New York and San Francisco-based Knock, a home trade-in platform, has secured $400 million in funding. Foundry Group led the round with participation from return backers RRE Ventures, Corazon Capital, WTI, FJ Labs and Company Ventures. In addition to the funding, Foundry Group Partner Seth Levine joined Knock’s board of directors.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Pico Venture Partners has raised over $62.5 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. No target was listed in the document. Pico invests in Israeli entrepreneurs.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Goodyear, Arizona-based CheckpointID, an ID verification company in the multifamily space, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding. RET Ventures led the round.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Israel and New York City-based Tyto Care, a telehealth company, has raised $9 million in funding. The investors included Sanford Health, Itochu and Shenzhen Capital Group (and its affiliates).
1 min read · 16 January 2019
BlueRun Ventures, an early-stage venture firm, has closed its sixth fund at $130 million. The fund will focus on mobile software and services, financial technology and digital health.
2 min read · 16 January 2019
PowerDot, a app-based smart muscle stimulation device, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Next Ventures.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Xpansiv, "a bridge between commodity-production systems and global markets," has raised $10 million in Series A funding. BP Ventures, Avista Development, S&P Global and Energy Innovation Capital led the round.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Silicon Valley-based Teklon, a cloud platform that offers automotive retail technology, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. Alliance Ventures, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi's venture capital arm, was the investor.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Austin, Texas-based Outdoorsy, an outdoor recreation marketplace, has raised $50 million in Series C funding. Greenspring Associates led the round with participation from Aviva Ventures, Altos Ventures, AutoTech Ventures and Tandem Capital.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Everfi Inc, an edtech company, has named Ellen Patterson as chief operating officer. Previously, she was the company's chief revenue and partnership officer. Everfi's backers include Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Twitter founder Evan Williams, TPG Growth, The Rise Fund and Advance Publications.
3 min read · 16 January 2019
