VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Treehouse launches a online course that teaches students how to code and build websites and apps, has introduced a WordPress site-building course, VentureBeat reported.

CircleCI was able to raise $6 million for its Series A funding round from DFJ, a venture capital firm, according to VentureBeat which cited a company blog post.

Teqcycle Solutions, a Munich-based firm that provides mobile devices trade-in and reuse solutions, has bagged an undisclosed investment from T-Venture Holding, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.

The most active venture capital investor last year is 500 Startups with 57 new deals made and 77 total deals in all, data from DJX VentureSource revealed.

Venture capitalists seem to be gearing up for a very hectic year as they poured $5.8 billion in new companies in January, representing an increase to the $3.5 billion made last year, TechCrunch reported.

Sausalito, California-based merchandise sales management platform atVenu secured seed stage funds of $1.1 million from Canadian venture capital firm Real Ventures, PE HUB Canada reported.

Primus Power, a provider of low-cost grid-scale energy storage solutions, bagged $20 million for the first close of its Series C round led by South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum Ltd.

India-based technology firm HCL has entered into the healthcare segment with an equity position in Bharat Family Clinic, causing a buzz in the sector, the Business Standard reported.

ThisClicks, a mobile technology firm that has developed an employee scheduling software, has secured venture capital funding of $4 million from Arthur Ventures, Greycroft and e.ventures, StarTribune reported.

In her guest post at VentureBeat, Mohr Davidow Ventures General Partner Katherine Barr believes that venture capitalists are going to be setting their sights in Canada this year

Bootstrapping first and waiting before finally agreeing to financing from venture capital was beneficial for Qualtrics, an enterprise survey provider, according to its CEO Ryan Smith in an interview with Entrepreneur.

Life science startups of India, like Sea6 Energy which turns seaweed to biofuel, are taking on a higher level of risk in their goal of turning their research into successful businesses, The Economic Times reported.

AgriFood Business Partners Finance Director Cathal Fitzgerald urged Ireland's food processors and dairy cooperatives to seek capital from private venture sources, the Irish Examiner reported.

Marketing intelligence solutions provider Origami Logic secured $15 million for its Series B financing round led by venture capital firm Jafco Ventures and joined by existing investors.

Secure mobile messaging app for enterprises Cotap raised $10 million for its Series B funding round led by Emergence Capital Partners. So far, the latest proceeds brought to $15.5 million Cotap's total funds raised.