Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share.
BuzzFeed expands into TV and movies with $200M NBCUniversal investment
After weeks of rumors, listicle-loving BuzzFeed has confirmed that entertainment giant NBCUniversal is making a $200 million equity investment in the new media company.
Today’s news comes a week after NBCUniversal made a similar $200 million investment in digital publishing company Vox Media.
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Revel Systems adds $13.5M to its Series C, says its valuation is ‘north of $500M’
Revel Systems isn’t done raising money for its latest investment round. The company announced that approximately $13.5 million has been raised from Roth Capital Partners for its iPad point-of-sale platform. This new investment brings Revel’s series C round to approximately $110 million, with a proclaimed valuation of north of $500 million.
To date, the company has raised nearly $130 million in funding.
OpenStack startup Platform9 takes on $10M, adds vSphere virtualization support
Platform9, a startup that offers a cloud-based service for running the most up-to-date version of the OpenStack open-source cloud software to be deployed in companies’ on-premises data centers, announced today a $10 million funding round.
Platform9 started in 2013 and is based in Sunnyvale, California. To date the startup has raised $14.5 million.
Menlo Ventures led the new round. Previous investor Redpoint Ventures also participated.
API development startup Apiary raises $6.8M and launches a testing service
Apiary, a startup with a web service developers can use to design and make documentation for application programming interfaces, announced today a $6.8 million round of funding.
The startup today is also launching a new tool for testing APIs to make sure they work as they should. It’s like a continuous integration system for testing and deploying source code, but it’s for APIs.
Flybridge led the new round. Baseline Ventures and Credo Ventures also participated.
To date the startup has raised $8.4 million.
This list will be updated with breaking funding news all day. Check back for more.
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