VENTURE CAPITAL POST

New York, US-based app developer Handshake nabbed $8 million in its Series A funding round led by Emergence Capital Partners to expand its wholesale sales order management app.

San Francisco, US-based startup ClassDojo bagged $8.5M in its first institutional funding round to develop its mobile platform that provides an easier way of managing and monitoring the behavior of students inside the classroom.

San Francisco, California-based mobile video advertising startup Vungle snagged $17 million in a Series B funding round led by Thomvest Ventures to build monetization tools for developers of mobile apps.

California-based home automation startup August secured USD8 million in a Series A funding round to be used to manufacture the company's flagship smart lock product.