VENTURE CAPITAL POST

India-based LimeRoad, an online ecommerce company, lands a $15 million Series B funding round led by Tiger Global on Tuesday. Other participants include Lightspeed Venture Partners and Matrix Partners India.

Irvine, US-based fitness trainer app PEAR Sports took home $5 million in its Series B funding led by previous backers Innovate Partners and Nordic Ventures to ramp up its marketing efforts and third-party sales.

San Francisco, California-based website testing and optimization platform Optimizely raised $57 million in a Series B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz to hire as many as 250 additional staff within this year.

Fremont, US-based intellectual property (IP) management firm Lecorpio bagged $10 million in an unneeded funding round with Los Angeles-based investor M2O to guarantee the safe exchange of ideas and information for its enterprise clients.

London, UK-based security firm CertiVox scored $8 million in its Series B financing from new investor NTT Docomo Ventures and previous backer Octopus Investments to expand its software-based alternative authentication platform.

Palo Alto, US-based analytics and SaaS (Software as a Service) startup PunchTab bagged $6.25 million in its recent funding round led by Mohr Davidow Ventures to run loyalty programs and promotions for its large enterprise clients.

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based clean tech firm Ambri Inc raised $15 million in a new funding round from KLP Enterprise, Building Insurance Bern, and other investors to find a way to store renewable energy for grid operators.

OurCrowd has received $25 million Series B funding from investors identified as former Investec Bank Australia executive Geoff Levy and Mistral Equity Partners' Andy Heyer.

Bridal marketplace Lover.ly has received $2.5 million Series B investment round which would soon be held officially closed after it has taken a few more investment, said sources.

Beauty box sampler, Birchbox, has received USD60 million in Series C funding round led by Viking Global Investors and other financiers including Accel Partners, Consigliere Brand Capital, Aspect Partners and First Round Capital.

London, UK-based cross-border payments startup The Currency Cloud raised $10 million in a Series B funding round to make international payments smoother and more transparent.

Online website maker Squarespace has taken in USD40 million worth of Series B funding, reported TechCrunch.

San Carlos, US-based healthy snack startup NatureBox raised $18 million in a Series B funding round led by Canaan Partners to expand the snack choices it delivers to its consumers.

San Francisco, US-based online food delivery startup Munchery raised $28 million in a Series B funding round led by Sherpa Ventures to bring its service to Seattle and other places in the US.

Genesis Media received new funding which was valued USD6 million for interrupting ads known as ContentUnlock, reported TechCrunch.