Alastair Goldfisher

Fertility care services provider Future Family raises $10 mln led by Aspect Ventures

San Francisco-based Future Family, a provider of fertility care services, has raised $10 million in a Series A round of funding led by Aspect Ventures. Also participating in the round are iNovia Capital, BBG Ventures, LaunchCapital, Ulu Ventures and Portfolia's FemTech Fund. Future Family, which provides a monthly payment service for such fertility services as egg freezing, in vitro fertilization and concierge care, has now raised $14.2 million in total funding. As part of the latest round, Aspect Ventures Partner Lauren Kolodny will join the board.

Oakhouse leads $9 mln seed round for Austin-based 3D printing homebuilder ICON

Austin, Texas-based ICON, which builds affordable homes using 3D-printing technology, robotics and advanced materials, announced it has raised $9 million in seed-stage funding. Oakhouse Partners led the large seed funding, which also included national homebuilder D.R. Horton; Emaar, a large Middle East developer; Texas startup accelerator Capital Factory; CAZ Investments; Cielo Property Group; Engage Ventures; MicroVentures; Saturn Five; Shadow Ventures; Trust Ventures; Verbena Road Holdings; and Vulcan Capital, the multi-billion dollar investment arm of the late Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen.

Crux Informatics raises $20 mln Series B

Crux Informatics, a data engineering and information supply chain operator, announced it raised $20 million in a Series B round of funding. The financing includes recent investor Two Sigma, as well as follow-on investments from Goldman Sachs’ Principal Strategic Investment Group and Citi, among others previous investors. Crux, which has teams in New York and San Francisco, raised a $10 million Series A round in late 2017.

East Coast LP Tiger Iron opens SF office, adds MP

Moonshots raises $20 mln for its inaugural fund

Moonshots Capital, a seed-stage venture firm founded by military veterans and serial entrepreneurs-turned VCs, announced it has raised $19 million for its inaugural fund. LPs include Dave McCormick, Co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates. The firm, led by Managing Partners Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings, has offices in Los Angeles, California and Austin, Texas. Moonshots said it has already invested in four deals, including cybersecurity company New Knowledge and business travel booking provider Shep.

Edison Partners has growth spurt, closes its largest fund

Marketplace G2 Crowd raises $55 mln led by IVP

Chicago-based G2 Crowd, which operates a marketplace for businesses to buy and manage software and services, announced it has raised $55 million in a Series C round of funding. IVP led the round, which included participation from Emergence Capital and returning investor Accel. The latest investment brings the company’s total fundraising to date to $100 million. As part of the financing, Jules Maltz from IVP has joined the board.

Seattle cloud security company Shujinko raises $2.8 mln

Seattle-based Shujinko, which provides automation technology for the construction and auditing of cloud environments, announced it has raised $2.8 million in seed funding from Unusual Ventures, Defy, Vulcan Capital, PSL Ventures and Vas Ventures. Sujal Patel, the founder of Isilon Systems, and Andrew Peterson and Zane Lackey, co-founders of web application security leader Signal Sciences, also participated in the round. The company was incubated at startup studio Pioneer Square Labs. Shujinko co-founders Scott Schwan, CEO, and Matt Wells, CTO, previously worked at Starbucks and at mobile payments provider Cardfree.

Kentucky LED startup Lumenari raises $3 mln

Lexington, Kentucky-based Lumenari, provider of LED phosphors for LCD displays, announced it has raised a $3 million Series A round of funding from TJ Rodgers, Jeremy Blank, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Hanover Partners. The company, founded in 2013, previously raised $1.3 million in seed funding. As part of the latest round, Rodgers and Blank have joined the board.

Greylock leads funding in Demisto

Cupertino, California-based Demisto, a provider of a security operations platform, announced it has raised $43 million in Series C funding. Greylock Partners led the round, which included previous investors Accel Partners, ClearSky Security and others. The company, founded in 2015, has now raised $69 million in total funding. As part of the latest round, Sarah Guo, general partner at Greylock, has joined the board.