Funding Daily: Sleepy cute pug edition | VentureBeat | Deals | by Tom Cheredar
Summary
Stop fawning over the cute pug and baby photo and check out today’s roundup of all of the investment news in VentureBeat’s indispensable Funding Daily column. The company’s platform is based on open-source software that enables its clients to host, publish, manage, monetize, and analyze video content. This is a professional network that aims to elevate women in the workforce by providing a range of career resources and support services. The money positions the company to go after what chief executive and co-founder Marc Kushner says is a $200 billion global construction supplies market. The new capital will be used to launch its next batch of startups and expand its focus from Nashville, Tenn, companies to the entire Southeastern U.S., JSF founding partner Marcus Whitney told VentureBeat.