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InvolveSoft Gets $2.5M For Employee Volunteering Platform

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The funding was led by Bonfire Ventures, and also included Greycroft, Bertelsmann, Launch Capital, CrowdSmart and Noname Ventures. InvolveSoft, led by co-founder and CEO Gaurav Bhattacharya, also said it previously received funding from Mucker Capital.

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United Talent Agency Backs ART19 For Podcast Technology

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The United Talent Agency is one of the investors today in ART19 , a San Francisco-based startup developing a podcast hosting platform and technology. ART19 said today that it has raised $7.5M

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Radish Raises $3M For Reading App

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The funding came from Greylock, Lowercase Capital, Softbank Next Media Innovation Fund, UTA, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) and Sherpa Capital, and also includes angels Amy Tan, Sir Peter Bazalgette, Charlie Songhurst, Nicolas Berggruen, Matt Humphrey, Duncan Clark, Jeremy Yap, and others. READ MORE>>.

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Emotive Gets $6.25M, Buys Sennari

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Los Angeles-based Emotive Communications, which is developing ringtone-based, entertainment products for the mobile market, said today that it has scored $6.25M in a second round of venture financing. Shaw Ventures and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. Financial terms of the acquisition of Sennari were not disclosed.

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Interview with Jennifer Sargent, HitFix

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She also has served at DoubleClick, had a stint as an investment banker at JPMorgan, been a venture capitalist at Bertelsmann Ventures, and started with an Electrical Engineering degree before her MBA. I always wanted to be a venture capitalist, and see the financing side.

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