VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Coursera, the world's leading online education provider, announced that it raised almost $50 million in funding for their expansion plans to China, the Americas and India.

Investors in Atlanta and the State of Georgia in general are now favoring angel, seed and Series A financing rounds more than later-stage deals, TechCrunch reported citing CrunchBase data.

Denver, US-based health management firm Welltok secured $22.1 million in a Series C funding round led by New Enterprise Associates to build a new application that will encourage consumers to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Palo Alto, US-based legal search and analytics startup Ravel Law raised $8.1 million in funding to build a tool that will help lawyers cut research time and cut costs, according to an exclusive report by VentureBeat.

Cambridge, England-based company Kensho closed a $10-million seed funding round for a cloud-based intelligent market research assistant called Warren that can answer complex financial queries in natural language.

The Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News or GEN website revealed its top 30 list of venture capital firms for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. This report summarizes those who have made it to the top 10.

In his interview with The Cornell Daily Sun, former analyst of private equity firm Blackstone and incoming associate of venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates Andrew Schoen explained why venture capitalists exist.

IfOnly was able to raise USD 12 million from investors in a round led by New Enterprise Associates.

Web company Nginx Inc closed its Series B financing round with USD 10 million in capital commitments.

Goldman Sachs invested USD40 million in software company SugarCRM allowing Goldman Sachs VP Antoine Munfa to join SugarCRM's board of directors.

Edimer Pharma gets a second round funding US $18 million, which will be used to develop a product that can treat XLHED condition.

CVRx secured a US$30 million deal from private equity firms for its expansion.

The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and American venture capital fund New Enterprise Associates (NEA) jointly invested about $54 million in an Indian healthcare firm.

Online money transfer service Xoom Corp is preparing for an initial public offering.

Venture company New Enterprise Associates announced it closed a $2.6 billion fund, the firm's 14th and one of the largest raised in venture capital.