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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 839 – Customer Service Software

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – CUSTOMER SERVICE SOFTWARE

Customer Support Helpdesk, Freshdesk raises $55M in a series F round led by Sequoia Capital India. Link

Customer Experience Management Solutions, Questback raises $22M in a debt round from Capital IP Investment Partners. Link

Cloud-based telephony service provider for SMEs, Knowlarity raises $20M in a series C round led by Delta Partners. Link

Social Customer Service Platform, Sparkcentral raises $20M in a series C round led by LRM. Link

Behavioural Analytics for event Data, Interana raises $18M in a series B round led by Vertex Ventures. Link

Real Time Collaboration Solutions, CafeX Communications raises $16M in an undisclosed round. Link

Caller Behavioural science for sales and service, Cogito Corporation raises $15M in a series B round led by OpenView. Link

In-app messaging for customer support, Hyphenate raises $15M in a series C round from Matrix Partners China. Link

Sales solutions for brokers, Vizolution raises $6M in a series A round from HSBC & Finance Wales. Link

Cloud-based speech recognition platform, nVoq raises $6M in an undisclosed round. Link

AI based knowledge management platform, Solvvy raises $4.5M in a seed round led by True Ventures. Link

In-app feedback tools for app developers, Apptentive raises $3.6M in a series B round led by Origin Ventures. Link

AI-based Conversational banking platform, Active AI raises $3M in series A round from IDG Ventures India, Kalaari. Link

Voice of Customer Feedback Solutions, OpinionLab got acquired by Verint for an undisclosed amount. Link

Machine Learning based Customer service application, wise.io got acquired by GE for an undisclosed amount. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Soapbox.ai (2016, Sydney) – Cognitive knowledge assistant for customer service reps.

Nyala (2016, Sunnyvale) – AI based customer support over Instant messengers.

Destygo (2016, Paris) – AI based customer support virtual assistant for Travel agencies.

LEADER BOARD – CUSTOMER SERVICE SOFTWARE

Suite

Verint (1994, Melville, IPO) – Customer engagement optimization suite, security intelligence and fraud prevention solutions. Went public in 2002.

RightNow Technologies (1997, Bozeman, IPO, Acq.) – Omnichannel customer experience suite solutions. Went public in 2004. Acquired by Oracle in 2011 for $1.5B.

Interactive Intelligence (1994, Indianapolis, IPO. Acq.) – Omnichannel communication platform for unified communications, workforce optimization and business process automation. Went public in 1999.

Genesys (1990, Daly City) – Integrated multichannel customer experience and contact center solutions in the cloud and on-premises for SMB’s. Got acquired by TCV and Permira in 2012 for $1.5 billion.

Call Center – Suite

8×8 (1987, San Jose, IPO) – Provides cloud hosted call center services including call center, video, mobile and unified communications to SMB’s. Went public in 1997 for developing video compression semiconductors and softwares.

inContact (1997, Midvale, IPO) – On demand call center software with ACD, skill based routing, CTI, speech recognition, customer feedback features. Went public in 2012. Got acquired by Nice Systems in 2016.

Five9 (2001, California, IPO) – Cloud contact center software helping enterprises manage inbound, outbound and blended multi channel solutions. Went public in 2014.

Call Center – Suite – Crowdsourced Agents

LiveOps (2000, Redwood, $51M) – Multi-channel cloud contact center solutions used for managing inbound, outbound and blended calls through crowdsourced customer service agents. Backed by CMEA Capital, Menlo Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Comerica Bank. Marlin Equity Partners acquired its Cloud Platform business in 2015.

Call Center – Analytics

Mattersight (2006, Chicago, IPO) – SaaS based behavioural analytics solutions for call centers based on customer and employee interactions. Went public in 2011.

CallMiner (2002, Florida, $70M) – Cloud based speech and text analytics solutions for analyzing interactions across multi channel communication channels. Backed by NewSpring Growth Capital, In-Q-Tel, Inflexion Partners, Sigma Partners.

Call Center – Front End

Talkdesk (2011, SF, $25M) – Browser based call center software for sales and support using services like Twilio to integrate call facilities on browser and mobile. Backed by DFJ Growth, Storm Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.

Call Center – Agent Productivity

nVoq (2000, Boulder, $44M) – Provides workflow optimization and voice navigation system that enables customer service reps. Investors undisclosed.

CustomerMatrix (2013, NYC, $19.5M) – Cognitive computing platform for CRM teams. Backed by HSBC, NewFund Capital, Aster Capital, True Global Ventures.

Call Center – Virtual Agents

Nuance Communications (1992, Burlington, IPO) – Speech, Imaging and keypad solutions for businesses and consumers. Offers conversational virtual assistant solutions with speech recognition, natural language understanding and voice biometric solutions. Went public in 2000.

Interactions Corporation (2004, Franklin, $160M) – Conversational virtual assistant solutions using AI for delivering automated natural language communications for customer care. Backed by Sigma Partners, North Hill Ventures, Updata Partners, Cross Atlantic Partners, Prime Ventures, Softbank Capital.

Help Desk – Omnichannel

Zendesk (2007, SF, IPO) – Integrated multi channel cloud customer support ticketing system with self service, live chat and mobile support solutions. Went public in 2014.

Freshdesk (2010, Chennai, $150M) – Integrated multi channel cloud based Helpdesk ticketing solutions with self service, live chat, in-app support, internal service desk. Has its office in Chennai also. Backed by Accel, Google Capital, Tiger Global.

Help Desk – Social

Hootsuite (2008, Vancouver, $225M) – Social media management system for businesses. Backed by Fidelity Investments, Insight Partners, Accel Partners, OMERS Ventures, Hearst Ventures, Blumberg Capital.

Sprout Social (2010, Chicago, $61M) – Social media management and engagement tools for enterprises. Backed by NEA, Goldman Sachs, Lightbank.

Sparkcentral (2011, San Francisco, $38M) – Social customer service platform, integrated with the mobile platform. Backed by Split Rock Partners, Graph Ventures, LRM, Group MC, Jackson Square Ventures, Social Capital.

Help Desk – Live Chat

Liveperson (1995, NYC, IPO) – Live chat, voice and video with real time metrics and hosted platform. Went public in 2000.

Intercom (2011, SF, $116M) – Integrated platform for support, marketing and sales. Provides live conversation solutions to web and mobile customers. Backed by Iconiq Capital, BVP.

Help Desk – Live Chat – Crowdsourced Experts

Needle (2010, Salt Lake City, $19.5M) – On demand advocates for engaging with customers for support and sales. Backed by Shasta Ventures, Lightbank, Rembrandt Venture Partners.

ChatID (2011, NYC, $19M) – Allows collaboration between brands and retailers enabling real time conversation between product experts and customers on retail sites and stores. Backed by Costanoa Venture Capital, FirstMark Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Mack Capital, BoxGroup.

Help Desk – Live Text

Relay Network (2010, Radnor, $19M) – Secure customer service texting solutions. Backed by First Round, Karlani Capital, NewSpring Capital.

Zipwhip (2007, Seattle, $17M) – Offers Two way text messaging from mobiles, landlines and toll-free numbers. Backed by Ronin Capital, Lakewest Venture Partners.

HeyWire (2010, Cambridge, $13M, Acq.) – Enterprise mobile messaging platform by connecting customers with businesses with two way texting platform. Adds customer texting to existing toll free numbers and office phone numbers. Backed by Lauder Partners.Got acquired by Salesforce in 2016.

Help Desk – Live Text – Virtual Agents

Digital Genius (2013, London, $7M) – Uses AI, cognitive computing, neural networks and NLP to automate human like conversations in real time. Backed by Lumia Capital, RRE Ventures, Spider Capital Partners, Lowercase Capital, Salesforce, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Lowercase Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Metamorphic Ventures.

Help Desk – Instant Messengers

Smooch (2015, Montreal East, $8M) – Integrated customer messaging software over social messaging apps, SMS, web chat and in-app. Backed by TA Associates, Inovia Capital, Real Ventures.

LiveNinja (2012, Miami, $3M) – Integrated interface for B2C Communications over Instant Messengers. Backed by Citi, Start Capital, Comcast Ventures, Scout Ventures, Seedinvest, CV Catalyst Fund, AGP Miami, Anzu Partners, Dadneo.

Help Desk – Instant Messengers – Virtual Agents

Assist (2015, San Francisco, $5.5M) – Platform enabling automated chat for businesses. Backed by Structure Capital, Binary Capital.

Msg.ai (2014, NYC, $2.7M) – Artificial Intelligence based chatbot for conversational commerce. Backed by Y Combinator, KBS Ventures, Bowery Capital, Advancit Capital, Sterling Partners, Indicator Ventures, Dunnhumby, Galvanize, BoxGroup, Salesforce Ventures.

Help Desk – Mobile App Enablers

HelpShift (2011, Pune, $38M) – In-app support Help Desk platform. Backed by Microsoft Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Salesforce, Intel Capital, True Ventures, Visionnaire Ventures.

Apptentive (2011, Seattle, $10M) – In-app feedback tools for app developers. Backed by SurveyMonkey, Google Ventures, Techstars, Founders’ Co-op, Golden, Origin Ventures, Social Leverage.

Help Desk – Visual Communication

Cafex Communications (2013, NYC, $48M) – Contextual communication solutions including live chat, co-browsing, screen sharing along with visual IVR for engagement across web and mobile. Backed by Intel Capital, Illuminate Ventures, USAA.

Tokbox (2007, SF, $26M, Acq.) – PaaS company that provides hosted infrastructure, API and SDK for messaging, video and live chat, co-browsing, screen sharing. Acquired by Telefonica Digital in 2012.

Helpdesk – Virtual Agents

Wise.io (2012, Berkeley, $2.59M, Acq.) – Automates the process of ticket routing and recommended responses on tickets through machine learning and predictive analytics. Backed by Voyager Capital. Got acquired by GE in 2016.

Self Service – Knowledge Management

Coveo (2005, Quebec, $70M) – Knowledge Management software for customer support and employee engagement through Big Data Analytics. Through enterprise search technology it creates relevant context from both structured and unstructured data. Backed by IQ Venture Advisors, Propulsion Ventures, BDC Venture Capital.

Bloomfire (2010, Austin, $33M) – SaaS workspace collaboration tool that provides internal knowledgebase to customer service and sales reps for collaboration and onboarding new employees. Backed by Austin Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Silver Creek Ventures.

Self Service – Customer Communities

Lithium (2001, SF, $152M) – Social Customer experience management software which combines online customer community applications with social web and CRM applications for engaging with customers through peer to peer support concept. Backed by Emergence Capital Partners, NEA, Benchmark Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Shasta Ventures.

VisionCritical (2000, Vancouver, $42.5M) – Customer Intelligence platform for customer communities for real time feedback from customers and stakeholders, insights, innovation and new product development. Backed by Georgian Partners, Difference Capital, Omers Ventures.

Mzinga (2007, Burlington, $42.5M) – Enterprise learning management and social engagement solutions for customer support. It builds social communities for brand management and peer to peer support with content authorization tools and services. Also provides social learning platform for employee onboarding and engagement. Backed by W Capital Partners, Bluecrest Capital Finance, GE Equity, Acadia Woods Partners, Shared Capital Partners.

Feedback Analytics – CEM – Omnichannel

Medallia (2001, Palo Alto, $255M) – SaaS CEM company which captures feedback across multi channel with text analytics for analyzing customer decision journey. Backed by Sequoia Capital.

Clarabridge (2006, Reston, $125M) – SaaS customer intelligence company which uses NLP and machine learning combining text analytics with customer metrics for analyzing customer journey. Backed by General Catalyst Partners, Summit Partners.

Feedback Analytics – CEM – Social

newBrandAnalytics (2010, Washington, $35M, Acq.) – Monitoring and analysis solutions for customer feedback on social review sites for hospitality, retail and government industries. Acquired by Sprinklr in 2015.

Feedback Analytics – Survey Tools + Market Research

Qualtrics (2002, Provo, $220M) – SaaS based platform to act on voice of customer, employee and customer feedback. Backed by Insight Partners, Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital.

Satmetrix (1997, $27M) – Satmetrix NPX, a software platform to improve customer satisfaction and promote customer loyalty and NPS. Backed by Stanford University, Four Rivers Group, Sutter Hill Ventures, Aspen Ventures.

Complaints Resolution

Modria (2011, San Jose, $13M) – Cloud platform for resolving customer disputes with customized resolution rules. Facilitates mediation and negotiation between buyers and sellers. Backed by Foundry Group.

Complaints Resolution – Virtual Agents

Cognicor Technologies (2011, Barcelona, $1.07M) – Automated complaints resolution system using AI to resolve customer complaints. Backed by Wayra, Lanzame Capital.

Interaction Analytics

Nice Systems (1986, Ra’anana, IPO) – Customer interaction analytics solutions through Big Data infrastructure and predictive analytics. Went public in 1996 for its security solutions.

Attensity (2000, Palo Alto, $105M) – SaaS based text and voice analytics solutions for enterprises. Backed by In-Q-Tel, Palomar Ventures, Jefferson Partners, Triangle Venture Capital Group.

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

For latest update visit Customer Service Software feed.

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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 840 – Ecommerce Enablers

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ECOMMERCE ENABLERS

Emarsys, an Austria-based global B2C marketing cloud company, received a $22.3M investment from TPG Specialty Lending Europe. Link

BASE Inc, an online storefront development platform, raised $14M in financing. Link

Yottaa, a SaaS-based eCommerce platform that optimizes end-user experiences, raised $13M in funding from Stata Venture Partners and General Catalyst. Link

Clavis Insight, a Dublin-based eCommerce analytics company, raised $10M in funding from Draper Esprit. Link

Springbot, an automated eCommerce marketing platform provider, closed a $10M Series B round of financing led by Harbert Growth Partners. Link

Brickwork, an NYC-based SaaS omnichannel retail marketing platform, raised $5M in Series A financing round. Link

Retention Science, a marketing automation platform for eCommerce businesses, raised $750k in Series B round of financing. Link

Goodvidio, a Greece and London-based conversion optimization service for online stores, raised $600k in funding. Link

Browntape, a cloud-based software which helps online merchants manage their orders and inventory raised an undisclosed amount of investment from Hyderabad-based logistics firm, Gati. Link

Fashwell, a Zurich-based image recognition startup for the fashion industry raised strategic investment from Zalando. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Angel Intelligence (2016, NYC) AI-based recommendation engine for online retailers that uses predictive machine learning and image processing to provide both similar and complementary personalized recommendations.

Prelauncher (2015, Saint Petersburg) Pre-launch website builder and referral campaign for new website owners.

LEADER BOARD – ECOMMERCE ENABLERS

Suite

Symphony Commerce (2011, SF, $47M) End to end eCommerce solution provider. Backed by FirstMark Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and more.

Shopping Cart – Proprietary

Demandware (2004, Burlington, IPO, Acq.) Provides enterprise cloud commerce solutions like order management, predictive intelligence applications etc for online retailers. Backed by General Catalyst Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners. Went IPO in 2012 and then acquired by Salesforce in June 2016.

Shopify (2004, Ottawa, IPO) Cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform providing proprietary software to small and medium-sized businesses. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital and more. Went IPO in 2015.

Bigcommerce (2009, Austin, $160M) E-commerce platform builder for small and medium businesses. Backed by GGV Capital, SoftBank Capital, General Catalyst Partners and more.

Shopping Cart – Open Source

Magento (2008, LA, $22.5M, Acq.) Open sourced storefront builder for eCommerce retailers which enable merchants and brands to have control over the look, content, SEO, digital marketing and functionality of their online storefronts. Acquired by eBay in 2011.

PrestaShop (2007, Levallois-perret, $15M) Open source eCommerce software that allows merchants to build and manage an online store. Backed by XAnge, Serena Capital, Seventure Partners, and Siparex.

Multi-Channel Selling

ChannelAdvisor (2001, Morrisville, IPO) Cloud-based platform that allows retailers and manufacturers to integrate, manage and optimize their merchandise sales across online channels. Backed by eBay, NEA, Advanced Technology Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, and more. Went IPO in 2013.

Lengow (2009, Nantes, $13M) SaaS-based platform that allows sellers to manage their product catalogue across channels including marketplaces, price comparison engines, etc. Backed by Kima Ventures, Serena Capital, Alven Capital, and Bpifrance.

Omni-commerce

Orderdynamics (2003, London, $51M) Cloud-based order management platform. Backed by Dawn Capital, West Coast capital and more.

NewStore (2015, Boston, $38M) Omni-channel platform that allows retailers to increase conversion by linking offline and online commerce. Backed by General Catalyst Partners.

Orckestra (2006, Montreal, $20M) Omni-channel commerce solution provider for mid-size and large enterprises, retailers, and branded manufacturers to deliver unified digital and in-store experiences. Backed by Fonds de solidarite FTQ and W Investments.

Tools – Distributed Commerce

Delivery Agent (2001, SF, $138M) Platform for brands and media companies to engage with customers directly through ads. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Carmel Ventures and more.

Curalate (2012, Philadelphia, $40M) Visual content monetization platform that allows brands and retailers to measure, monitor, and grow brand engagement on socially curated sites. Backed by First Round Capital, NEA, MentorTech Ventures, and Vayner/RSE.

Tools – PIM

Salsify (2012, Boston, $25M) Cloud-based product content management solutions for retailers and suppliers. Backed by Venrock, Matrix Partners, and North Bridge Venture Partners.

Tools – Fitting Solutions

True Fit (2005, Woburn, $46.5M) Retail SaaS-based company which allows customers to discover apparel and footwear styles that fit. Backed by Founder Collective, Jump Capital, Promus Ventures, Signal Peak Ventures, and more.

Metail (2008, London, $21M) Virtual fitting room technology provider for fashion retailers. Backed by New World Private Equity, TAL Group.

Tools – Visual Search

Slyce (2012, Toronto, IPO) Visual search solution provider for retailers. Backed by Beacon Securities, Salman Partners. Went IPO in 2015.

Tools – Gifting

Loop Commerce (2012, SF, $29M) Provides SaaS solution that fully integrates with retailers’ online stores to make every product gift-able. Backed by SGVC, Wicklow Capital, PayPal and more.

Tools – Web Content Management

Amplience (2008, London, $28M) Provides a SaaS-based platform for content management by creating editorial content, shoppable content, product showcases, interactive demos etc. Backed by Octopus Ventures, Northstar Ventures, SVB and more.

Backend – End-to-End Logistics

Ecom Express (2013, Delhi, $149.5M) E-commerce logistics solutions provider. Backed by Peepul Capital and Wargbug Pincus.

Delhivery (2011, Gurgaon, $125M) End to end logistics provider for e-commerce. Backed by Times Internet, Nexus VP, and more.

Backend – Shipping & Fulfillment

Temando (2006, Brisbane, $56M) Shipping and fulfillment software platform for online retailers. Backed by Neopost Group.

Backend – Order & Inventory Management

Brightpearl (2007, Bristol, $35.5M) Cloud-based multi-channel retail ERP system that integrates orders, inventory, accounting, reporting and customer data for retailers. Backed by Silicon Valley Bank, Eden Ventures, Notion Capital, MMC Ventures, and more.

Stitch Labs (2011, SF, $23M) Cloud-based inventory management solution for retailers, which streamlines inventory, orders, and data across multiple channels. Backed by True Ventures, Costanoa Venture Capital, Triangle Peak Partners, and Square 1 Bank.

Marketing – On-Site

Bloomreach (2009, Mountain View, $97M) Customer analytics and site optimization machine intelligence platform. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures, NEA and more.

Marketing – Off-Site

AdRoll (2007, SF, $90M) Ad-based retargeting platform for online retailers that helps them in improving conversion rate. Backed by Accel Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, Western Technology Investment, and more.

Marketing – Multichannel

RichRelevance (2006, SF, $82M) Omnichannel personalization for the retailers and brands. Backed by Greylock Partners, DFJ and more.

Marketing – Optimisation

Gigya (2006, Mountain View, $106M) Customer identity management suite for personalization through social login, Registration-as-a-Service, social plugins and gamification. Backed by DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Intel Capital and more.

Analytics

Blue Yonder (2008, Karlsruhe, $75M) Predictive Analytics based on Artificial Intelligence. Backed by Warburg Pincus.

Clicktale (2006, Ramat Gan, $53M) Customer experience analytics platform enabling e-businesses to have an insight into their clients’ online behavior. Backed by Amadeus Capital Partners, Goldrock Capital, YL Ventures.

Fraud & Risk Management

Threat Metrix (2005, San Jose, $92M) Fraud prevention & context-based authentication solution. Backed by TVP, Tenaya Capital, August Capital, USVP.

Sift Science (2011, SF, $53.5M) Machine learning optimized fraud detection solution. Backed by Y-Combinator, First Round Capital, Insight Venture Partners and more.

Payment- Gateway

BlueSnap (2001, Waltham, $68M, Acq.) Provides a payment gateway to enable the checkout process for e-commerce merchants. Backed by Great Hill partners, Parthenon Capital Partners and more. Acquired by Great Hill Partners in 2011.

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

For the latest update, visit Ecommerce Enablers feed.

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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 841 – NewSpace

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – NEWSPACE

Inmarsat, a mobile satellite communication services provider, raised $650M in convertible bonds to pay back debt and invest in the next generation of satellites. Link

Spacecom, an Israel-based satellite operator, bought Boeing satellite for $161M to be launched in 2019. Link

SpaceX won a NASA contract for global surface water survey satellite launch, worth of $112M. Link

Planetary Resources, a Redmond, Washington-based asteroid mining company, has finalized a $27.7M agreement with the Luxembourg Government.The deal includes the direct capital investment of $13.3M and grants of $14.4M from the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the banking institution Société Nationale de Crédit et d’Investissement (SNCI). Link

One Space, a China-based company providing launched services for commercial microsatellites and other small spacecraft, raised $14.7M in Series A round of funding from Harbin Institute of Technology. Link

Satlantis, a US-based satellite technology company commercializing constellations of microsatellites, secured $2.6M in venture funding from Telefónica, Everis-NTT group, Orza, IDOM and FOND-ICOpyme fund. Link

Vector Space Systems, a Tucson-based microsatellite space launch company, raised $1.25M in Angel funding by Space Angels Network. Link

Lunarstation, a NewSpace company commercializing the moon’s resources, raised $115K. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Capella Space (2016, Palo Alto) – Provides imaging services through a constellation of small satellites.

NSL Comm (2015, Tel Aviv) – Develops large aperture expandable antennas for satellite communications.

RBC Signals (2015, Redmond) – Provides ground station network to access spacecraft.

LEADER BOARD – NEWSPACE

Launch Vehicles – Large Payload

SpaceX (2002, Hawthorne, $1.2B) – Designs and manufactures reusable launch vehicles lowering the cost of launching satellites into space. Backed by Google, DFJ, Fidelity, Foundersfund, Valorep.

Launch Vehicles – Small Payload

FireflySpace (2014, Cedar Park, $22M) – Develops Launch Vehicles to launch small satellites to lower earth orbits. Backed by SK Ventures, Woodside O’Brien.

Space Hardware – Satellites

Dauria Aerospace (2011, Moscow, $30M) – Develops and manufactures small satellites and components using industrial grade electronics to optimize production. Backed by I2BF Global Ventures.

Space Hardware – SpaceCraft

XCOR (1999, Mojave, $19M) – Research, development, and production of reusable rocket-powered, horizontal launch vehicles for suborbital, and orbital travel. Backed by SpaceX, Boston Harbor Angels, Space Angels Network.

Space Hardware – Rovers

Moon Express (2010, Mojave, $24M) – Develops robotic spacecraft for Lunar exploration and commercial development. Backed by Founders Fund, Autodesk, SpaceFlorida, XPRIZE.

Support Engineering – Propulsion Systems

Reaction Engines (1989, Abingdon, $32M) – Develops the technologies needed for an advanced combined cycle air-breathing rocket engine. Backed by BAE Systems, UK Government.

Support Engineering – Antenna Systems

Kymeta Corp (2012, Seattle, $144M) – Develops electronic beamforming antenna for satellite communications. Backed by Lux Capital, Osage Partners, The Kresge Foundation, Liberty Global.

Space Services – Communication

OneWeb (2012, California, $1.7B) – Builds a constellation of satellites to provide low-cost communication services. Backed by Qualcomm, SoftBank, Qualcomm Ventures, Coca-Cola, Grupo Salinas, Hughes Network Systems, Intelsat, Totalplay, Virgin, Bharti Enterprises, Airbus Group.

Space Services – Satellite Imaging

Planet Labs (2010, SF, $183M) – Develops satellite network to frequently update earth imagery using CubeSats. Backed by DFJ, Founders Fund, CBC Capital, Lux Capital, IFC, First Round, Felicis, Industry Ventures, DBL Partners, DBL Investors, AME Cloud Ventures and others.

Space Services – Tourism

Virgin Galactic (2004, Pasadena, $480M) – Develops commercial and consumer spacecraft to provide suborbital spaceflights for tourists and scientific payloads. Backed by Virgin, aabar Investments.

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 NewSpace feed.

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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 842 – Payments

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – PAYMENTS

Brazilian digital financial services firm Nubank has raised $80M in a Series D round of funding. Link

Stripe, a payment gateway API provider, secured $16M funding. Link

EverCompliant, an Israel-based transaction laund ering detection and prevention company, has raised $9.5M in a Series A round from Abor Ventures, Carmel Ventures, StarFarm Ventures and Nyca Partners. Link

VendHQ, a cloud-based PoS solutions provider from New Zealand, raised $9M (NZD13M) funding from Movac, Square Peg Capital, Jasmine Investments, and Aspiring Asset Management. Link

2C2P, a Singapore-based payment services provider, secured $8M Series D funding. Link

Paystack, a Nigerian payment services provider, has secured a $1.3M seed investment round led by Tencent, Comcast Ventures, the venture arm of the US largest cable company and Singularity Investments. Link

Cardlay, a front-end Card Management Platform and Cardholder application provider, is announcing the release of its white label solution for banks and a $4M funding round from private investors. Link

Japanese payments app Kyash picks up $8.5M. Link

Kalixa, a UK-based online payment services provider, was acquired by Singapore-based FinTech firm Senjo Group for $30M. Link

Lloyds Banking Group is to pay £1.9B for the acquisition of credit card outfit MBNA from Bank of America. Link

AmEx buys digital security outfit InAuth. Link

Visa to acquire payment authentication company CardinalCommerce. Link

PayPal has announced new collaborations with both Citi and FIS, while Mastercard and Visa have shared a mutual commitment to accelerate digital wallet adoption. Link

Geoswift selects Thomson Reuters risk and compliance solutions. Link

BNP Paribas has completed its first live cross-border B2B payments between corporate clients using blockchain technology. Link

Hungary’s national bank to launch instant payments through mobile phone numbers. Link

Wirecard and Cuscal have joined to allow Wirecard`s merchant acquiring services throughout Australia, with Cuscal being the acquiring BIN sponsor. Link

Visa and Mastercard have struck a deal that lets each firm’s digital wallet service request the other’s tokenized payment credentials. Link

Citi and PayPal have entered into a partnership wherein Citi cardmembers can use their Citi Cards with PayPal seamlessly. Link

American Express has unveiled an “Add a Card” feature to its Amex bot for Messenger, allowing eligible US Consumer and Open card members to add their card and billing information for purchases on Facebook. Link

Kount, an online payment fraud protection solutions provider, has launched Kount Central, a fraud protection suite for online PSPs. Link

Mastercard and Verifone unveil installment based payments app. Link

MasterCard is adding artificial intelligence as a core component of its network in an effort to provide better risk scoring across all transactions and cut the number of false declines. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Keyo (2015, Chicago) – A Point-of-Sale payment solutions provider, using palm scanning authentication technology.

LEADER BOARD – PAYMENTS

Payment Gateway

Safecharge (2006, British Virgin Islands, IPO) – A customized payment acceptance portal for merchants. Went public in 2014.

Stripe (2010, SF, $466M) – A merchant acquirer and a payment gateway API provider for web and mobile payments. Backed by Y Combinator, American Express, VISA, Redpoint Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Salesforce, Morgan Stanley, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, Khosla Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Founders Fund, KPCB, General Catalyst Partners, Thrive Capital, Lowercase Capital, Allen & Company, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Alven Capital, TrueBridge Capital Partners, Entree Capital, Square Peg Capital, Golden Gate Ventures, Playfair Capital, Barclays, Designer Fund, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Darwin Ventures, BoxGroup, Google Capital.

Clear2Pay (2001, Brussels, $127M, Acq.) – Provider of payment solutions to financial institutions. Also provides white label remittance services. Acquired by Fidelity Information Services in September 2014 for $493M.

Acquirer Processor

First Data Corporation (1971, Atlanta, Acq, IPO) – A global 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.

Vantiv (1971, Cincinnati, IPO) – An electronic payment processor, payment gateway API and PoS solutions provider. Went public in 2012.

WorldPay (1993, London, IPO) – A London-based payment processing company offering gateway and PoS services. Went public in October 2015.

Total System Services (1982, Columbus (Georgia), IPO) – A merchant acquirer and white label prepaid card solutions provider. Went public in 1983.

Adyen (2006, Amsterdam, $266M) – An internet-first merchant acquirer and omnichannel payment solutions provider. Backed by General Atlantic, Index Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Temasek, Iconiq Capital.

Payment Network

VISA (1958, Foster City, IPO) – An association of banks and other financial institutions, which facilitates card payment transactions. Went public in 2008.

MasterCard (1966, Purchase, IPO) – An interbank association facilitating card payments. Went public in 2006.

Vocalink (2007, Rickmansworth, $114M, Acq.) – A UK-based ATM switching platform and interbank network. Aquired by MasterCard for £700M ($926M) in July 2016.

Ripple (2012, SF, $90.5M) – An open source, decentralized protocol to provide real time cross border payments and settlements. Backed by Standard Chartered, AME Cloud Ventures, Seagate, CME Group, IDG Capital Partners, RRE Ventures, Venture 51, Core VC, ChinaRock Capital Management, SBI Holdings, Route 66 Ventures, Camp One Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Santander InnoVentures, Digital Currency Group, SCB Digital Ventures.

PoS Suite

VeriFone (1981, San Jose, IPO) – Provides all kinds of PoS devices, along with a payment gateway. Went public in 2005.

Ingenico Group (1980, Paris, IPO) – A payment processing service provider specializing in NFC enabled PoS terminals, gateways and cross-border e-commerce solutions. Went public in 1985.

Wallet

PayPal (1998, San Jose, Acq., IPO) – An online payment and money transfer service, offering payment gateway, merchant accounts and wallet solutions. Acquired by eBay in July 2002 for $1.5B. Went public in July 2015.

Mozido (2008, Austin, $288M) – A white label web and mobile wallet solutions provider. Backed by TomorrowVentures, Wellington Management, Brentwood Associates, Atlanticus.

Dashlane (2009, NYC, $52.5M) – A fully-featured password manager and secure digital wallet app. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Rho Ventures, TransUnion, FinTech Innovation Lab.

Xapo (2012, Palo Alto, $40M) – A bitcoin wallet provider with cold storage facility. Backed by Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, Ribbit Capital.

Alternate Payment

PayNearMe (2009, Sunnyvale (CA), $71M) – Provides offline payment services for online solutions. Backed by True Ventures, Kapor Capital, Fenwick & West, Endeavor Partners, Floodgate, Maveron, GSV Capital, August Capital, Khosla Ventures

TrialPay (2006, Mountain View, $56M, Acq.) – Enables merchants to offer free action based rewards to their customers. Acquired by VISA in February 2015 for an undisclosed amount.

Technology

Kount (2007, Boise, $80M) – A SAAS based fraud prevention service provider for card-not-present transactions. Backed by CVC Capital Partners.

ThreatMetrix (2005, San Jose, $92M) – A payment fraud prevention service and context-based authentication solution provider. Backed by US Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, Adams Street Partners, Tenaya Capital, August Capital, Technology Venture Partners, In-Q-Tel, Talu Ventures.

Ethoca (2005, Toronto, $45M) – A secure network for card issuers and merchants to connect and work outside the payment network. Backed by Spectrum Equity.

B2B Payments

GlobalCollect (1994, Netherlands, Acq.) – An international B2B money transfer and payment gateway service provider. Acquired by Ingenico in September 2014 for $1.1B.

Viewpost (2012, Maitland, $79M) – e-Invoice exchange and electronic payment solutions provider. Backed by Western Technology Investment.

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 Payments feed.

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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 843– Product Management Tools

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – PRODUCT MANAGEMENT TOOLS

LaunchDarkly, a platform for managing the features, raises $8.7M Series A funding led by DFJ and participation from Softech and BloombergBeta. Link

Lookback, an application for gathering user feedback on UX/UI, raises $6M Series A funding led by Spectrum 28 and participation from Index Ventures and Lakestar. Link

MarvelApp, a plaftform for building prototypes related to product development, raises $5.05M Series A funding led by BGF Ventures. Link

Productboard, a SaaS based project management software, raises $1.3M seed funding co-led by Index Ventures and Credo Ventures with partcipation from Spread Capital. Link

PopApp, an application for buliding prototypes from pen-paper based designs, is acquired by Marvel App. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Use Kanaban (2016, San Francisco) – a platform to manage tasks using Kanbans and track the overall progress of the project related to product development.

LEADER BOARD – PRODUCT MANAGEMENT TOOLS

PM Suite

WizeLine (2013, SF, $8.4M) – Software to manage complete life-cycle of product with features to increase customer engagement . Backed by A Capital, Core Ventures Group, SV Angel, Lowercase Capital, Sierra Ventures and Bowery Capital.

Project Portfolio Management

Instantis (1999, Santa Clara, $29M, Acq.) – Cloud based project & portfolio management software to manage multiple products simultaneously. Backed by US Venture Partners, JK & B Capital, JF Shea Company and Goldman Sachs. Acquired by Oracle in 2012.

Daptiv (1997, Seattle, $28.5M, Acq.) – Project management platform for demand management, resource planning, time managament and version control features. Backed by Kennet, Endeavour vision, Genevest Consulting Group, MArlin Equity Partners and Parallax Capital Partners. Acquired by Changepoint in 2014.

Project Management

VersionOne (2002, Alpharetta, $26.5M) – Software for end to end enterprise agile project management and support various agile methods such as Scrum, Kanban, and the Scaled Agile Framework. Backed by OpenView and LLR Partners.

Liquidplanner (2007, Seattle, $13M) – Collaboration software with priority based & predictive online project management features. B acked by TVC Capital and Alliance of Angels.

Requirement Management

Blueprint (2004, Toronto, $53.35M) – Software for managing and tracing the requirements, and generating test-cases automatically related to project development. Backed by BDC Capital, GrowthWorks, Tandem Expansion Fund, Walsingham Growth Partners and Centana Growth.

Jama Software (2007, Portland, $33.4M) – Platform for collating the requirements, managing their respective priorities and collaborating among other users for tracking. Backed by Trinity Ventures, Updata Partners, Madrona Venture Group and Oregon Angel Fund.

Prototyping

iRise (1997, El Sugando, $36M) – Visualization & collaborative prototyping software used by UX professionals, Product managers and business analysts. Backed by Morgan Stanley, Gold Hill Capital, Duetsche Bank and SVB Financial Group.

MarvelApp (2013, London, $7.97M) – Platform for transforming sketches and drawings into wireframes and prototypes and share with other users. Backed by Index Ventures, Connect Ventures, Ustwo, Haatch, InReach Ventures and BGF Ventures.

User Feedback

UserTesting (2007, Mountain View, $48.5M) – Platform to conduct usability testing of websites and application and get feedback from users of the product. Backed by OpenView, Kern Whelan Partners and Accel Partners.

LaunchDarkly (2014, SF, $11.3M) –It allows companies to release changes to only a set of users for testing and getting early feedback. Backed by Bloomberg Beta, 500 Startups, Soft Tech VC and Cervin Ventures.

Analytics

Mixpanel (2009, SF, $77M) – Mobile & web analytics platform to track user actions while operating the application. Backed by Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.

Clicktale (2006, Ramat Gan, $53M) – Software to analyse how people behave and what they do on particular pages of application. Backed by YL Venture, Goldrock Capital, Amadeus Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Viola Group.

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

For latest update, visit Product Management Toolsfeed.

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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 844 – Event Management

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – EVENT MANAGEMENT

PeerSpace, a marketplace for creative venues, raised $14M Series B round from Foundation Capital, Mitsui Fudosan, Carthona Capital, City National Bank, and Red Bridge Partners. Link

Splash, an experiential event marketing platform, raised $7M Series B round from Ascent Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Scale-Up Venture Capital. Link

TKing, an online platform to book tickets for concerts and professional theater shows, raised $7M Series B round from Matrix Partners China. Link

IfOnly, an online experiences marketplace, raised an undisclosed amount in a Series B round from Sotheby’s. Link

TicketSauce, a white-label event registration solution, raised $3M Series A round from Frontier Venture Capital. Link

TicketBox, an online event ticketing marketplace, raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A round from SIG, 500 Startups, OOKBEE. Link

BookEventz, an event venue booking and event planning solution provider, raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round from Lead Angels, Mumbai Angels, LetsVenture. Link

EventsHigh, an event discovery platform, raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round from Axilor Ventures. Link

Cinepapaya, a movie and festival ticketing marketplace, was acquired by Fandango. Link

Eventick, a provider of white-label ticketing solutions, was acquired by Sympla, a local event discovery platform. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Shoowin (2016, NYC, $1M) – Face-value sports and concert ticket reservation platform.

LEADER BOARD – EVENT MANAGEMENT

Suite – Business Events

Cvent (1999, Fairfax, IPO, Acq.) – Event management platform for planning, marketing, online registration and mobile event app solutions. Backed by New Enterprise Associates, Insight Venture Partners, and Greenspring Associates. Went public in 2013. Acquired by Vista Equity Partners in April 2016 for $1.6B.

Etouches (2008, Norwalk, $56M) – Web-based event management software suite. Backed by Greycroft Partners, Cava Capital, CT Innovations, Argentum Group, Level Equity, and First Analysis.

Certain (1994, SF, $29M) – Event management software providing online event registration, speaker & session management, event mobile apps and event check-in.

Suite – Sports & Outdoor

ACTIVE Network (1999, Dallas, IPO, Acq.) – Cloud-based activity and participation management solution provider for sports & outdoor events. Went public in 2011. Acquired by Vista Equity Partners in $1.05B buyout in 2013.

Planning – Organizer Tools – Project Management

Honeybook (2013, SF, $32M) – Invite-only collaborative event planning platform that connects event professionals with vendors and clients. Backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Aleph, Carthona Capital, Ooga Labs, and Khosla Ventures.

Planning – Organizer Tools – Venue Marketplace

Convene (2009, NYC, $51M) – Platform that provides conference rooms for training, meeting, official work purposes. Backed by Brookfield Property Group, Arrowpoint Partners, Boathouse Capital, Sunrise Capital, Tamarix Capital, and Conversion Venture Capital.

HotelGG (2012, Shanghai, $25M) – Platform for discovering and booking conference rooms. Backed by Matrix Partners China, Chengwei Capital, and SIG China.

Planning – Organizer Tools – Venue Layout Management

SocialTables (2011, Washington, $23M) – Event planning platform offering seating chart and event management software to hotels and other venues. Backed by Fortify Ventures, Militello Capital, Middleland Capital, Thayer Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and QuestMark Partners.

Planning – Organizer Tools – Vendor Marketplace

Eved (2010, Chicago, $29M) – Online marketplace connecting event planners with DMCs, agencies, production companies, and local suppliers. Backed by MK Capital, Pritzker Group, and Merrick Ventures.

Marketing – Digital Media Promotion

SpinGo (2012, Draper, $5M) – Platform for finding and promoting events through local media sites, web pages and social sites such as Facebook. Backed by Mercato Partners.

Marketing – Experiential Marketing

SplashThat (2011, NYC, $14.5M) – Experiential marketing platform to control user experience during the life cycle of events. Backed by Spark Capital, Maveron, Red Sea Ventures, Ascent Venture Partners, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Scale-Up Venture Capital.

Ticketing – Enterprise – White-label Ticketing

Events.com (2013, San Diego, $17M) – Suite of cloud-based applications for the endurance market. Backed by Arctaris Capital Partners, La Jolla Holding, and Moore Venture Partners.

Ticketing – Enterprise – Enablers – Dynamic Pricing

Digonex (2000, Indianapolis, $28M) – Develops automated pricing platforms for e-commerce, digital media, event ticketing, physical products, and manufacturing industries. Backed by Emmis Communications.

Ticketing – Consumer – Primary Marketplace – Horizontal

Eventbrite (2006, SF, $200M) – Online ticketing platform for events like book signings, networking gatherings, concerts, festivals, and conventions. Backed by T. Rowe Price, Sequoia, DAG Ventures, and Tiger Global.

TicketFly (2008, SF, $87M, Acq.) – Concert focussed cloud-based social ticketing platform. Backed by Mohr Davidow Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Riverwood Capital, and Northgate Capital. Acquired by Pandora for $450M in 2015.

Ticketing – Consumer – Secondary Marketplace – Horizontal

StubHub (2000, SF, Acq.) – Secondary ticket marketplace for sports, concerts, theater, and broadway events. Backed by SV Angel, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Pequot Capital. Acquired by eBay in January 2007 for $310M.

Viagogo (2005, Geneva, $65M) – Secondary ticket aggregation and selling platform. Backed by Siemer Ventures, Index Ventures, and SV Angel.

Ticketing – Consumer – Re-pricing Marketplace

ScoreBig (2009, LA, $51M) – Unsold ticket selling platform that lets customers select their own buying price. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures, US Venture Partners, Hearst Communications, and Horizon Technology Finance.

Ticketing – Consumer – Metasearch

SeatGeek (2009, NYC, $100M) – Secondary ticket search and comparison engine. Backed by Founder Collective, Technology Crossover Ventures, Causeway Media Partners, and Accel.

Songkick (2007, London, $60M) – Concert listing platform that helps fans track artists for live events. Backed by Sequoia, Access Industries, Index Ventures, and Y Combinator.

Attendee Engagement – CRM

Attend (2013, Boston, $7M, Acq.) – Event management and engagement platform that enables event organizers and sales representatives gain access to event analytics and data from different sources. Backed by 406 Ventures, and Comerica Bank. Acquired by Event Farm in September 2016.

Attendee Engagement – Event Apps – Business Events

DoubleDutch (2011, SF, $81M) – Provides mobile applications for attendees at corporate events, associations, trade shows and near real-time event performance analytics for event organizers. Backed by KKR, Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Enspire Capital, Lightbank, Floodgate, and Bullpen Capital.

Attendee Engagement – Event Apps – Entertainment Events

VenueNext (2014, Santa Clara, $24M) – Provides venue management solutions and attendee engagement app for stadiums. Backed by Live Nation Entertainment, Aruba Networks, Compass Group, Causeway Media Partners, Twitter Ventures, and Sharks Sports & Entertainment.

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 Event Management feed.

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Tracxn Analyst Notes # 844 – Virtual Reality

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – VIRTUAL REALITY

Zero Latency, an Australian free-roam Virtual Reality developer, operator & licensor, raised $7M in Series B funding from investors including Carthona Capital Lin k

Two Bit Circus, a Los-Angeles based engineering entertainment company, raises $6.8M in Series B funding Link

AxonVR, a Seattle-based virtual reality haptics company secures $5.8M in Seed funding from investors including NetEase, Dawn Patrol Ventures Link

STRIVR Labs, a virtual reality platform for sports training, raises $5M in Series A funding from investors including Signia Venture Partners Link

Kenzan Studios, a Swiss virtual reality studio, secures $5M in Series A funding from investors including InvestVR Link

Boom.tv, a Redwood City-based 3D live streaming platform for eSports, raises $3.5M in Seed funding from investors including Boost VC, BITKRAFT eSports Ventures, First Round Capital, Tandem Capital Link

Visbit, a Sunnyvale-based cloud streaming service for 360º virtual reality video, raises $3.2M from investors including Presence Capital, ZhenFund, Colopl Next Link

RgbVR, a Chinese maker of 360-degree panoramic cameras, raises funding Link

Neaurable, a Brain-Computer Interface software solutions developer, nets $2M in Seed funding from investors including PJC, Loup Ventures, NXT Ventures Link

ARdVRk Technologies, a developer of AR & VR applications for medical training & learning, raises 860k in convertible debt funding Link

Wolfprint 3D, an Estonian VR startup enabling creation of realistic virtual 3D avatars, raises $500k in Seed funding from equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedinvest Link

InvenSense, a US chip maker manufacturing motion sensors, acquired by TDK, a Japanese electronic parts maker, for $1.3B Link

The Eye Tribe, a Danish eye tracking company, was acquired by Oculus Link

HTC Vive forms strategic partnership with Leke VR and debuts Viveport arcade content on VRLe Platform Link

Oculus launches social VR rooms to hangout, make calls Link

Felix & Paul partners with 20th Century Fox to create VR experiences Link

Google and Improbable partner to create massive online game worlds Link

Oculus CEO steps down to lead new PC-based VR division Link

Google, Oculus, Sony launch Global Virtual Reality Association Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

TimeWalk (2014, Brasov) – Virtual social world based on a copy of reality

Avenue Planet (2011, Miami) – Platform for virtual reality enabled shopping and curated immersive experiences

HKLA Studio (2015, LA) – Standalone wireless headset capable of both VR and AR

ConextVR (2016, St. Louis) – Virtual reality social network for professionals

LEADER BOARD – VIRTUAL REALITY

Hardware – Display Devices

Oculus (2012, Irvine, $91M, Acq.) – Manufactures Virtual Reality H eadsets. Acquired by Facebook for $2B in March 2014.

AntVR (2014, Beijing, $56M) – Provides open source VR hardware. Backed by Sequoia and Gosuncn Technology Group.

Mojing (2014, Beijing, $45M) – Develops virtual reality display devices. Backed by CITIC Capital, Huayi Brothers, Green Pine Capital Partners and others.

Hardware – Cameras

Lytro (2006, Mountain View, $140M) – Develops light field camera technology for cinematic VR imaging. Backed by NEA, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and others.

360fly (1998, Pittsburgh, $60M) – Develops panoramic camera that can capture 360-degree views. Backed by Qualcomm Ventures, Voxx International and others.

Matterport (2011, Mountain View, $56M) – Develops iPad controlled camera to create 3D models of physical objects and interior spaces. Backed by YC, Qualcomm Ventures & Felicis Ventures.

Hardware – Peripherals

InvenSense (2003, San Jose, IPO, Acq.) – Develops motion sensing solutions for mobile applications. Filed IPO in 2011. Acquired by TDK for $1.3B in December 2016.

Movidius (2005, San Mateo, $86.5M, Acq.) – Develops mobile vision processor chips. Acquired by Intel in September 2016.

Leap Motion (2010, SF, $44M) – Develops 3D motion control hardware and software using motion-sensing technology. Backed by Andreess en Horowitz, Founders Fund, SOSVentures and Highland Capital Partners.

uSens (2013, San Jose, $30M) – Provides inside-out 3D hand tracking as well as head position tracking. Backed by IDG Capital, Morningside Ventures, Stone Point Capital & others.

Input / Ouput S/W

Crunchfish (2010, Stockholm, IPO) – Provider of software for touchless gesture interaction. Filed IPO in 2016.

eyeSight (2005, Herzliya, $33M) – Provider of gesture recognition technologies. Backed by CEVA, Mitsui Global, Kuang-Chi Group and others.

Aquifi (2011, Palo Alto, $17M) – Develops vision technology on top of mobile cameras for 3D perception. Backed by Benchmark Capital.

Developers Tools

High Fidelity (2013, SF, $39.5M) – Builds Open Source software for building deployable virtual worlds. Backed by Google Ventures, Kapor Capital, Linden Lab, True Ventures and Vulcan Capital.

Improbable (2012, London, $22M) – Develops OS for large scale simulations including VR and AR, for applications in gaming, defense, energy, city efficiency, health, and finance. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz.

Linden Lab (1999, SF, $19M) – Develops digital entertainment that inspires users to create virtual objects, share and socialize. Backed by Benchmark, Catamount Ventures, Omidyar, and others.

Visionary VR (2014, Los Angeles, $6M) – Develops an application to create, share and experience immersive content. Backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, The VR Fund and others.

Post Production

JauntVR (2013, Palo Alto, $100M) – Develops hardware, software, tools, and applications to enable content developers to make cinematic VR experiences. Backed by Walt Disney Company, Redpoint, SV Angel & Highland Capital Partners.

The Future Group (2013, Oslo, $42M) – Providers of tools for broadcast and entertainment applications in virtual reality. Backed by Ferd, Aker & others.

Wevr (2010, LA, $40M) – Develops open VR technology platform that enables storytellers to create, present, and publish projects on all VR headsets. Backed by Digital Garage, HTC, Samsung Venture Investment, Evolution Media Capital, AME Cloud Ventures and others.

8i (2014, Wellington, $35M) – Holographic Virtual Reality. Backed by RRE Ventures, Boost VC, Samsung Ventures and others.

Applications – Entertainment

NextVR (2009, Laguna Beach, $115.5M) – Develops technology to stream live VR content. Backed by Formation8, Comcast Ventures, RSE Ventures and others.

Baobab Studios (2015, SF, $31M) – VR animation studio. Backed by Horizons Ventures, 20th Century Fox, Shanghai Media Group and others.

87870 (2010, Beijing, $30M) – Portal on VR-related content developments and app store to download games.

Applications – Health & Fitness

MindMaze (2012, Lausanne, $118.5M) – Develops interfaces for neuro-rehabilitation using VR/AR and neurophysiological recording technologies. Backed by Hinduja Group.

Surgical Theater (2010, Ohio, $11M) – Develops VR medical applications, for intra-operative navigation & surgical guidance. Backed by HTC.

Applications – Social

AltspaceVR (2013, Redwood City, $16M) – Builds social platform for virtual reality, for users to connect in virtual spaces. Backed by Tencent, Comcast Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures, Raine Ventures and Lux Capital.

Applications – Advertising

Vertebrae (2015, Santa Monica, $10M) – Ad network for Native VR advertising.

MediaSpike (2011, Mountain View, $5M) – Product Placement Ads in Games. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, 500 Startups and others.

Applications – Retail

Marxent Labs (2011, Dayton, $13M) – Develops AR and VR applications for sales and marketing. Backed by Detroit Venture Partners and Stage 1 Ventures.

Applications – Real Estate & Architecture

IrisVR (2014, NYC, $10M) – Developer of tools to view 3D files in virtual reality. Backed by Emergence Capital, Indicator Ventures and others.

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

For latest update, visit Virtual Reality feed.

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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 845 – Event Management

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – EVENT MANAGEMENT

PeerSpace, a marketplace for creative venues, raised $14M Series B round from Foundation Capital, Mitsui Fudosan, Carthona Capital, City National Bank, and Red Bridge Partners. Link

Splash, an experiential event marketing platform, raised $7M Series B round from Ascent Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Scale-Up Venture Capital. Link

TKing, an online platform to book tickets for concerts and professional theater shows, raised $7M Series B round from Matrix Partners China. Link

IfOnly, an online experiences marketplace, raised an undisclosed amount in a Series B round from Sotheby’s. Link

TicketSauce, a white-label event registration solution, raised $3M Series A round from Frontier Venture Capital. Link

TicketBox, an online event ticketing marketplace, raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A round from SIG, 500 Startups, OOKBEE. Link

BookEventz, an event venue booking and event planning solution provider, raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round from Lead Angels, Mumbai Angels, LetsVenture. Link

EventsHigh, an event discovery platform, raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round from Axilor Ventures. Link

Cinepapaya, a movie and festival ticketing marketplace, was acquired by Fandango. Link

Eventick, a provider of white-label ticketing solutions, was acquired by Sympla, a local event discovery platform. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Shoowin (2016, NYC, $1M) – Face-value sports and concert ticket reservation platform.

LEADER BOARD – EVENT MANAGEMENT

Suite – Business Events

Cvent (1999, Fairfax, IPO, Acq.) – Event management platform for planning, marketing, online registration and mobile event app solutions. Backed by New Enterprise Associates, Insight Venture Partners, and Greenspring Associates. Went public in 2013. Acquired by Vista Equity Partners in April 2016 for $1.6B.

Etouches (2008, Norwalk, $56M) – Web-based event management software suite. Backed by Greycroft Partners, Cava Capital, CT Innovations, Argentum Group, Level Equity, and First Analysis.

Certain (1994, SF, $29M) – Event management software providing online event registration, speaker & session management, event mobile apps and event check-in.

Suite – Sports & Outdoor

ACTIVE Network (1999, Dallas, IPO, Acq.) – Cloud-based activity and participation management solution provider for sports & outdoor events. Went public in 2011. Acquired by Vista Equity Partners in $1.05B buyout in 2013.

Planning – Organizer Tools – Project Management

Honeybook (2013, SF, $32M) – Invite-only collaborative event planning platform that connects event professionals with vendors and clients. Backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Aleph, Carthona Capital, Ooga Labs, and Khosla Ventures.

Planning – Organizer Tools – Venue Marketplace

Convene (2009, NYC, $51M) – Platform that provides conference rooms for training, meeting, official work purposes. Backed by Brookfield Property Group, Arrowpoint Partners, Boathouse Capital, Sunrise Capital, Tamarix Capital, and Conversion Venture Capital.

HotelGG (2012, Shanghai, $25M) – Platform for discovering and booking conference rooms. Backed by Matrix Partners China, Chengwei Capital, and SIG China.

Planning – Organizer Tools – Venue Layout Management

SocialTables (2011, Washington, $23M) – Event planning platform offering seating chart and event management software to hotels and other venues. Backed by Fortify Ventures, Militello Capital, Middleland Capital, Thayer Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and QuestMark Partners.

Planning – Organizer Tools – Vendor Marketplace

Eved (2010, Chicago, $29M) – Online marketplace connecting event planners with DMCs, agencies, production companies, and local suppliers. Backed by MK Capital, Pritzker Group, and Merrick Ventures.

Marketing – Digital Media Promotion

SpinGo (2012, Draper, $5M) – Platform for finding and promoting events through local media sites, web pages and social sites such as Facebook. Backed by Mercato Partners.

Marketing – Experiential Marketing

SplashThat (2011, NYC, $14.5M) – Experiential marketing platform to control user experience during the life cycle of events. Backed by Spark Capital, Maveron, Red Sea Ventures, Ascent Venture Partners, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Scale-Up Venture Capital.

Ticketing – Enterprise – White-label Ticketing

Events.com (2013, San Diego, $17M) – Suite of cloud-based applications for the endurance market. Backed by Arctaris Capital Partners, La Jolla Holding, and Moore Venture Partners.

Ticketing – Enterprise – Enablers – Dynamic Pricing

Digonex (2000, Indianapolis, $28M) – Develops automated pricing platforms for e-commerce, digital media, event ticketing, physical products, and manufacturing industries. Backed by Emmis Communications.

Ticketing – Consumer – Primary Marketplace – Horizontal

Eventbrite (2006, SF, $200M) – Online ticketing platform for events like book signings, networking gatherings, concerts, festivals, and conventions. Backed by T. Rowe Price, Sequoia, DAG Ventures, and Tiger Global.

TicketFly (2008, SF, $87M, Acq.) – Concert focussed cloud-based social ticketing platform. Backed by Mohr Davidow Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Riverwood Capital, and Northgate Capital. Acquired by Pandora for $450M in 2015.

Ticketing – Consumer – Secondary Marketplace – Horizontal

StubHub (2000, SF, Acq.) – Secondary ticket marketplace for sports, concerts, theater, and broadway events. Backed by SV Angel, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Pequot Capital. Acquired by eBay in January 2007 for $310M.

Viagogo (2005, Geneva, $65M) – Secondary ticket aggregation and selling platform. Backed by Siemer Ventures, Index Ventures, and SV Angel.

Ticketing – Consumer – Re-pricing Marketplace

ScoreBig (2009, LA, $51M) – Unsold ticket selling platform that lets customers select their own buying price. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures, US Venture Partners, Hearst Communications, and Horizon Technology Finance.

Ticketing – Consumer – Metasearch

SeatGeek (2009, NYC, $100M) – Secondary ticket search and comparison engine. Backed by Founder Collective, Technology Crossover Ventures, Causeway Media Partners, and Accel.

Songkick (2007, London, $60M) – Concert listing platform that helps fans track artists for live events. Backed by Sequoia, Access Industries, Index Ventures, and Y Combinator.

Attendee Engagement – CRM

Attend (2013, Boston, $7M, Acq.) – Event management and engagement platform that enables event organizers and sales representatives gain access to event analytics and data from different sources. Backed by 406 Ventures, and Comerica Bank. Acquired by Event Farm in September 2016.

Attendee Engagement – Event Apps – Business Events

DoubleDutch (2011, SF, $81M) – Provides mobile applications for attendees at corporate events, associations, trade shows and near real-time event performance analytics for event organizers. Backed by KKR, Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Enspire Capital, Lightbank, Floodgate, and Bullpen Capital.

Attendee Engagement – Event Apps – Entertainment Events

VenueNext (2014, Santa Clara, $24M) – Provides venue management solutions and attendee engagement app for stadiums. Backed by Live Nation Entertainment, Aruba Networks, Compass Group, Causeway Media Partners, Twitter Ventures, and Sharks Sports & Entertainment.

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 Event Management feed.

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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 846 – 3D Printing

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – 3D PRINTING

Concept Laser, the metal 3D printing company, was acquired by GE in December 2016. Link

Identify3D, an IP Protection company raised Series A funding of $2.76M in December 2016. Link

Flipkart founders, Sachin and Binny Bansal invested in Pandorum Technologies. Link

Stratasys launched new series of Printers and announced a partnership with SAP. Link

3D systems launched new software Sprint 2.0, a productivity enhancement and print optimization software tool. Link

The University of Glasgow received $3.5M to develop 3D printed bone for landmine survivors. Link

Nano Dimension delivered 6 Dragonfly 2020 electronics printers before the end of 2016, as promised. Link

University Students in Ghana Built 3D Printer from Electronic Waste in two weeks. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Millebot (2016, Winter Park) – Manufacturers of custom large-format 3D printers.

Youbionic (2014, Milan) – Manufacturers of 3D printed prosthetics.

Stacker3D (2014, Minnesota) – Printer capable of printing with up to 4 filament materials at a time.

LEADER BOARD – 3D PRINTING

Hardware

Hardware – 3D Printers – Horizontal

3Dsystems (1986, Rock Hill, IPO) – Manufacturer of SLA technology 3D printers. Went public in May 2013.

Stratasys (1989, Rehovot, IPO) – Manufacturer of FDM technology 3D Printers. Went public in 1994.

Ioncore (2012, Devon, $10M) – Manufacturer of desktop and professional 3D printers.

Hardware – 3D Printers – Desktop – Filament-Based

Markforged (2013, Waltham, $21M) – Manufacturer of 3D Printer capable of printing carbon fiber. Backed by Trinity Ventures, Matrix Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners.

Polar3D (2013, Cincinnati, $3.5M) – 3D Printer manufacturer with cloud sharing platform to enable students to use 3D printing. Acquired Streamtrax to integrate school curriculum with 3D Printing.

nvbots (2013, Boston, $2.85M) – Manufacturer of automated 3D printer. Backed by Woodman in Series A funding.

Hardware – 3D Printers – Desktop – Resin Based

Carbon (2013, Redwood City, $222M) – Developer of New technology, CLIP. Manufactured M1 printer. Backed by Google Ventures and Sequoia Capital.

Formlabs (2011, Sommerville, $56M) – Manufacturers of UV Laser based printers.Develops and sells proprietary Form software for designing of 3D models. Backed by Founders collective, DFJ Growth and others.

Full Spectrum Laser (2010, Las Vegas, $10M) – Manufacturers of touch-based SLA desktop 3D Printers. Backed by Summer street capital partners.

Hardware – 3D Printers – Industrial – Construction

Branch (2014, Chattanooga, $944k) – Manufactures printers for manufacturing building material. Backed by Telos Ventures.

Hardware – 3D Printers – Industrial – Electronics

NanoDimension (2012, Ness Ziona, $19M) – Develops 3D printers for printing PCBs. Backed by Amdocs, Nice systems, Wellborn Ventures, and Leader Capital Markets.

Voxel8 (2014, Sommerville, $12M) – 3D printers for PCBs, antennas, electromagnetic coils etc. Backed by Arch Venture Partners and Spark Investment Fund.

BotFactory (2013, Brooklyn, $1.3M) – 3D Printers for printing multilayer electronic circuits.Backed by New York Economic Development Corporation.

Hardware – 3D Printers – Industrial – BioPrinters

Cyfuse Biomedical (2010, Tokyo, $17M) – Manufacturer of 3D Bioprinters and 3D printed tissues. Backed by Nippon Venture capital and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital.

Organovo (2007, San Diego, $7M) – Developed ExVive technology to design and create 3D Printed human tissues.Backed by National Institute of Health and National Science Foundation.

Poietis (2014, Pessac, $2.73M) – Develops customized human tissues with bioprinting technology. Backed by WiSEED.

Hardware – 3D Printers – Industrial – 3D Printing Pens

Creopop (2013, Singapore, $1.96M) – Manufactures 3D Printing pens based on resin technology that uses photopolymer for its printing.Backed by 500 startups and Ruvento Ventures.

Software

Software – 3D Model fixing

Onshape (2012, Cambridge, $169M) Manufacturers of browser based 3D CAD systems. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, North Bridge Venture Partners and Commonwealth Capital Ventures.

Vectary (2014, Bratislava, $2.5M) – Online 3D modelling tool for Children. Backed by Neulogy Ventures and BlueYard.

Software – Copyright Management

Identify3D (2014, SF, $3.46M) – Providers of IP Protection, Data security and Quality assurance for digital manufacturing. Backed by Bee Partners.

3DTrust (2015, Munich, $1.12M) – IP Protection solutions for 3D Printing industry. Raised seed funding of $1.1M.

Source3 (2014, NYC, $4M) – Large Scale licensing and Rights management platform for distribution of 3D content. Backed by Correlation Ventures, Contour Venture Partners and others.

Applications

Applications – 3D Printed Objects – Healthcare

Prosthetics (2015, Fargo, $410k) – Develops affordable prosthetics for patients.

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 3D Printing feed.

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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 847 – Home Improvements

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Furlenco, an online furniture rental platform raised $30M in a mix of equity and debt funding round. The $15M equity funding round was led by Lightbox Ventures and Axis Capital and the $15M debt funding round was led by HDFC, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra, and Intelligrow. Link

Yuezw, an on-demand end-to-end home renovation service provider raised $14.7M in Series A funding from Angel Plus. Link

Simba, an internet-first direct-to-consumer mattress brand raised $6.14M in Series A funding from Spark Ventures, The Garage Soho, and few other angel investors. Link

Zefo, an online platform for users to buy and sell used furniture raised $6M in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital, Beenext, and Helion Ventures. Link

Pangniao, an online retailer of household hardware supplies raised $5.83M in Series A funding from undisclosed investors. Link

Meiwo, an online platform to book home improvement services raised $4.5M in seed funding from Chuxin Capital and Longling. Link

Viyet, an online consignment service for luxury pre-owned furniture raised $4M in Series A funding from undisclosed investors. Link

Selency, an online community platform for used furniture raised $3.3M in Series A funding from Accel Partners and Kima Ventures. Link

Bb-kj.com, an online home improvement service provider raised $2.92M in seed funding from Bojiang Capital. Link

Livspace, an online retail platform for in-home designs and furniture raised an undisclosed amount of debt funding from Trifecta Capital. Link

Lime & Leaf, an online private label brand for home textiles raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding. Link

Foyr, an online interior designing service provider raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from Jones Lang LaSalle India. Link

Zhuangxiaomi, an online platform for home renovation services raised an undisclosed amount of Series B funding from Shunwei. Link

Lvsejia, an online platform for environment-friendly home improvement services raised an undisclosed amount of funding. Link

Dunelm, a UK-based home furnishings retailer acquired Worldstores, an online furniture retailer in a deal worth $10.55M. Link

eBay launched its online high-end furniture store named eBay Collective. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Lime & Leaf (2016, Alexandria, Undisclosed) – An internet-first home textiles brand.

Fox + Fishcer (2016, Laguna Niguel) – An internet-first interior design service provider.

Hyde & Sleep (2016, London) – Online private label direct-to-consumer brand for mattresses.

LEADER BOARD – HOME IMPROVEMENTS

B2C Commerce – Horizontal

Wayfair (2002, Boston, IPO) – Online retailer of home furnishings. Went IPO in 2014.

WestWing (2011, Munich, $212M) – Online shopping club for home furniture and accessories. Backed by Summit Partners and Rocket Internet.

Home24 (2009, Berlin, $173M) – Online furniture marketplace. Backed by Baillie Gifford and Rocket Internet.

Pepperfry (2011, Mumbai, $160M) – Managed marketplace for furniture & home decor products. Backed by GS & NVP.

UrbanLadder (2012, Bangalore, $77M) – Online private label furniture & home decor brand. Backed by TR Capital & Steadview Capital.

Made (2010, London, $73M) – Made-to-order designer furniture company. Backed by Partech Ventures & Level Equity.

B2C Commerce – Furniture

Kumanju (2008, Guangzhou, $24M) – Online private label brand for children furniture. Backed by Tiantu Capital.

HomeMe (2011, Moscow, $5M) – Online retailer of furniture and some household accessories. Backed by AddVenture, ABRT, Mangrove Capital Partners, and Guard Capital.

Mjju (2015, Jinhua, $2M) – Online marketplace for home furniture.

B2C Commerce – Home Decor

Framebridge (2014, Washington, $20.5M) – Online platform for custom picture and art frames. Backed by NEA, Revolution, and Swan & Legend Venture Partners.

Evim (2010, Istanbul, $5M) – Online membership-based private shopping site for home decor and accessories. Backed by 212, EBRD, and Simile Venture.

Lux (2012, Seattle, $3.5M) – Mobile shopping app for home accessories and gifts. Backed by IDG and Frees Fund.

B2C Commerce – Home Textiles

Umanto (2011, Beijing, $10M) – Online marketplace for home textiles. Backed by ZhenFund, SIG China, and Ventech.

Urbanara (2010, Berlin, $8M) – Online brand for homewares and home textiles. Backed by Blumberg Capital.

B2C Commerce – Mattress

Casper (2014, NYC, $70M) – An internet first mattress company. Backed by NEA & Lerer Hippeau Ventures.

EveSleep (2015, London, $10M) – A direct-to-consumer private label mattress brand. Backed by Octopus Investments.

B2C Commerce – Kitchen Supplies

MightyNest (2008, Evanston, $685k) – Online marketplace selling toxin-free kitchen supplies and other home products. Backed by FireStarter Fund and Math Venture Partners.

B2C Commerce – Hardware

American Blinds (1993, Livonia, $26.5M, Acq.) – Online retailer of custom window treatments and wall coverings. Acquired by Blinds in 2010.

ManoMano (2013, Paris, $15M) – Online marketplace for DIY hardware tools and gardening products. Backed by Partech Ventures, CM-CIC Capital Prive, and Piton Capital.

BathEmpire (2009, Coventry, $13M) – Online retailer of bathroom furniture and accessories. Backed by Living Bridge.

B2C Commerce – Garden Supplies

Brico Prive (2012, Toulouse, $3M) – Flash Sales website for DIY, gardening, and home improvement products. Backed by Ardian.

Second Hand

Chairish (2013, SF, $7M) – Online marketplace for used furniture. Backed by O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, and Azure Capital Partners.

AptDeco (2013, NYC, $2.5M) – Online peer-to-peer marketplace for pre-owned furniture. Backed by YC, Gabriel Investments, and 645 Ventures.

Rental

Furlenco (2011, Bangalore, $21M) – Online furniture rental platform. Backed by Lightbox Ventures.

RentoMojo (2014, Bangalore, $7M) – Online portal to rent furniture. Backed by Accel and IDG.

Services – Horizontal

Porch (2012, Seattle, $100M) – Online listings platform that connects homeowners and renters with the home service professionals. Backed by Valor Equity Partners.

Duocai360 (2013, Beijing, $36M) – O2O home improvement services company. Backed by Sinovation Ventures.

RatedPeople (2005, London, $14.5M) – Online marketplace for home improvement services based on the reverse auction model. Backed by Frog Capital.

Services – Interior Design

Laurel&Wolf (2014, LA, $25.5M) – Online interior designer marketplace based on the reverse auction model. Backed by Benchmark & CRV.

Homepolish (2012, NYC, $17M) – Online platform for on-demand interior designers.

Havenly (2013, Denver, $13M) – Online interior design service provider with its own fleet of designers. Backed by Binary Capital and Foundry Group.

Services – Painting

PaintZen (2013, NYC, $12M) – Online platform for booking and scheduling painting services for home and office. Backed by Bullpen Capital.

Commerce & Services

Houzz (2009, Palo Alto, $214M) – Online platform for home remodeling and design. Backed by Sequoia, GGV & NEA.

Community

Opendesk (2013, London, $584.12k) – Global network of designers and makers encouraging open source furniture making process. Backed by Wayra and Innovate UK.

Enablers

Outward (2012, San Jose, $11.5M) – Online product visualization tool. Backed by Merus Capital.

Kujiale (2014, Hangzhou, $11.6M) – Online tech-driven platform to design sketches and get related services. Backed by GGV, IDG, Hearst Communications, Matrix Partners China and Yunqi Partners.

Project Decor (2011, NYC, $7M) – Online platform providing mood boards for DIY users with home furnishings marketplace. Backed by LaunchCapital.

Modelo (2014, Cambridge, $1M) – Project Management Tool for architects and interior designers. Backed by ZhenFund.

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

For latest update visit Home Improvements feed.

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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 848 – RealEstate Tech

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – REAL ESTATE TECH

Opendoor, an online residential home re-seller, rasies $210M in series D round led by Northwest Venture Partners. Link

Breather, an On-demand private space reservation platform, raises $40M in series C round led by Menlo ventures. Link

Peer Space, an online marketplace for creative spaces, raises $14M in series B round led by Red bridge partners and Foundation capital. Link

Quintoandar, a marketplace to rent residential properties, raises $12.6M from Qualcomm Ventures. Link

NoBroker, an online P2P broker-free flats & flatmates search platform, raises $7M in Series B from Beenext, Digital Garage, KTB Ventures and SAIF Partners. Link

Trelora, a real estate firm with brokers, raises $4.49M in Series A from undisclosed investors. Link

Oakley Capital, a private equity firm, bought real estate listing platforms Casa.it and AtHome.lu. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

CoNomads (2016, Ruse) – Online curated marketplace for users to co-live together in an entrepreneurial community.

Hedget (2015, Saratov) – Online P2P listing platform for rental residential properties.

LEADER BOARD – REAL ESTATE TECH

Residential & Commercial

Discovery Platform – Listing Platform

Viva Real (2009, Sao Paulo, $74M) – Provides an online platform for residential & commercial properties in Latin America. Backed by Monashees Capital, Spark Capital,500 Startups & others.

Discovery Platform – Auction

Auction.com (2007, Irvine, $142M) – Enables users to find, bid, buy and sell residential and commercial properties online. It serves large financial institutions and investors as well as customers and brokers. Backed by Google Capital and Stone Point Capital.

Residential

Discovery Platform – Listing Platform

Zillow (2005, Seattle, IPO) – Listing platform for homeowners, buyers, real estate agents, mortgage professionals to find and share information about homes, real estate, and mortgages. Went IPO in July 2011.

Trulia (2004, SF, IPO, Acq.) – Gives home buyers, sellers, owners and renters the inside scoop on properties, places and real estate professionals. Went IPO in September 2012. Acquired by Zillow in 2015.

Discovery Platform – MetaSearch

Apartment List (2008, SF, $53M) – Platform that aggregates listings for residential rental apartments in the United States. Backed by Matrix Partners, Glynn Capital, Passport Capital, & others.

Discovery Platform – Online Brokerage

Compass (2012, NYC, $210M) – Technology driven online brokerage firm assisting in renting & buying residential real estate properties. Backed by Goldman Sachs, 406 Ventures, Thrive Capital, Founders Fund & others.

Redfin (2004, Seattle, $168M) – Technology-powered real estate brokerage firm that represents people buying and selling homes. Has salary employed brokers. Backed by Glynn Capital Management, Crunch Fund, Wellington Capital, Tiger Global, Greylock Partners & others.

Discovery Platform – Re-seller

Opendoor (2014, SF, $321M) – Buys houses directly from customers. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Slow Ventures, Thrive Capital, Felicis Ventures & others.

Residential – Booking Platform

Student.com (2011, London, $60M) – Global marketplace that helps students to find short term accommodation. Backed by VY Capital, Horizon Ventures, Hugo Barra & others.

Residential – Agent Search

Homelight (2012, SF, $15.5M) – Online marketplace that matches homebuyers with real estate agents based on a proprietary algorithm for personalized agent. Backed by Google Ventures, 500 Startups, Cross Link Capital, FundersClub, Innovation Endeavors & others.

OpenAgent (2012, Sydney, $15M) – Real Estate agents aggregator and marketplace provider. Backed by Reinventure, Breakthrough Lab, Hollard Insurance & others.

Residential – Shared Accommodation

Shared Accommodation – Co-Living

Common (2015, Brooklyn, $23M) – Online platform for users to search and apply for community living spaces in New York. Backed by 500 Startups, 8 VC, Grey Wolf, Slow Ventures, & others.

Shared Accommodation – Branded Accommodation

Mofang Gongyu (2010, Shanghai, $560M) – High-end apartment rental franchise service in China targeting high-income professionals. Backed by DT Capital Partners, Warburg Pincus, & others.

Commercial

Discovery Platform – Listing Platform

Loopnet (1995, SF, IPO, Acq.) – Listing platform for commercial properties for sale or for lease by submitting detailed property listing information. Went IPO in June 2006. Acquired by CoStar Group in 2012.

42floors (2011, SF, $17M) – Platform that offers office space rentals and commercial real estate listings. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, BoxGroup, SV Angel, New Enterprise Associates & others.

Discovery Platform – Online Brokerage

Haozu (2009, Shanghai, $39M) – Technology driven online brokerage firm assisting in renting & buying commercial properties. Backed by Joy Capital, Nlight Venture Capital and 58.com.

Commercial – Short-term Booking Platform

Short-term Booking Platform – Private spaces

Breather (2012, Montreal, $73M) – On-demand rooms in large urban areas for work, meeting, relaxing etc. Backed by Real Ventures, RRE Ventures, Slow Ventures & others.

Short-term Booking Platform – Popups

Appearhere (2013, London, $9M) – Online marketplace to list, discover and rent short-term retail space around the UK. Backed by Balderton Capital, Playfair Capital, Ballpark Ventures & others.

Short-term Booking Platform – Venues

Peerspace (2013, SF, $24M) – Online marketplace that provides short-term access to professionals and businesses to unique commercial spaces. Backed by Foundation Capital, Structure Capital & others.

Commercial – Co-working

Co-working – Managed

Wework (2010, NYC, $1.69B) – Managed co-working workspace community. Backed by Benchmark, Fidelity Investments, Goldman Sachs, Harvard Management Co, JP Morgan, T. Rowe Price & others.

Urwork (2015, Beijing, $131M) – Platform for small businesses and freelancers to browse and book shared office spaces. Backed by Sequoia Capital & others.

Co-working – Marketplace

Liquidspace (2010, Palo Alto, $26M) – Enables people to find and book external 3rd party places including office business centers, meeting rooms and co-working spaces. Backed by Flood Gate, Greylock Ventures, Reid Hoffman & others.

Pivotdesk (2012, Boulder, $7M) – Office-sharing marketplace. Backed by Techstars, Foundry Group & others.

Social

Reviews

Rate My Agent (2014, Melbourne, $6M) – Peer-reviewed social platform to write and read reviews on real estate brokers. Backed by angel investor Gabby Leibovich, Kidder Williams and Smorgan Family.

Agent Network

Resaas (2009, Vancouver, IPO) – Networking platform for real estate professionals. Went IPO in February 2011.

Proxio (2008, San Bruno, $4M) – Global marketing and networking platform for real estate professionals, where agents from over 140 countries can network and promote themselves and their listings. Backed by Womens VC Fund.

Property Finance

P2P Lending

Lendinvest (2013, London, $117M) – Lendinvest provides an online platform which circumvents the banks – allowing investors to lend directly to borrowers. Backed by Kunlun.

Crowdfunding

Coassets (2013, Singapore, IPO) – CoAssets is a crowdfunding platform for real estate developers and fundraisers to connect with investors on exclusive and undervalued investment opportunities. Went IPO in July 2015.

Realtymogul (2013, LA, $50M) – Crowdfunding real estate equity and lending marketplace. Backed by Microsoft Accelerator, Microsoft Ventures, Canaan Partners & others.

Visualization

Iris VR (2014, NYC, $10M) – Virtual Reality solution provider for design and architecture for real estate industry. Backed by Tech Stars, Valar Capital, Pritzker Group, & others.

Floored (2012, NYC, $6M) – Developer of online interactive 3D models for real estate visualization. Backed by Accel partners, Grey Croft Partners, Two Sigma Ventures, & others.

Enterprise Solutions

For Agents & Landlords – CRM & Marketing

Placester (2008, Cambridge, $51M) – Real Estate CRM & Marketing website solution provider for agents. Backed by Romulus Capital, Angel Street Capital, New Enterprise Associates, & others.

For Agents & Landlords – Property Management

Buildium (2004, Boston, $85M) – Cloud-based property management software for property managers and community associations. Backed by Sumeru Capital and K1 Investment Management.

Appfolio (2006, Goleta, IPO) – Web-based property management solution for the rental residential real estate industry. Went IPO in June 2015.

For Agents & Landlords – Data & Analytics

Reonomy (2013, NYC, $40M) – Reonomy provides data coupled with analytics for CRE Investors and lenders. Backed by Bain Capital, Softbank Venture capital, KEC Ventures, & others.

Enterprise Solutions – Portfolio Management

View the Space (2011, NYC, $88M) – Cloud-based leasing and portfolio management platform that users access to activities in their portfolio. Backed by 500 Startups, Trinity Ventures, Insight Partners, & others.

Enterprise Solutions – For Facility Managers

For Facility Managers – Maintenance Management

Accruent (1995, Austin, Acq.) – Lease administration software solutions, which helps in managing and controlling rental and occupancy costs. Acquired by GenStar Capital in 2016.

For Facility Managers – Property Inspection

Happy Inspector (2011, SF, $11M) – Mobile first Inspection application for creating inspection reports on facilities. Backed by 500 Startups, Point Nine Capital, Flight Venture Capital, and Flight 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 update visit RealEstate Tech feed.

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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 849 – EdTech

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ED TECH

Qingqing Jiajiao, a mobile O2O platform that connects tutors and students, raised $18M in Series C from TAL Education Group. Link

Qstream, a mobile sales reinforcement & analytics firm, raised $15M in Series B led by Polaris Partners, with participation from existing investors Frontline Ventures, Launchpad Venture Group, and Excel Venture Management. Link

Byju’s, a hybrid test preparation & learning platform, raised $15M in Series C from International Finance Corporation. Link

XSEED, a K-8 focused school curriculum, assessment and teacher training provider, raised $10M in Series B led by Verlinvest. Link

Limikeji, a personalised teaching platform, has raised $7.5M in Series A funding from ChineseAll. Link

Strivr Labs, a virtual reality platform for sports training, has raised $5M in Series A funding round led by Signia Venture Partners. Link

MasteryConnect, a K-12 cloud-based student’s assessment platform, raised $4.5M in Series C led by Catamount Ventures, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Pelion Ventures, and Trinity Ventures. Link

Explain Everything, a screencasting platform for the classroom, raised $3.7M in Series A funding round led by EBRD. Link

AdmitHub, a platform that provides college admission assistance, has raised $2.86M in Series A funding. Link

EChalk, a provider of learning management systems for K-12, has raised $2.75 M in Series A funding. Link

Kinematics, a developer of modular robotic building kits for kids, raised $2.6M in Series A from the Investment Bank of the State of Brandenburg, KOELBE Unternehmensbeteiligungen, and other Angel investors. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

BookU (2016, NYC) – P2P book renting marketplace.

Speakeza (2016, Tel Aviv) – AI-based app to improve English language accent.

LEADER BOARD – ED TECH

Technology

Blackboard (1997, Washington D.C., IPO, Acq.) – Learning management system for educators, corporates and public sectors. Went public in 2004. Acquired by Providence Equity Partners in 2011 for $1.64B.

2U (2008, Annapolis, IPO) – Virtual classroom platform provider for colleges and universities. Went public in 2014.

Instructure (2008, Salt Lake City, IPO) – Cloud-based learning management system for K-12 schools, universities and corporates. Went public in 2015.

HotChalk (2004, Campbell, $235M) – Virtual classroom platform for universities. Backed by Bertelsmann and Peacock Equity.

Brightspace (1999, Kitchener, $165M) – Cloud-based integrated learning platform for educational institutes and corporates. Backed by OMERS Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Columbus Nova Technology Partners, Four Rivers Group, Graham Holdings and Aurion Capital.

Knewton (2008, NYC, $157M) – Adaptive learning platform and API provider. Backed by Accel Partners, First Round Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Founders Fund, Atomico, GSV Capital and Pearson Education.

Online Courses

Lynda (1995, Carpinteria, $289M, Acq.) – Online video courses in software, creative and business skills. Backed by Accel Partners, Spectrum Equity, Meritech Capital Partners and TPG Capital. Acquired by LinkedIn in 2015 for $1.5B.

Hujiang (2001, Shanghai, $257M) – Language learning platform focussed on China. Backed by Baidu, Anhui new media, Marseille Fund, Softbank China, Pantheon Ventures and Hina.

Pluralsight (2004, Cedar Valley, $205.4M) – Online video courses in programming and creative learning. Backed by Insight Venture Partners, Iconiq Capital, Felicis Ventures and Sorenson Capital.

Udemy (2010, SF, $173M) – Marketplace for online courses. Backed by 500 startups, MHS capital, Light Bank, Learn Capital, Insight Partners, New Venture Partners, Stripes Group and Naspers.

General Assembly (2011, NYC, $173M) – Online and offline courses in technology, business and design streams. Backed by Advance Publications, Wellington Capital Management, IVP, Learn Capital, Maveron, Rethink Education and GSV Capital.

Udacity (2011, Mountain View, $160M) – MOOCs and Nanodegree provider, mainly focussing on coding education. Backed by Bertelsmann, Baillie Gifford, Emerson Collective, Google Ventures, a16z, Drive Capital and Charles River Ventures.

Byju’s Classes (2008, Bangalore, $174M) – Online courses for K-12 and entrance examinations. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Times Internet, Sofina, Aarin Capital, InnoVen Capital, Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative.

Online Tutoring

TutorGroup (2004, Taiwan, $315M) – Online tutoring platform for learning English. Backed by Alibaba, Qiming Ventures, Temasek, Goldman Sachs, GIC, Russia-China Investment Fund, Silverlink Capital and Softbank Finance Group

Chegg (2005, California, $197M) – Online tutoring and textbook rental company. Backed by Floodgate, Primera Capital, Insight Partners, KPCB, Foundation Capital, Lucasvg, Acegroup, Gabrielvp and GSV cap.

VIPKID (2013, Beijing, $125M) – Online English tutoring platform. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Sinovation Ventures, YF Capital, Matrix Partners China, Northern Light Venture Capital and Bryent Stibel.

Collaborative Learning

Cricket Media (1996, Herndon, IPO) – Collaborative learning platform for K-12 students and teachers. Went public in 2010.

ePals (1996, Herndon, $56M) – Project based social learning platform for K-12 educators. Backed by National Geographic and according to SEC filings, raised the latest funding from 100+ investors.

Wangluotianxia (2012, Beijing, $40M) – Online content sharing platform for study assistance. Backed by Groupon.

Edutainment

Age of Learning (2007, LA, $150M) – Provides gamified content through ABCmouse platform for kids. Backed by Iconiq Capital.

Duolingo (2011, Pittsburg, $83M) – Adaptive language learning platform that uses crowdsourced text translation. Backed by Google Capital, KPCB, New Enterprise Associates and Union Square Ventures.

Sphero (2010, Colorado, $77M) – Smartphone controlled robotic toys for interactive device based learning. Backed by Mercato Partners, Foundry Group, Walt Disney Company, Highway 12 Ventures and Grishin Robotics.

Lumosity (2005, SF, $67.5M) – Personalised brain training application that trains users’ memory, attention, flexibility, speed of processing and problem solving. Backed by Menlo Ventures, Northwest venture Partners, FirstMark Capital and Harrison Metal.

Test Preparation

Zhan (2010, Shanghai, $113M) – Online courses for students applying to overseas universities. Backed by Shunwei, GGVC, MCM China, Baifund, VKC Partners and Sequoia Capital.

Princeton Review (1981, NYC, $87M) – Online test preparation for higher education. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Reservoir Capital & Olympus Partners.

Grockit (2006, NYC, $45M, Acq.) – Online social and adaptive learning test preparation platform for GMAT, GRE, LSAT, SAT and ACT exams. Backed by Benchmark, Discovery Communications, Atlas Venture, Integral Capital Partners and GSV Capital. Acquired by Kaplan in 2013.

Educational Resources

Teachers Pay Teachers (2006, NYC, $64M) – Online marketplace for K-12 teaching content. Backed by Spectrum Equity, TigerGlobal and True Ventures.

Education (2007, California, $30M) – Offers curriculum based activities, worksheets, games, and colouring pages sorted by grade level. Backed by Azure Capital, CT Ventures and Telesoft Venture.

Professional Learning

Tedu (2002, Beijing, IPO) – Job-oriented live distance education, classroom-based tutoring and online learning courses for IT professional training. Went public in 2014.

Teachscape (1999, SF, $32M) – Online professional development courses. Backed by ABS Capital Partners.

Fullbridge (2010, Boston, $29.5M) – Provides online and in-person professional training programs to students. Backed by Tomorrow Ventures and GSV capital.

Virtual School

Altschool (2013, SF, $137M) – Chain of micro-schools in USA. Backed by Founders Fund, A16Z, Emerson Collective, First Round, Learn Capital, Harrison Metal, Omidyar, Matrix Partners and Baseline Ventures.

Capella Education (1991, Minneapolis, $97.5M) – Provides online degree programs for professionals. Backed by Insight partners, Maveron and Technology Crossover Ventures.

Minerva Project (2012, SF, $95M) – Undergraduate program based on seminars and on ground learning. Backed by Benchmark, 100total, Zhen Fund and Yongjin.

University Now (2010, SF, $42.5M) – Online accredited programs under the name of Patten University. Backed by First analysis, U Venture fund, Novak Biddle, Kapor Capital, Bertelsmann and Greylock Ventures.

Admissions

Parchment (2003, Arizona, $69M) – Credential verification and online sharing platform for transcripts. Backed by Novak Biddle, Salmon River Capital, Raine and GSV Capital.

ConnectEDU (2002, Boston, $25M, Acq.) – Web-based college admission and career counselling platform. Acquired by Graduation Alliance in 2014.

Discovery

Juesheng (2012, Beijing, $31M) – Recommendation engine for education planning, study tour, training on examinations and more for Chinese students. Backed by Tarena, T-angel, XDF, Linear, China Equity and ZJ Capital.

SavvySource (2005, SF, $28M) – Provides preschool ratings and preschool reviews, parenting advice, activities and events for kids.

The Noodle Companies (2010, NYC, $28M) – Online discovery engine for degree programs, tutors and educational resources. According to SEC filings, is backed by 15+ investors.

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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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 850 – Fashion Tech

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

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – FASHION TECH

Rent the Runway, an online platform to rent designer dresses and accessories raised $60M in Series E funding from Fidelity Management and Research Company, Technology Crossover Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, and Advance Publications. Link

Tamara Mellon, an internet-first footwear brand raised $16.8M in Series A funding from undisclosed investors. Link

NA-KD.com, an online fashion retailer raised $14.72M in Series A funding from Northzone and eEquity. Link

Koovs, an online fashion retail platform raised $13.5M in Post-IPO funding round from Times Group, Coller Capital, Mitchell Capital, and others. Link

Hickies, an internet-first footwear accessories brand raised $10M in Series B funding from Sforza Holding and Endeavor Catalyst. Link

Myntra, an online marketplace for fashion and lifestyle products raised $8M from Accel Partners, IDG Ventures India, Kalaari Capital, and Tiger Global Management. Link

StalkBuyLove, an internet-first fashion brand for women raised $6M in Series A funding from Kalaari Capital, VCDE Venture Partners, TTM Holding AG, and others. Link

BlueStone, an internet-first jewelry brand raised $5.22M in Series D funding from Iron Pillar Fund I. Link

Shopsity, a Delhi-based mobile app to discover fashion products from local stores got acquired by Paytm for an undisclosed amount. Link

Boohoo, an online fashion brand is reportedly bidding $20M for the bankrupt US clothing brand, Nasty Gal. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Lively (2016, NYC, $4M) – Internet-first direct-to-consumer lingerie brand. Backed by GGV Capital and Interplay Ventures.

Fabacus (2016, London, $1.42M) – Supply chain management software for fashion retailers and manufacturers.

NoBitech (2016, Rochester) – Internet-first mosquito repelling activewear brand.

LEADER BOARD – FASHION TECH

B2C Commerce – Horizontal

Vancl (2007, Beijing, $580M) – Online retailer and private label brand for fashion products. Backed by SAIF Partners, Tiger Global Management, IDG Cap