IPO in 2012. Acquired by Priceline Group for $1.8B in 2012.
Skyscanner (2002, Edinburgh, $197M, Acq.) – Travel search engine – helps users find flights, hotels, rental cars and cruise lines. Backed by Sequoia Capital and Scottish Equity Partners. Acquired by Ctrip in 2016.

Online Travel Agencies – Holiday Packages
Qulv (2012, Shenzhen, $60M) – Provides holiday packages to Chinese travelers who are traveling abroad. Backed by Yuantai Changqing Fund.
TravelBird (2010, Amsterdam, $59M) – Enables booking of holiday packages to destinations around the world. Backed by Rocket internet.

Transport
Air travel – Flights
Hopper (2007, Montreal, $95M) – Provides data-driven research and analytics to help travelers determine when to fly. Backed by Brightspark Ventures, Atlas Venture, OMERS Ventures.
Onetwotrip (2011, London, $42.5M) – Online travel agency using a global network of IATA agencies for ticketing. Backed by Phenomen Ventures, Atomico, Goldman Sachs.
Yapta (2007, Seattle, $26M) – Travel website and browser add-on that lets users track flight prices. Concur Technologies, First Round Capital, W Media Ventures, Amadeus, and others.
Farecast (1999, Seattle, $21M, Acq.) – Provides users with airfare predictions. Acquired by Microsoft in 2008. Backed by Sutter Hill Ventures, PAR Capital Management, Pinnacle Ventures, Greylock Partners, and Madrona Venture Group.

Air Travel – Private Jets
WheelsUp (2013, NYC, $171M) – Online travel company which offers private jet booking to guests based on membership. Backed by Rowe Price, Fidelity Investments, and NEA.
JetSmarter (2012, Fort Lauderdale, $157M) – Online marketplace for private jets. Backed by Saudi Royal family and executives from Goldman Sachs and Twitter.

Cruises
Dreamlines (2012, Hamburg, $72M) – Online marketplace for cruises. Backed by Hp-Ventures and Targetglobal VC.

Trains
Trainline (1997, London, Acq.) – Online platform for booking train tickets across Europe. Acquired by KKR in 2015.

Bus
Redbus (2006, Bangalore, $10M, Acq.) – Online platform and mobile app for booking bus tickets in India. Backed by Inventus capital, Seedfund India, and Helion VC. Acquired by Ibibo group for $125M.
Busbud (2011, Montreal, $10M) – Online and mobile app based marketplace that connects travelers to bus operators. Backed by Real Ventures, iNovia Capital, White Star Capital and others.
ClickBus (2013, Sao Paulo, $10M) – Online portal and mobile app for booking bus travels. Backed by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Rocket Careers, Tengelmann Ventures.

Car Rentals
BlaBlaCar (2004, Paris, $312M) – Car sharing platform for intercity travel. Backed by Accel partners, insight partners, and index ventures.

Accommodation
Hotels – Marketplaces
Booking (1996, Amsterdam, Acq.) – Marketplace for accommodation booking around the world. Acquired by Priceline Group for $135M in 2007.
HotelUrbano (2011, Rio de Janeiro, $135M) – Marketplace for hotels and travel packages focusing on Latin America. Backed by Insight Venture, The Priceline Group, and Tiger Global Management.
HotelTonight (2010, SF, $117M) – Mobile-based platform for same day hotel bookings. Backed by Accel, GGV Capital, and others.

Hotels – Discovery
Room77 (2010, Mountain View, $44M) – Online hotel search and booking platform. Backed by Felicis, General Catalyst, Expedia, and others.

Asset Light Hotels
OYORooms (2013, Gurgaon, $193M) – Asset light Hotel chain for budget accommodations operating across India. Backed by Lightspeed Venture, DSG Consumer Partners, Sequoia, and others.
ZoRooms (2014, Delhi, $46M, Acq.) – Chain of asset-light standardized branded budget rooms in India. Acquired by OYO Rooms in February 2016. Backed by Tiger Global, Orios Venture, Sol Primero.

Vacation Rentals – Marketplaces
Airbnb (2008, SF, $3.4B) – Vacation rental marketplace currently valued over $25B. Acquired Lapka, and Vamo in 2015. Backed by TPG Growth, Sequoia, Greylock Partners, and others.
HomeAway (2004, Austin, IPO, Acq.) – Vacation rental marketplace. Has 20 acquisitions under its name.Went IPO in 2011. Acquired by Expedia in 2015 for $3.9B.

Vacation Rentals – Discovery
Couchsurfing (2004, SF, $23M) – A global community of 10 million people for vacation rental listings. Backed by Benchmark, General Catalyst, Lumia Capital and others.

Hostels
Hostelworld (1999, Dublin, IPO) – Online marketplace for hotels. Went public in 2015.

Tours & Activities
GetYourGuide (2009, Berlin, $95.5M) – Mobile and online marketplace for tours and activities. 2 acquisitions. Backed by Sunstone Capital, Highland Capital, Spark Capital and others.
Zozi (2007, SF, $51M, Acq.) – Platform to discover and book activities and experiences around the world with expert guides. Backed by 500 Startups, Forerunner Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank and others. Acquired by Peek in 2017.

Travel Planning
Professional – Content
Zvents (2005, San Mateo, $31M, Acq.) – Provides local guides for cities around the world. Acquired by Ebay’s StubHub in 2011.

Professional – Organizer
TripIt (2006, SF, $13M, Acq.) – Enables users to create a master travel itinerary and provide them with online and mobile access. Acquired by Concur for $120M in 2011.

P2P
TripAdvisor (2000, Massachusetts, IPO, Acq.) – Online travel guide that offers user-generated reviews on hotels, restaurants, attractions and other travel-related businesses. Acquired by IAC in 2004. Went public in 2011. 21 acquisitions.

Enterprise
Amadeus (1987, Madrid, IPO) – Provider of technology for the online travel industry. Went public in 2010.
Sabre (1960, Southlake, IPO, Acq.) – Retails travel products and provides distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. Acquired by Silverlake in 2006. Went public in 2014.
Duetto (2012, SF, $63M) – Provides revenue management SaaS solutions to hotels and casinos. Backed by Accel, Battery, Benchmark, and others.

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

For latest update, visit Online Travel feed.

A weekly newsletter summarizing recent activity and interesting startups in South East Asia.

INTERESTING COMPANIES FOUND

Ella Study (2016, Hanoi) – Digital networking platform for students to interact with alumni. Global comparable include Graduway (2011, Raanana, $1.10M) and CampusTap (2012, Boston, $1.65M).
AdEasy (2017, Kuala Lumpur) – Online listing platform for traditional advertising channels.

SEA – FUNDING UPDATES

Yojee raises funding
Yojee (2015, Singapore), a blockchain based logistics solutions targeting e-commerce logistics, raises $2.5M in undisclosed Series from undisclosed investors.

GoWabi raises funding
GoWabi (2015, Bangkok), an on-demand wellness marketplace, raises an undisclosed amount in Seed funding from 500 TukTuks.

Moby’s Petshop raises funding
Moby’s Petshop (2016, Singapore), a digital retail platform for pet supplies, raises $220k in Angel funding from undisclosed investors.

Iflix raises funding
Iflix (2014, Kuala Lumpur), a subscription based video on demand service, raises $133M in Series D from Hearst, EDBI, EVOLUTION MEDIA, Sky, Catcha Group, Liberty Global, Jungle Ventures, and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company.

UangTeman raises funding
UangTeman (2014, Jakarta), an online micro-lender for personal and business purposes, raises $12M in Series A funding round in debt and equity from K2 Venture Capital, STI Financial Group and Draper Associates, and existing investors Alpha JWC Ventures and Teong Chee Hooi also participated in the round.

FlySpaces raises funding
FlySpaces (2015, Manila), an Airbnb for office and retail spaces, raises $2.1M in pre-Series A round from The Net Group Co-president Raymond Rufino.

Urbanhire raises funding
Urbanhire (2016, Jakarta), a cloud based recruitment solutions provider, raises an undisclosed amount in pre-series A round from Convergence Ventures.

Cooky.vn raises funding
Cooky.vn (2015, Vietnam), a digital listing platform for cooking recipes, raises $20M in pre-Seed and Seed funding from ESP Capital.

SEA – RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Go-Jek acquires Loket
Go-Jek, a Jakarta based bike taxi aggregator, acquires Loket, a Jakarta based white label ticketing solutions provider, for an undisclosed amount.

Telkom sets aside $2B for capex
Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) sets aside $2B for capital expenditure.

aCommerce plans to raise over $30m Series B in Q4
aCommerce, a Bangkok based e-commerce enabling suite provider, plans to raise over $30M in Series B in Q4.

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

INTERESTING STARTUPS

Helpkey (2017, Bangalore), AI based customer support automation platform. Founders are ex-BCG, Opera Solutions, The van and man and alumni of IIT Delhi and University of Oxford. Local comparables are Racetrack (2015, Bangalore, $599M) and Active Intelligence (2016, Bangalore, $3M). Global comparables are Interactions (2004, Franklin, $167M) and Pull String (2011, SF, $44M).

INDIA INTERESTING NEWS

DigiLend (2016, Mumbai), online B2C lending marketplace, raises $311k in Seed round of funding from InCred, Fullerton. Link

RentOnGo (2012, Bangalore), online marketplace for rental of goods, raises $234k in funding from TVS Motors. Link

DeTect Technologies (2013, Chennai), provider of solutions for pipeline integrity management, raises an undisclosed amount in funding from IIM Ahmedabad’s CIIE, Axilor Ventures and Keiretsu Forum. Link

Grofers (2013, Delhi), Online horizontal retailer and on-demand delivery marketplace for groceries, increases size of sales basket to $120M. Link

Paytm Mall (2017, Delhi), online horizontal e-commerce marketplace, lines up $5M to enable its offline retailer partners to set up stores online. Link

Prataap Snacks (2003, Indore), manufacturer and seller of packaged snacks like chips, savouries and puffs, gets SEBI nod for revised IPO plan. Link

Barbeque Nation (2006, Mumbai), barbeque style restaurant chain, files for IPO. Link

Axilor Ventures, Bangalore-based early stage startup accelerator, announces the graduation of it’s fifth accelerator batch and claims that half of the startups in this cohort have raised a total funding of $5M. Link

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

BioQ Pharma (2003, SF), ready‐to‐use infusible pharmaceuticals for post-surgical pain and sedation, raises $55M in funding from Madryn Asset Management, LP. Link

Tezos (2014, Paris), smart contract management platform with an in-built governance mechanism, raises $50M in funding from undisclosed investors. Link

HomeLight (2012, SF), data driven realtor search platform, raises $40M in Series B round of funding led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Citi Ventures, and existing investors Zeev Ventures, SGVC, Crosslink Capital and Innovation Endeavors. Link

Chef’d (2013, El Segundo), recipe-and-ingredient delivery service for gourmet meals, raises $35.2M in Series B round of funding led by Smithfield Foods, with participation from Campbell Soup and Fresh Direct. Link

Puls (2015, SF), formerly Cell Savers, an on-demand mobile phone repair service provider, raises $25M in funding led by Red Dot Capital Partners, with participation from Samsung NEXT, Maverick Ventures and Kreos Capital and existing investors Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures. Link

Great Hill Partners, Boston-based private equity firm, acquires ZoomInfo (2000, Waltham), business intelligence platform, for an undisclosed amount. Link

MarketCast (2011, NYC),market research and strategy firm, acquires Fizziology (2009, Indianapolis), social media research firm in media and entertainment, for an undisclosed amount. Link

K9 Ventures, Palo Alto-based early stage venture capital firm, closes third fund, at $42M. Link