PlaySay said it has raised an additional $250,000 of follow-on funding, bringing the total raised by the company to $820,000. The company is backed by Kevin Yu, former director of PayPal Japan; Sean Glass, founder of Higher One; and Novak Biddle Venture Partners. The San Francisco startup also launched a new iPhone game app that [...]

Copiun, a provider of secure mobile collaboration solutions has closed the final tranche of its $5 million Series A funding led Novak Biddle Venture Partners. Additional investors include RRE Ventures and local angel investors. Headquartered in Marlborough, Mass, Copiun was founded in late 2008. PRESS RELEASE Copiun Inc., provider of the first and only secure [...]

2tor Inc., a provider of online degree programs, has closed on $26 million in Series D financing. Hillman Company led the round, with participation from new investors SVB Capital and WestRiver Capital, and return backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Highland Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Novak Biddle Venture Partners and City Light Capital. The Series D brings 2tor’s [...]

Salmon River Capital has led a $6 million Series C round for education credentials data company Parchment Inc.  Investors Michael Chasen, the president and chief executive of Blackboard Inc., and Novak Biddle Venture Partners also participated in the round. Formed in 2003, Parchment is based in Scottsdale, Ariz. PRESS RELEASE Bolstered by its burgeoning success [...]

Digital Signal Corp, a provider of three-dimensional, long-range facial recognition solutions, has closed a $10.3 million round of financing with a group of existing investors who participated in a $15 million round in April 2011. Investors included Columbia Capital, City Light Capital, SilverHaze Partners, Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Paladin Capital Group. PRESS RELEASE Digital [...]

Digital Signal Corp., a developer of three-dimensional, long-range facial recognition software, has raised $10.3 million in fresh capital, according to a regulatory filing. In April, the company announced a $15 million funding round from investors including Columbia Capital, City Light Capital, SilverHaze Partners, Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Paladin Capital Group. Digital Signal is based in Chantilly, Va.

Vistaprint, the listed maker of professional marketing products and services, said it will acquire venture-backed Webs for $117.5 million. Webs is based in Silver Spring, Maryland, and has raised venture capital from Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Columbia Capital.

Boulder, Colo.-based SolidFire, a maker of all-solid-state primary storage systems for cloud service providers, has raised $25 million in a second financing round, bringing its total raised to $37 million. New Enterprise Associates, Valhalla Partners and Novak Biddle participated in the round. The company also received individual investments from Frank Slootman, former C.E.O. of Data Domain; David Schneider, former vice president of worldwide sales at Data Domain; and Greg Papadopoulos, former C.T.O. of Sun Microsystems.

FiberZone Networks, a provides of automated fiber management products for datacenters, has closed on $12 million in new funding. S-Group Capital Management led the round, which included participation from return investor Novak Biddle Venture Partners. Vladimir Yakushev and Aidar Gabidoullin from S-Group Capital Management are joining the company’s board.

Clearspring Technologies, Inc. said Tuesday it closed a $20 million Series D round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners. The McLean, Virg., company, which owns the content tracking service AddThis for social media content, said existing investors joined the round. Its existing investors include New Enterprise Associates, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, former AOL President Ted [...]