Q2 Funding in NYC: “Shopping Facilitators” and Foursquare Rule

Company: Animoto
Amount Raised: $25 million
Lead Investors: Amazon.com, Madrona Venture Group, Spectrum Equity Investors

Company: Oceana Therapeutics
Amount Raised: $23.94 million
Lead Investors: Frazier Healthcare and Technology Ventures, Kelso & Company

Company: Roka Bioscience
Amount Raised: $20 million
Lead Investors: New Enterprise Associates

Company: Invidi Technologies
Amount Raised: $19.77 million
Lead Investors: InterWest Partners

Company: Payfone
Amount Raised: $19 million
Lead Investors: American Express, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Opus Capital, Rogers Ventures, RRE Ventures

Company: Rent the Runway
Amount Raised: $15 million
Lead Investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Company: MD On-Line
Amount Raised: $12 million
Lead Investors: Abingworth Management

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Author: Arlene Weintraub

Arlene is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences and technology. She was previously a senior health writer based out of the New York City headquarters of BusinessWeek, where she wrote hundreds of articles that explored both the science and business of health. Her freelance pieces have been published in USA Today, US News & World Report, Technology Review, and other media outlets. Arlene has won awards from the New York Press Club, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Foundation for Biomedical Research, and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Her book about the anti-aging industry, Selling the Fountain of Youth, was published by Basic Books in September 2010.