COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, Social wine app that allows users to keep track of wines they drink announced it received $1 million in Series A financing from Creandum, the Nordic venture capital firm. more...

WHIPPANY, NJ, SanDisk announced it has made its first investment in WHIPTAIL, a data storage company. SanDisk will be a strategic investor in WHIPTAIL's $31 million series C round of funding. Other investors include Ignition Partners, RRE Ventures and Spring Mountain Capital. more...

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL, Star Avenue Capital, LLC announced today that it has acquired a minority ownership position in IT'SUGAR, a rapidly growing chain of fun, chic specialty candy and gift stores. more...

CULVER CITY, CA, Leading multi-channel YouTube network exclusively dedicated to Latino content, announced today that it has closed financing, led by The Chernin Group. more...

ALPHARETTA, GA, Fulcrum Equity Partners announced today it led the $1.9 million Series A growth equity financing for Bright Light Systems. more...

NEW YORK, NY, First end-to-end solution for independent films to fund films using the power of the crowd, closed its Seed Round of financing. Investors include Manitou Ventures, SourceN and a set of angel investors. more...

CHICAGO, IL, SpotHero has raised $2.5 Million in funding led by Battery Ventures. SpotHero lets users reserve a parking spot right from their computer or smartphone. more...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Leader in image-based commerce and advertising, today announced that it is now the web's largest source of commerce-enabled, revenue-generating images, and has raised an additional $3 million of funding from Sands Capital. more...