Alastair Goldfisher

Mike Ghaffary joins Canvas Ventures as fourth general partner

API company Transposit raises $12.2 mln led by Sutter Hill Ventures

San Francisco-based Transposit, provider of an API composition platform that helps developers compose disparate APIs, announced it raised $12.2 million in a Series A round led by Sutter Hill Ventures. SignalFire and Unusual Ventures also participated in the round.

P&G's femtech deal: Donations to women and Fusion Fund's exit

Software testing provider Functionize raises $16 mln, led by Canvas

San Jose, California-based Functionize, creator of a cloud-based software testing solution, announced it has raised a $16 million Series A round led by Canvas Ventures. The round included undisclosed investors. As part of the funding, Canvas General Partner Gary Little has joined the board.

500 Startups Japan rebrands as Coral Capital

500 Startups Japan announced that it has raised its next fund under the new brand name of Coral Capital. The $45 million fund will involve the same people and continue to invest in seed-stage startups in Japan. The firm raised an oversubscribed $35 million fund for its inaugural effort in 2017 under the 500 Startups name. Founding Partner and CEO James Riney said in a blog post that the new fund was raised in less than three months.

Salesforce Ventures raises $50 mln Australian Fund

Salesforce Ventures, the corporate investment arm of Salesforce, announced it has launched the Australia Trailblazer Fund, a $50 million fund to back Australian startups. This is the CVC's third regional fund in the last year year, following the launch of a Canada Fund in May and a Japan Fund in December of last year.

Seed-focused Susa Ventures seeks $140 mln for two funds

Andreessen Horowitz taps GA's George as first GP solely focused on late-stage deals

500 Startups names S. Korea specialist Chae SF-based GP

Jobcase raises $100 mln led by Providence Equity Partners

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Jobcase, which operates a platform for the blue-collar-oriented workforce, announced it raised $100 million in growth equity led by Providence Strategic Growth. The company last year closed an $11.5 million round led by Providence and has now raised about $118 million total. Jobcase was founded in 2015 by Frederick Goff, a onetime trader and hedge fund manager who previously was CEO of Percipio Capital Management.