StrictlyVC: December 14, 2015

Investor-Entrepreneur Peter Pham on Who’s in the Driver’s Seat Now Two weeks ago, during a panel about the state of early-stage investing, a handful of VCs I interviewed largely agreed that, as a class, they’re less keen right now to write checks as quickly as earlier this year. CapriCoast, a year-old, Bangalore, India-based online modular furniture marketplace that operates in 20 cities across India and specializes in kitchens and wardrobes, has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding from the Singapore-based firm RB Investments and earlier backer Accel Partners. Cloudyn, a four-year-old, Tel Aviv, Israel-based service for monitoring and optimizing cloud usage across multiple vendors, has raised $11 million in Series B funding led by Carmel Ventures, with participation from earlier backers Titanium Investments and RDSeed. LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, a nine-year-old, Arlington, Va.-based cybersecurity company, has raised $50 million in Series C funding led by NewSpring Capital, with participation from earlier backers Alsop Louie Partners, Neuberger Berman Group and Vital Financial. X4 Pharmaceuticals, a year-old, Cambridge, Ma.-based startup that’s developing an oral medicine that could combine with existing drugs to treat a common type of kidney cancers, has raised $37.5 million in Series A funding led by Cormorant Asset Management.