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There are 69 companies tagged `private`; raised $1.3B from 243 investors

Privalia raised $252.2M from Sofina, Spartoo , Nauta Capital, Highland Capital Partners, General Atlantic, Insight Venture Partners, Index Ventures, General Atlantic, Highland Capital Partners, Index Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, General Atlantic, and Index Ventures in 3 rounds.

Privalia Closed €25M Funding    finsmes.com Privalia raises €88 million, buys German online fashion retailer Dress for Less    eu.techcrunch.com Spanish Private Online Sales Company Privalia Raises EUR70 Million ($95 Million)    prnewswire.com

zulily raised $138.6M from Andreessen Horowitz, Meritech Capital Partners, August Capital, Maveron, Trinity Ventures, and Maveron in 4 rounds.

Flash Sales Site For Moms, Zulily Raises $85M From Andreessen Horowitz; Valued At $1B    techcrunch.com Zulily Closes $43 Million in Series C Funding    marketwire.com Zulily, A Private-Sale Shopping Site For Moms, Raises $6 Million Series B    techcrunch.com Northwest Innovation, SEC    nwinnovation.com

Nirvanix raised $70M from Khosla Ventures, Valhalla Partners, Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, Valhalla Partners, Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, Valhalla Partners, Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Valhalla Partners, Windward Ventures, Intel Capital, European Founders Fund, Mission Ventures, Valhalla Partners, and Windward Ventures in 5 rounds.

Khosla Leads $25M Round In Enterprise Cloud Storage Company Nirvanix    techcrunch.com Cloud Storage Company Nirvanix Raises $10 Million, Appoints New CEO    techcrunchit.com Nirvanix Raises $5 Million    xconomy.com http://nirvanix.com/bw121907.aspx    nirvanix.com Nirvanix secures $12 million in venture capital    nirvanix.com

Relationship Science raised $60M from Ronald O. Perelman, Kenneth G. Langone, Henry Kravis, Joseph R. Perella, Stanley F. Druckenmiller, and Andrew Tisch .

Billionaires Back LinkedIn Alternative That Uses Web Data    bloomberg.com

HouseTrip raised $59.7M from Accel Partners, Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, and Index Ventures in 3 rounds.

Vacation Rental Startup HouseTrip Picks Up $40M Led By Accel In Another Big Round For Collaborative Consumption    techcrunch.com HouseTrip Gets $17m Series B Led By Balderton Capital — Look Out AirBnB    techcrunch.com HouseTrip raises $2.7m from Index Ventures, relaunches today    eu.techcrunch.com

Eucalyptus Systems raised $55.5M from Institutional Venture Partners, Benchmark, e.ventures, New Enterprise Associates, New Enterprise Associates, Benchmark, e.ventures, Benchmark, and e.ventures in 3 rounds.

Eucalyptus Raises $30M For Private Clouds    pevc.dowjones.com Eucalyptus raises $20M for hybrid cloud computing    deals.venturebeat.com Eucalyptus Systems raises $5.5M for a hybrid approach to cloud computing    venturebeat.com

RightScale raised $42.5M from Tenaya Capital, DAG Ventures, Benchmark, Index Ventures, Presidio Ventures, Benchmark, Index Ventures, and Benchmark in 3 rounds.

RightScale Closes $25M Third Venture Financing Round    finsmes.com Expanding RightScale with $13M new funding    blog.rightscale.com RightScale Raises $4.5 Million from Benchmark Capital    rightscale.com

Prodea Systems raised $41.7M in 3 rounds.

SEC D    sec.gov Dallas Business Journal    dallas.bizjournals.com Dallas Business Journal    dallas.bizjournals.com

Nextdoor raised $40.2M from Greylock Partners, Benchmark, DAG Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Allen & Company, Pinnacle Ventures, Bezos Expeditions, Google Ventures, Benchmark, and Greylock Partners in 2 rounds.

Nextdoor Closes $21.6 Million In New Series B Funding To Take Its Neighborhood-Focused Social Network Global    techcrunch.com Nextdoor, the social network for neighbors, raises $18.6 million to help Americans stop bowling alone    theverge.com

Legendary Pictures raised $40M from Accel Partners .

Bruce Wayne, VC?: Accel bets $40M on Dark Knight studio    venturebeat.com

Trendyol raised $37.1M from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Tiger Global Management, and Tiger Global Management in 3 rounds.

Turkish Private Shopping Site Trendyol Scores A Big Round From KPCB, Tiger Global    techcrunch.com

BuyWithMe raised $36.5M from Pinnacle Ventures, Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Matrix Partners, and Matrix Partners in 4 rounds.

TechCrunch    techcrunch.com BuyWithMe.com plans growth on Matrix $5.5M funding    masshightech.com

SecondMarket raised $34.2M from The Social+Capital Partnership, Li Ka-shing, Temasek, and FirstMark Capital in 4 rounds.

Former Facebook VP Chamath Palihapitiya Invests $15 Million In SecondMarket, Joins Board    techcrunch.com Temasek, Li Ka-shing Foundation Invest in SecondMarket    online.wsj.com Barry Silbert explains in his discussion to Stanford Univ.    ecorner.stanford.edu Barry Silbert states amounts raised and valuations for every round in this discussion at Stanford Univ.    ecorner.stanford.edu

SkyDox raised $31.7M from Scottish Equity Partners and Business Growth Fund .

SkyDox Merges with Workshare; Raises £20M    finsmes.com

Totsy raised $23.5M from Rho Capital Partners, DFJ Gotham Ventures, DFJ Gotham Ventures, and Rho Capital Partners in 2 rounds.

Flash Deals Site Totsy Lands $18.5M To Take On Zulily In The Battle For Shopping Moms    techcrunch.com Totsy Lands $5 Million In Funding For Flash Sales Site For Children Products    techcrunch.com

Skytap raised $23M from Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Washington Research Group, OpenView Venture Partners, Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Washington Research Foundation, Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Washington Research Foundation, and Bezos Expeditions in 3 rounds.

Skytap Raises $10 Million For Cloud Automation Solutions    techcrunchit.com Skytap Raises $7 Million    techflash.com Seattle Times    seattletimes.nwsource.com

Nimsoft raised $22.3M from Goldman Sachs, Merchant Banking Devision, Northzone, JMI Equity, JMI Equity, and Northzone in 2 rounds.

Goldman Sachs Leads $12 Million Investment in Nimsoft    snseurope.com Nimsoft Announces $10.3 Million in Venture Capital Funding    nimsoft.com

Nimbula raised $20.8M from Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia Capital, and VMware in 2 rounds.

Nimbula raises $15M to expand cloud service    reuters.com Private Cloud Redux — Nimbula Bets on Today's Reality    cloudave.com

Abiquo raised $20.7M from Oxford Capital Partners, Balderton Capital, Nauta Capital, Balderton Capital, Nauta Capital, Eurecan, Kreos Capital, Nauta Capital, Caja Navarra, and Eurecan in 6 rounds.

Abiquo Closes US$5M Funding    finsmes.com Enterprise Cloud Management Software Maker Abiquo Raises $10 Million    techcrunchit.com Abiquo Opens U.S. Headquarters with $5.1M in New Funding    virtualization.sys-con.com Abiquo Opens New U.S. Headquarters with $5.1 Million in New Funding    virtualization.sys-con.com Abiquo closes 1.5M Series A funding and appoints Pete Malcolm as CEO    blogs.abiquo.com Abiquo.com    virtualization.sys-con.com

Talari Networks raised $20.7M from Menlo Ventures, Silver Creek Ventures, Daybreak Investments, Silver Creek Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Daybreak Investments, Menlo Ventures, and Daybreak Investments in 3 rounds.

Talari Networks Secures $4.5M in Financing    finsmes.com Talari Networks gets $10M to make company networks 99.99% reliable    deals.venturebeat.com Talari Networks raises $6.2 million for networking gear    venturebeat.com

DynamicOps raised $16.3M from Intel Capital, Sierra Ventures, Next World Capital, and Credit Suisse in 2 rounds.

DynamicOps Raises $5M from Intel Capital    finsmes.com DynamicOps Raises $11.3 Million, SEC Filing Reveals    virtualization.com

MarkaVIP raised $15M from Prime Ventures, Invus Financial Advisors, Hummingbird Ventures, Lumia Capital, Lumia Capital, and Invus Financial Advisors in 2 rounds.

MarkaVIP Secures $10 million As The Middle East Takes Off    techcrunch.com MarkaVIP Raises $5M For Middle East-Focused Flash Sales Website    techcrunch.com

BriefCam raised $14.3M from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Rimage, and Aviv Venture Capital in 3 rounds.

BriefCam Scores Investment from Motorola    pehub.com BriefCam Raises $2.6M in Round A Funding To Expand Sales & Marketing in CCTV Surveillance Industry    avivvc.com

ACHICA raised $13.1M from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) .

Piston Cloud Computing raised $13M from Cisco, Data Collective, Swisscom Ventures, Divergent Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, True Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, True Ventures, and Divergent Ventures in 3 rounds.

Piston Cloud nabs $8M to bolster open source cloud adoption    venturebeat.com OpenStack gets a startup seeking to commercialize the code    gigaom.com SEC Filing    sec.gov

Morphlabs raised $12M from BBT Fund, Global Gateway Investment Group, Frontera Capital, CSK Venture Capital, AO Capital Partners, and CSK Venture Capital in 3 rounds.

Morphlabs Raises $5 Million in Series C Financing    eon.businesswire.com Morphlabs Completes Series B Financing    mor.ph Morph Labs raises $1.5million in pre-IPO funding with CSK and AO Capital    mor.ph

Xtium raised $11.5M from OpenView Venture Partners .

Xtium has its head in the clouds    bizjournals.com

Cloud.com raised $11M from Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Nexus Venture Partners .

Cloud.com Launches, Extends Leadership Team and Announces New Funding    vmblog.com

Appcore raised $11M from Telephone Acquisition Company, Private investors, Broadhorn Capital, Interstate Enterprises, Jeff Tegethoff, BON Fund, 10 Others, Broadhorn Capital, Jeff Tegethoff, and 3 Others in 3 rounds.

Appcore Raises $6M Series B To Expand Cloud Computing Infrastructure Growth In Asia    techcrunch.com http://www.broadhorn.com/    broadhorn.com

CircleUp raised $9M from Union Square Ventures , Google Ventures, Triple Point, and Maveron in 2 rounds.

CircleUp, An Investment Platform For Non-Techie Consumer Startups, Raises $7.5M Led By Union Square    techcrunch.com Backed With $1.5M, CircleUp Aims To Be The AngelList For Consumer And Retail Startups    techcrunch.com

Logicworks raised $7.6M from Seaport Capital .

Managed Services Firm Logicworks Lands $7.6 Million in Funding to Expand Cloud Infrastructure and Operations    pr-inside.com

Markafoni raised $7.5M .

Private Outlet raised $6.6M from Gimv .

Belgian VC Firm Puts 4.9 Million Euros into Vente-Privée Wannabe    techcrunch.com

Between raised $4M from Stonebridge Ventures, KTB Network, Softbank Ventures Korea, Capstone Partners, and Softbank Ventures Korea in 2 rounds.

Korean Couples App Between Raises $3 Million To Expand Into Japan And Other Markets    techcrunch.com

Infrascale raised $3M from Splashpond Investors .

SOS Online Backup Secures $3 Million Series A Round    techcrunch.com

ThisLife raised $2.8M from Madrona Venture Group, Morado Venture Partners, Rogers Ventures, Brad Jefferson, Sujal Patel, and Brad Garlinghouse .

ThisLife Raises $2.75 Million From Madrona And Others To Organize Your Photos In The Cloud    techcrunch.com

Lyfft raised $2.5M from creative madness .

travel    ronald.gilman.com

Givit raised $2.5M .

Givit Pivots to Mobile Video Co., Raises $2.5M, Launches    pevc.dowjones.com

SportPursuit raised $2.3M from DFJ Esprit, Peter Draper, Alex Chesterman, and William Reeve .

SportPursuit.co.uk Closes $2.3M Funding    finsmes.com

CoachUp raised $2.2M from General Catalyst Partners .

CoachUp scores a $2.2M Series A from General Catalyst    pandodaily.com

The Clymb raised $2M from Oregon Angel Fund, Walden Venture Capital, and J Allard .

The Clymb Raises $2 Million in Series A Funding    marketwire.com

Keynoir raised $1.7M from Index Ventures and PROfounders Capital .

Keynoir launches, gets funding and completes takeover all in one week    bootlaw.com

Submitnet raised $1.5M .

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MNG International Investments raised $1.5M .

ZeroDesktop raised $1.5M .

OnGreen raised $1.4M from China Southern Hong Kong Investment and Blue Marble Ventures .

OnGreen Raises $1.4M in Series A Financing    finsmes.com

BISON raised $1.3M .

FormDs.com    formds.com

Sampa raised $1.3M from Geoff Entress in 2 rounds.

Sampa Raises $1 Million For Easy Family Websites    paidcontent.org

Alerts raised $1.2M from Monster Venture Partners .

Alamarka raised $1M .

http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/14616031.asp    hurriyet.com.tr

TravelMob raised $1M from Jungle Ventures .

travelmob Raises $1M in Seed Funding    finsmes.com

Moped raised $1M from Earlybird Venture Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, and betaworks .

Moped Raises $1 Million From Betaworks And SV Angel To Become Twitter For Private Messages Only    businessinsider.com

MyOtherDrive raised $1M from Brian Higgins and Tony Cicero .

Bonfyre raised $750K from St. Louis Arch Angels and Private Investors from NYC .

Local investors ignite "Bonfyre" social network    bizjournals.com

Openfinance raised $675K .

Club Santa Mónica raised $675K from Cabiedes & Partners .

Cabiedes and angels invest in Club Santa Monica    unquote.com

Fundology raised $500K .

AKSEL PARIS raised $500K from Inspiration Ventures, 500 Startups, and Fabrice Grinda .

Aksel Raises $500K From 500 Startups & More To Bring European Men’s Fashion To The U.S.    techcrunch.com

Yasmo Live raised $435K from Private Investment, Angels 5K, and Technology Strategy Board in 4 rounds.

PrYv raised $400K from simple data sarl and SP in 2 rounds.

flyRuby.com raised $350K in 2 rounds.

KinKast raised $310K from SproutBox and Suren Markosian .

Bouf raised $269.7K from Stefan Glaenzer, Robert Dighero, Salman Malik, and Charles Jarvis .

Sonoma raised $250K .

Pitchbrite raised $200K .

e-Booking.com raised $120K from Alagna Salvatore, Antonio Conte, and Colangelo Maurizio .

Bungolow raised $40K from Start-Up Chile and NXTP Labs .

110 Startups Selected to Participate in Start-Up Chile Program    startupchile.org

Application Experts raised $18K from TechStars .

TechStars Demo Day: Acquisitions Galore As Twelve Companies Strut Their Stuff    techcrunch.com

Cupple raised $15K .

http://www.northernmedia.org/    northernmedia.org