VR investors launch Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance

HTC Vive announced the launch of the Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance, a group of 30 investors with up to $10 billion in deployable capital. The alliance is currently accepting pitches. Members will meet six times a year in Beijing and San Francisco.

Kleiner Perkins raises $1.4B for two new funds

Silicon Valley venture pioneer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has raised $1.4 billion for two new funds, a $1 billion growth fund and a $400 million general fund, according to securities filings. Longtime partner John Doerr was not listed as an investor for the new funds.

Care.com raises $46M from Google Capital

Care.com said it has raised $46 million in new investment from Google Capital, the growth fund financed by Alphabet Inc. The deal marked Google Capital’s first ever investment in a public company.

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Care.com

$46M / Post IPO Equity

Care.com is an online service that helps families find high-quality care providers. The Waltham, MA-based company previously raised $91M in its IPO in January 2014. Care.com used some of Google’s investment to repurchase 3.7M shares from Matrix Partners for $30.5M.

Categories:

Waltham · Customer Service · Curated Web · Tutoring

Founders:

Sheila Marcelo, Dave Krupinski

Investors:

Google Capital (Lead)

Keen IO

$15M / Series B

Keen IO is a cloud-based analytics platform. The San Francisco-based company recently launched Native Analytics, a suite of tools for companies to white-label analytics in their products. Keen IO provides service to 3K customers and 50K developers, and the new funding brings its total raised to $30M.

Categories:

San Francisco · Big Data · Software · Analytics · Developer APIs · Cloud Computing

Founders:

Kyle Wild, Ryan Spraetz, Dan Kador

Investors:

Pelion Venture Partners (Lead), Rincon Venture Partners, Issac Roth, + 12 more

All Def Digital

$10M / Series B

All Def Digital (ADD) is a web video platform and media company. The Los Angeles-based company will use the funding to grow its audience and programming distribution, counting 10M fans on YouTube and Facebook. ADD has a collaboration with HBO that includes a comedy show slated to air this fall, as well as a distribution deal with Spotify for an original hip-hop reality series.

Categories:

Los Angeles · Media and Entertainment · Digital Entertainment · Digital Media

Founders:

Russell Simmons

Investors:

Third Wave Digital (Lead), Greycroft Partners, Nu Horizons Investments, + 4 more

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Bizfi $20M / Venture
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Jornaya $10M / Series B Edison Partners
OpsGenie $10M / Series A Battery Ventures
ForUsAll $9.5M / Series A Foundation Capital
Vidac $9.0M / Series A Israel Biotech Fund
what3words $8.5M / Series B Aramex International
Tempo Automation $8.0M / Series A Lux Capital
Final $8.0M / Series A
All Traffic Solutions $8.0M / Series A Edison Partners
Festicket $6.3M / Series B Lepe Partners
dv01 $5.0M / Seed
Convey $4.5M / Series A Silverton Partners
Digi.me (formerly SocialSafe) 4.2M GBP / Series A
ProducePay $2.5M / Seed
Fast Forward $1.2M / Seed
Amodo $500K / Seed
Scripbox unknown / Series B Omidyar Network
Homeday unknown / Series A
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CodeBaby

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