Private Equity
Austin, Texas-based Billd, a fintech startup, has raised $60 million in funding. The investor was LL Funds.
1 min read · 30 January 2019
Kinestral Technologies Inc, a developer and manufacturer of Halio, an advanced smart-tinting glass product for buildings and homes, has raised over $100 million in Series D funding. SK Holdings led the round with participation from 5AM Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate, Capricorn Investment Group and Versant Ventures.
1 min read · 30 January 2019
New York City-based dv01, a hub between lenders and capital markets, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Pivot Investment Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Regions Financial Corp, Quantum Strategic Partners Ltd, Jefferies Financial Group Inc, Illuminate Financial Management and OCA Ventures.
3 min read · 30 January 2019
Foresite, a managed security and cyber-consulting services provider, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Elsewhere Partners.
1 min read · 30 January 2019
Israel and San Jose, California-based Pliops, a provider of cloud storage solutions, has secured $30 million in Series B funding. SoftBank Ventures Asia led the round with participation from investors that included Intel Capital, State of Mind Ventures, Viola Ventures, Western Digital Capital and Xilinx Inc.
1 min read · 30 January 2019
Platin, a decentralized proof-of-location protocol has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was EOS Global's EOS ecosystem fund, a partnership fund of Block.one's EOS VC investment unit.
1 min read · 30 January 2019
Austin, Texas-based RigUp, a marketplace for on-demand services and labor for the energy industry, has raised $60 million in Series C funding. Founders Fund led the round with participation from other investors that included Quantum Energy Partners, Global Reserve Group and Bedrock Capital.
1 min read · 30 January 2019
Mountain View, California-based Fortanix, a runtime encryption solutions provider, has secured $23 million in Series B funding. Intel Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Foundation Capital and Neotribe. In addition to the funding, Sunil Kurkure of Intel Capital will join the Fortanix's board of directors.
1 min read · 30 January 2019
San Jose, California-based Aporeto Inc, a cloud-native security company, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Comcast Ventures led the round with participation from Wing VC and Norwest Venture Partners.
1 min read · 30 January 2019
Chicago-based Packback, an education technology company, has raised $2.5 million in funding. University Ventures led the round with participation from Hyde Park Angels.
1 min read · 29 January 2019
