Thalmic Labs has closed a $14.5 million Series A financing round. The funding was led by Spark Capital and Intel Capital. The business is a developer of new technologies in the area of human-computer interaction.

Qriously said it raised $3.5 million in a Series A round led by Spark Capital and joined by Accel Partners. The company’s new product, asQvertising lets consumers self-select mobile advertisements by answering basic questions on their smartphones.

Trending on peHUB this week: New Mountain Capital, Moore Capital, MC Credit, the Midas List, Great Hill, Solamere Capital, Tumblr, TCV, Iconiq Strategic Partners, Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, and job openings at Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and Thomvest.

Work Market has raised $10 million in a round led by Softbank Capital and joined by existing backers Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures.

Trending on peHUB this week: Sequoia Capital, Fortress, Harvard, traits of top startup CEOs, Oaktree, Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital, Affordable Care Act, KPS, Fenway Partners, Glenn Hutchins, Silver Lake and Montgomery & Co.

Rock star VC Bijan Sabet explains why he remains bullish on consumer Internet deals, what he learned from serving on Twitter’s board, and the secret to success for young VC firms such as Spark, First Round Capital and Union Square Ventures.

(Reuters) – Foursquare has raised $41 million in debt financing from Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Spark Capital, and Union Square Ventures, Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley wrote in a blog.

This morning read all about Spark Capital’s fourth fund, what is happening in global energy markets, Japan’s deal upswing and China’s VC investment slump.

Storenvy has secured a $5 million Series A funding to fuel the growth of its social commerce platform. The round was led by Intel Capital and Spark Capital with participation by First Round Capital.

Spark Capital plans to close its oversubscribed $425 million fourth fund in two weeks, the firm revealed in a correction to a story published in Business Insider, writes Reuters. Spark only revealed it would be raising its fourth fund in December.