San Francisco-based, Good Eggs, provider of an online grocer and delivery service, announced it has raised $50 million in new funding led by Benchmark. Existing investors Index Ventures, Obvious Ventures, S2G Ventures, DNS Capital, Uprising and Collaborative Fund also participated. Benchmark General Partner Bill Gurley will join the company as part of the funding round.
4 min read · 15 May 2018
3 min read · 15 May 2018
Stuttgart, Germany-based AnyDesk, provider of remote desktop software, announced it has raised a Series A round of €6.5 million ($7.8 million). EQT Ventures led the round, with participation from angel investors, including Chris Hitchen, and existing investor Andreas Burike. The company was founded in 2014 by Philipp Weiser, Olaf Liebe and Andreas Mähler.
3 min read · 15 May 2018
Boston-based OpenView, an expansion-stage investor which has backed Balihoo, ExactTarget and Mashery, among others, has closed its fifth fund with $296.75 million in commitments, according to a regulatory filing. The commitments came from 23 investors, the filing reports. The firm was initially seeking $250 million, as reported last year, which is the same size as its fourth fund in 2014.
1 min read · 14 May 2018
Mountain View, California-based Qventus, a provider of AI-based software platform for hospital operations management, announced that it has secured $30 million in Series B funding from Bessemer Venture Partners. New York-Presbyterian Hospital also participated in the round with existing investors Mayfield and Norwest Venture Partners. As part of the funding round, Stephen Kraus, partner at Bessemer, has joined the board. The company, founded in 2012, has now raised more than $43 million in total funding.
1 min read · 14 May 2018
Grishin Robotics, which invests in robotics and hardware, has added Nuno Goncalves Pedro to its team as venture partner. Firm founder Dmitry Grishin wrote in a Medium blog post that Pedro will "provide leadership to the existing Grishin Robotics fund and contribute to the firm’s expansion." Pedro was the co-founder and managing partner of Strive Capital, an early-stage venture firm that backed KeepSafe and App Annie, among others.
1 min read · 12 May 2018
New York-based VidMob, provider of a video creation platform, announced it has raised an additional $6.4 million extension to its previously announced $7.5 million Series A round last year. Existing investors Manifest Growth, Interlock Partners, Acadia Woods and Macanta Investments participated in the round with new investor You & Mr Jones. The company, which was founded in 2014 and has opened a London office, has now raised $20 million in total funding.
3 min read · 11 May 2018
Bi-coastal venture firm CRV announced it has raised $600 million for its 17th fund. The firm raised near $400 million for its previous fund, which closed in 2014. The new vehicle will invest in early-stage tech, but with an additional mandate for growth investing. Fund XVII will focus on the enterprise, consumer and bioengineering sectors. Source: Medium blog post
1 min read · 11 May 2018
New York-based Life House, which operates as a boutique hotel company, announced it has raised $40 million in total funding, which includes $10 million in early-stage venture capital and $30 million in private equity. Backers include Henley Investments, Global Founders Capital, Comcast Ventures and Trinity Ventures. Life House was co-founded in 2017 by Rami Zeidan and Yury Yakubchyk.
4 min read · 09 May 2018
has raised a $14.2 million Series A financing round led by Intel Capital with additional investment from Ericsson Ventures, Mahindra Partners, Wipro Ventures and WI Harper. This funding brings the company's total investment to $23.5 million to date. Avaamo will use the latest funding to expand its sales and marketing to meet demand in the enterprise for conversational AI solutions in the growing global market.
5 min read · 08 May 2018
