Content start-up Shareaholic has closed an oversubscribed $3 million Series A led by Kepha Partners. Existing investors including General Catalyst Partners, NextView Ventures, 500Startups and angels also participated. ANNOUNCEMENT Today I am thrilled to announce that we have closed a very oversubscribed $3 Million Series A led by Kepha Partners with all our existing investors [...]

Unbounce said it raised $850,000 from a syndicate led by Real Ventures of Montreal. The group includes Founder Co-Op of Seattle, Atlas Ventures of Boston, Social Leverage, 500Startups and Point Nine Capital. Also participating are angels Boris Wertz, Mike Edwards, Rapleaf CEO Auren Hoffman and Articulate CEO Adam Schwartz. BLOG POST Unbounce Raises $850k to [...]

Skimlinks, maker of an in-text monetization platform for Web publishers, has raised $4.5 million in Series B funding led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. The company, which is also backed by 500startups, Venrex Investment Management, Sussex Place Ventures, The Accelerator Group, and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, has raised a total of $7.5 million to date.

Aksel Group, which owns the men’s fashion shopping site AkselParis.com, has inked $500,000 in a seed financing round led by Inspiration Ventures. Also investing in the round were David McClure’s 500Startups, and individual investors Fabrice Grinda, Paul Bragiel of I/O Ventures; and French entrepreneur Nicolas Bernadi.