Deals & More: Wanderfly lands $1M for personalized vacation recommendations, RentJuice gets $6.3M for real-time rental data
Today’s funding announcements include sites that help users find a place to live at home and on vacation:
Wanderfly brings in $1M to simplify vacation planning: The travel recommendation site has raised a funding round led by Charles River Ventures to help users plan and book vacations. The site, currently in beta, makes destination suggestions after users answer a series of questions about budget, interests and timing. The New York-based startup has already partnered with Hotels.com and is in the process of partnering with members-only vacation site Jetsetter.
RentJuice grabs $6.3M for rental property tools: The San Francisco-based startup has raised a new round of funding from Highland Capital Partners and Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson for its real estate management platform, according to a filing with the SEC. The company’s service, currently available in Chicago, Miami, Boston and New York City, connects property managers, brokers and renters online to streamline the process of advertising, lease paperwork and rentals.
Nicira Networks raises $26M for enterprise network virtualization: The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company, founded by researchers at Stanford University and the University of California, has raised $26M of an expected $47M in third round funding, according to a filing with the SEC. New investors in the company, which develops software to transition data centers to the cloud, include Lightspeed Venture Partners and NEA.
Offermobi gets $1M to deliver mobile ads: The mobile marketing network has raised a first funding round led by ARC Angel Fund for its performance-based ad campaigns. Launched in April 2010, the New York-based startup has generated more than 3M clicks per month from mobile users for actions like lead generation and connecting to a call center.







