BlaBlaCar, a ride-sharing service based in Paris, has raised $100 million in a Series C funding led by Index Ventures with participation from existing investors Accel Partners, ISAI and Lead Edge Capital. BlaBlaCar connects drivers with empty seats and paying passengers to offset distance travel costs, with the average distance around 200 miles per trip. Founded in 2006, BlaBlaCar is now available in 12 countries across Europe and has 8 million members.
Keen IO, a customs analytics startup, has raised $11.3 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia with participation from existing investors Pelion, Rincon, Cloud Power Capital, and Morris Wheeler. Keen IO allows customers to gather, store, and visualize data from any source, so businesses don't have to build their own analytics infrastructure. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, Keen IO has seen a 300 percent in data volume this year alone, and will use the new cash to fund additional marketing and continued product development.
Hinge, a matchmaking app headquartered in New York, has raised $4.5 million in Series B funding from Founders Fund and Lowercase Capital with participation from CAA Ventures, Lumia Capital, and previous investors Middleland Capital and Great Oaks. Hinge is a mobile app that provides users with relationship matches based on connections and data primarily from Facebook. Founded in 2011, Hinge has raised over $8 million to date and will use the new funding to focus on product features and expand engineering teams.
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