Oblong Industries raises $65M

Oblong Industries, a Los Angeles-based developer of data visualization and collaboration tools, raised $65 million in new funding from Greenspring Associates, Morgan Stanley, Foundry Group, Industry Ventures and UTIMCO.

Leanplum closes $29M Series C round

Leanplum, a four-year-old, San Francisco-based mobile marketing platform, announced that it raised $29 million in Series C Funding from new investor Canaan Partners, with participation from existing backers Kleiner Perkins and Shasta Ventures.

Clinton campaign eyed tech sector for VP

A list of potential Hillary Clinton running mates contained several prominent tech and business leaders, including Apple’s Tim Cook, Bill and Melinda Gates and General Motors CEO Mary Barra, according to a Bloomberg report citing WikiLeaks release of emails from campaign chair John Podesta. Clinton’s campaign declined to confirm the authenticity of the emails.

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Oblong Industries

$65M / Venture

Oblong Industries develops interfaces to control apps and data across multiple displays. The Los Angeles-based company’s customers include NASA, PwC, and IBM.

Categories:

Los Angeles · Hardware · Software · Product Design

Founders:

Kwindla Kramer, John Underkoffler

Investors:

Greenspring Associates, + 4 more

Leanplum

$29M / Series C

Leanplum is a mobile marketing platform. The San Francisco-based company tracks user actions on 1B devices and manages more than 4B mobile events per day.

Categories:

San Francisco · Analytics · Apps · E-Commerce · Marketing Automation · Mobile

Founders:

Andrew First, Momchil Kyurkchiev

Investors:

Canaan Partners (Lead), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Shasta Ventures

Zumper

$18M / Series B

Zumper is a real-time rental platform for tenants and landlords. The San Francisco-based company’s post-money valuation is reportedly north of $100M.

Categories:

San Francisco · Property Management · Rental · Real Estate · B2B

Founders:

Russell Middleton, Leah Jones, Anthemos Georgiades, Taylor Glass-Moore

Investors:

Foxhaven (Lead), Breyer Capital (Lead), Scott Cook, + 1 more

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Smartfrog 15M EUR / Series C
Furlenco $15M / Series B Lightbox Ventures
Metamarkets $14M / Debt Financing
MEMSDrive $11M / Series B Walden International
IbanFirst 10M EUR / Venture Xavier Niel
SPARK Schools $9.0M / Series B Omidyar Network
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Vertical Mass $5.0M / Series A Greycroft Partners
Biz2Mobile 3.6M GBP / Venture YFM Equity Partners
Kayentis 3.6M EUR / Venture Innovation Capital
AtlasTrend $2.8M / Seed Alfred Street Investment Partners
Joy $2.5M / Seed
SoloLearn $1.2M / Seed Learn Capital
Fisdom $1.1M / Seed Saama Capital
Codesmith $1.1M / Seed Chad Troutwine
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