3scale said it raised $4.2 million of new funding in a round from Javelin Venture Partners and Costanoa Venture Capital. The new money will expand the API management company’s service offerings and help it reach a global audience.

Online retailer Coterie has launched. Based in San Francisco, California, Coterie is founded by Bare Escentuals, Sephora, Amazon, YSL and L’Oreal alum. The business is venture backed by SoftTech VC, Javelin Venture Partners and other angel investors focused on e-commerce.

The new big data analytics and machine learning company Skytree launched today and announced that Javelin Venture Partners has backed it with a $1.5 million Series A round. The company’s team includes co-founder and CEO Martin Hack, co-founder and CTO Alex Gray, who teaches machine learning at Georgia Tech. In addition to Gray, Noah Doyle of Javelin and David Toth, [...]

Menlo Ventures led a $21 million Series C round for Mountain View, Calif.-based storage company Nexenta Systems. Sierra Ventures and Razor’s Edge Ventures also participated, joining existing shareholders Javelin Venture Partners and TransLink Capital. The Series C round will be used for growth.

Community marketplace Thumbtack has raised a $4.5 million Series A financing. Founded in 2009, Thumbtack is a marketplace designed to help list, discover and book local services. The investment round was led by Javelin Venture Partners, with the additional participation of MHS Capital and Tim Draper. PRESS RELEASE Today we’re thrilled to announce some great [...]

PowerCloud™ Systems, a software platform provider for enabling Networking as a Service (NaaS), has secured $6 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Qualcomm via its venture investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures. PowerCloud Systems’ existing investors – Walden Venture Capital, Javelin Venture Partners and PARC – also participated in the round. PRESS RELEASE [...]

San Francisco-based health start-up WellnessFX has secured a second round of funding from Javelin Venture Partners, a San Francisco based VC firm. Mr. Gurevich, principal, Javelin Venture Partners, will serve as a board observer and Jed M. Katz, managing director, Javelin Venture Partners, will serve on the Wellness FX Board of Directors. PRESS RELEASE WellnessFX [...]

Sociable Labs, a startup that helps online retailers boost referral traffic, has closed on $7 million in Series B financing. Battery Ventures led the round, with participation from Series A lead investor Javelin Venture Partners. As a result, Battery Ventures partner Brian O’Malley is joining the board.

AppFirst, maker of a application problem resolution system, has closed on $4 million in Series A financing. Javelin Venture Partners led the round, which included participation from FirstMark Capital and First Round Capital. Javelin managing director Noah Doyle is joining the company’s board as a result.

Five-year-old, New York-based SEO platform Altruik has landed $2.8 million in a second round of funding from existing investors: DFJ Gotham Ventures, GSA Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, Zelkova Ventures, and Hub Angels Investment Group. In addition, Centurion Venture Partners and New York Angels have joined as new investors. In November 2009, Altruik announced [...]