One great source for stories about private companies in the U.S. are the SEC filings of REG D forms. These forms are filed by companies who have completed or are in the process of raising funding. They are not required for many companies, but you’d probably be surprised to learn how many interesting companies are raising money and not being covered by the tech news media. I pull together the most interesting ones through the day, some get their own story and others make it into the roundup.
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SureDone Raises $416K from NY Angels for Multichannel Ecommerce Management Solution, Edward Tolson Joins Board — Other investors include Philip Grieshaber, Jeffrey Silverman, Sacha Levy and Leo Wang. [Source: SEC Filing]
Bleachers Raises $1M from Angels for Video Sharing Geared Towards Parents & Kids — The founding team includes co-CEOs Sam Klein and Frank Jordan as well as Emily Mommsen (CFO). [Source: SEC Filing]
Perspecsys Raises $9.8M Series B for Cloud Data Protection (FinSMEs reports $12M) [Source: SEC Filing]
Zoove Raises $15.3M Venture Round for It’s Star Star Vanity Numbers Service — Converts Promissory Notes [Source: SEC filing]
Imagine K-12 Graduate LearnSprout Raises $2.7M from Formation 8 for Education APIs — The company launched in July 2011 and is also backed by Andreessen Horowitz. [Source: SEC Filing]
Mutualink Raises $2.3M for Realtime Communications Platform Used by NATO Special Ops — The company’s advisory board includes retired four-star U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey, General Wesley K. Clark who was a former U.S. presidential candidate, The Honorable Tom Ridge – former first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Ronald E. Brooks – Captain of the San Mateo County California Sheriff’s Department, andd Frank E. Rodgers – former Deputy Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police. [Source: SEC Filing]