Friday, January 19, 2007

VC Deals Today

Workshare, a London-based provider of secure content compliance solutions, has raised $23 million in Series B funding. Backers include Steelpoint Capital Partners, Intel Capital and Quester. www.workshare.com

Player X, a UK-based mobile gaming and entertainment company, has raised Gbp5 million in second-round funding. Nordic Venture Partners and Long Acre Partners were joined by previous backer Arts Alliance. www.playerx.com

Chegg.com, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based online marketplace for college students, has raised $2.2 million in Series A funding from Gabriel Venture Partners and seed backer Mike Maples. The news was first reported by BusinessWeek. www.chegg.com

InovaWave Inc., an Austin, Texas-based maker of software that improves server and desktop virtual machine performance, has raised $2 million in Series A funding from Silverton Partners. www.inovawave.com

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