5 Cloud Computing Funding Stories You Might Have Missed, Jan. 9

Each week Talkin’ Cloud compiles a list of cloud computing financing stories for readers who might have missed the news earlier in the week. This week’s column features funding news from Blue Box, Dato (formerly known as GraphLab), Seismic, par8o and Welltok.

These stories have been gathered from Talkin’ Cloud’s article database and other media sources. If we missed something, feel free to leave a comment below. We might just add it into the mix.

Here’s this week’s list of 5 Cloud Computing Funding Stories You Might Have Missed, January 9.

Blue Box Raises Additional $4M in Funding for Private Cloud as a Service. Blue Box has completed a Series B round of financing, bringing the total funding of this round to $14 million. The PCaaS solutions provider has raised a total of $23.1 million in funds since 2012.

Machine-learning GraphLab raises $18.5m and rebrands as Dato. Dato, formerly known as GraphLab, has raised $18.5 million of financing for its machine-learning platform. The company said it plans to leverage the additional funding to assist with financing expanded engineering, business-development and customer-support teams.

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Seismic Raises $20M in Round Led by Software Growth Equity Fund. The cloud-based platform has raised $20 million round in Series B funding. JMI Equity, the growth equity firm that specializes in software and services, led the financing round. The company has raised a total of $24.5 million in fundng to date.

Sermo Vets Raise $10.5M for Healthcare IT Startup par8o. Paying attention to cloud-based healthcare IT startups? Par8o has raised $10.5 million in Series A financing from Atlas Venture, Founder Collective, CHV Capital and Allscripts. The additional funds will be used for this Newton, Massachusetts-based company’s healthcare IT system platform.

Welltok Raises Additional $12M, Readies for Debut With IBM’s Watson. Welltok has raised an additional $12 million from investors, closing a $37 million Series D financing round. The funding brings the company’s total financing to date $59 million. Welltok’s software is designed to assist consumers with developing personalized plans to keep them healthy.

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