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Circonus Acquired by Apica
Apica, the leader in data management and active observability, today announced it has acquired telemetry data company Circonus. Apica also announced a new funding round led by Riverside Acceleration Capital (RAC), with additional funding from existing investors Industrifonden, SEB Foundation, Oxx, and Leo Capital. With this latest acquisition and new financing, Apica will continue providing a modern approach to observability data management for enterprise organizations.
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BCVP Portfolio Company GreenPlaces Raises $13M Series A Round led by Redpoint
GreenPlaces raises $13M to bring sustainability solutions to the mass market, and the 83% of emissions that live outside the Fortune 500
Raleigh, NC – June 20, 2023: GreenPlaces, an all-in-one sustainability platform, today announces $13M Series A, led by Redpoint Ventures along with Felicis, Tishman Speyer Ventures, and Bull City Venture Partners. This investment fuels GreenPlaces on its mission to bring sustainability to the mass market where over 83% of global emissions, or an estimated 39 billion tonnes of CO2e, live.
New Investment: AI Powered Startup Ferretly Raises $1.5M in Seed Capital
BCVP led a $1.5M seed investment in Maryland-based Ferretly.
Ferretly helps organizations eliminate digital blind spots in hiring by assessing candidates’ online personas. Using artificial intelligence, the company’s platform helps talent teams to align candidate character to corporate values by surfacing a broad range of risk factors.
Bull City Venture Partners goes from duo to trio with principal promotion
Venture capital firm Bull City Venture Partners has long been viewed as a dynamic duo led by its two founders, seasoned investment partners Jason Caplain and David Jones. But with the promotion of Michael Lee, who joined the firm in 2021 and was named to a principal role this month, it’s now a trio.
Triangle Inno spoke with Caplain and Lee about what expanding the leadership team means for the firm that's based in Durham, and what’s happening with the recently-closed Fund Four.
Levitate Raises $14M to Help Businesses Keep in Touch More Authentically, Powered by AI
Levitate's oversubscribed $14M funding round will fuel growth of the company's Happiness Platform for relationship-based businesses
RALEIGH, N.C., April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Levitate, the SaaS Happiness Platform started by former ShareFiIe founder Jesse Lipson, announced today that they have closed an additional $14 million of growth capital, bringing total fundraising to $40 million since inception. The Series C round was led by Bull City Venture Partners. BCVP has participated in all the financing rounds since inception.