Existing investor Liberty Global Ventures contributed to a round that pushed the software deployment technology provider's total funding to at least $157m.

US-based software retail technology provider Pax8 secured $96m yesterday from investors including Liberty Global Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of mass media group Liberty Global.

Growth equity firm Catalyst Investors and investment firm Sageview Capital co-led the round, which also featured Blue Cloud Ventures, a growth equity firm described – like Liberty Global Ventures – as an existing investor.

Formerly known as Nuage 8, Pax8 produces technology that helps its customers buy and sell cloud software products. Its offering…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.