Filament, a provider of wireless industrial networks, has received $15 million in new venture financing, bringing its total funding to $21.8 million. The new round was led by Verizon Ventures and Bullpen Capital. New investors include Intel Capital, JetBlue Technology Ventures, CME Ventures, Flex technology accelerator program Lab IX, Backstage Capital, and Tappan Hill Ventures. Previous investors Samsung NEXT, Resonant Venture Partners, and Digital Currency Group also partic

Kinsa, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of smart thermometers, raised $17m in financing. Backers included GSR Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, FirstMark Capital and others. The company, which has raised $28.6m in total financing, intends to use the capital to develop additional smart products and services. Led by Inder Singh, founder and CEO, Kinsa offers a suite of smart products and services, including its family of smartphone-connected thermometers, which recor