Sunday, November 16, 2014

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place
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Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share.


League raises $4M


League, a service for people to discover, manage, and store information and data about their health, health care providers, and from wearable devices, announced that it has raised $4 million in seed funding. The company will launch its service in 2015, and is based in Toronto, Canada. OMERS Ventures led the round, with Infinite Potential Technologies LP, Foundation Capital, and Real Ventures also participating.


Read more: Press release


Google Glass rival LaForge Optical nabs $1.1M for its prescription smart glasses


While Google Glass is cool and all, you still have to double up if your eyesight is bad. Not so with LaForge Optical’s stylish smart glasses, which feature prescription lenses. And today the startup announced that it’s raising a fresh $1.1 million in seed funding to further develop its technology and future product lines. As you’ll recall, we first heard from LaForge last year when it launched a very successful Indiegogo campaign that it yanked prior to its funding goal date after securing seed funding. (Because no one wants to pull a Zach Braff.)


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This list will be updated with breaking funding news all day. Check back for more.


 


Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

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