San Francisco-based urban storage startup Boxbee has raised $2.3 million in new funding from Floodgate Capital, Google Ventures, 500 Startups, Techstars, Jason Calacanis, and Ludlow Ventures. Boxbee delivers boxes for customers to fill with items for storage, transports them to a facility, and catalogues each box for easy retrieval. A graduate of AngelPad last year, Boxbee is currently available in San Francisco and New York and will use the new funds to scale the service.
Palo Alto-based personal health assistant service Better has raised $5 million in seed funding from Social+Capital Partnership and The Mayo Clinic. Better delivers medical information to users via iOS app, connecting users with a personal health assistant if necessary to quickly answer questions or schedule medical appointments. Founded last year by Geoff Clapp and Chamath Palihapitiya, Better is debuting today with a free basic service and access to a personal health assistant for around $50 per month.
Mountain View-based real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares has raised $1.9 million in new funding led by General Catalyst Partners. RealtyShares provides a platform for crowdfunding real-estate development, allowing developers to bypass banks and larger investors to quickly fund projects. Launched last year, RealtyShares has already helped fund 26 projects in eight U.S. states and will use the new funds to double its team and expand its service.
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