SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund is investing $2 billion in South Korea’s top e-commerce firm Coupang, the retailer said on Tuesday, as the loss-making startup girds for battle against rivals backed by the country’s cash-rich chaebol.
3 min read · 20 November 2018
Tel Aviv-based Alcide, a provider of cloud-native security platform, has secured $7 million in Series A funding. The investors were CE Ventures, Intel Capital and Elron. In addition to the funding, Ben Weiss, a partner at CE Ventures, will join Alcide's board.
4 min read · 20 November 2018
Nubundle, a holistic family planning and fertility services company, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was NFP Ventures.
1 min read · 20 November 2018
Genesis Innovation Group's Cultivate(MD) has made an investment in Wheaton, Illinois-based Medical Ingenuities LLC, a medical device company. No financial terms were disclosed.
1 min read · 20 November 2018
Stilla Technologies, a European provider of digital PCR solutions for high precision genetic analysis, has closed $18 million in Series A financing. Illumina Ventures led the round with participation from Kurma Partners, LBO France, BNP Paribas Développement, Paris Saclay Seeds and Idinvest Partners. In addition to the financing, Nick Naclerio of Illumina Ventures, Philippe Peltier of Kurma Partners and Philippe Chambon of LBO France have joined Stilla's board of directors.
1 min read · 20 November 2018
Madison, Wisconsin-based Understory, a weather network and analytics company, has secured $7.5 million in funding. The lead investor was 4490 Ventures.
1 min read · 20 November 2018
Berlin-based Zenjob, an-demand staffing platform, has secured 15 million euros in Series B funding. AXA Venture Partners led the round.
1 min read · 20 November 2018
Austin, Texas-based ClearDATA, a security and compliance expert in the healthcare cloud, has raised $26 million in financing. The investors included Humana Inc, Health Care Service Corporation, Norwest Venture Partners, Merck GHIF, Excel Venture Management, Heritage Group, HLM Venture Partners and Flare Capital Partners.
1 min read · 20 November 2018
Eagan, Minnesota-based Jump Technologies, a hospital supply chain solutions provider, has secured $2 million in funding, bringing its total Series B round to $5.5 million. Black Granite Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Mount Sinai Ventures.
1 min read · 19 November 2018
Enboarder, a Sydney, Australia-based human resources tech startup, has secured $4 million in funding. Greycroft led the round with participation from Our Innovation Fund.
1 min read · 19 November 2018
