Maven Ventures is seeking to raise $50 million for its third fund, according to an SEC filing. The Palo Alto, California-based venture firm invests in consumer software and mobile startups.
1 min read · 26 October 2018
Boston-based DataRobot, a enterprise machine learning platform, has raised $100 million in Series D funding. Meritech and Sapphire Ventures led the round. In addition to the funding, Meritech’s Rob Ward and Sapphire’s Jai Das have joined DataRobot's board of directors.
1 min read · 26 October 2018
Lorem, a platform that connects business owners to a curated, professional network of freelance website designers and developers, has secured $2.5 million in funding. Flybridge Capital Partners led the round with participation from HubSpot, FJ Labs and Fresco Capital.
1 min read · 26 October 2018
Santa Monica, California-based Pathmatics, a marketing intelligence platform, has secured $3 million in funding. The investors were Mintel and SPH Ventures.
1 min read · 26 October 2018
Gradient, which help brands bring machine learning to Amazon marketing, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Flying Fish Partners led the round with participation from PSL Ventures, MDC Ventures and Black Jays Investments.
1 min read · 26 October 2018
Galecto Biotech AB, a developer of galectin modulators for the treatment of severe diseases, has raised 79 million euros in Series C financing. The investors included Novo Seeds, M Ventures, Sunstone Capital, Ysios Capital, OrbiMed, HBM Healthcare Investments, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Maverick Ventures and Seventure Partners. As a result of the transaction, Novo Seeds is now the largest shareholder in Galecto.
1 min read · 26 October 2018
Fleksy Keyboard, a private smartphone keyboard, has raised $815,119 from 446 investors via its latest equity crowdfunding campaign. The capital will be used for growth.
1 min read · 26 October 2018
Strategic Education Inc, an education services holding company, has launched SEI Ventures, a seed-stage venture fund that will back education tech startups. SEI Ventures has already made its first investment: $500,000 in ecree, an automated assessment tool that helps students improve their writing.
4 min read · 26 October 2018
Bessemer Venture Partners has launched an $1.85 billion fund. BVP X will focus on investing in early-stage tech companies.
3 min read · 25 October 2018
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Sitka Biopharma, a preclinical biotechnology company, has raised $1.9 million in funding. The investors were Quark Venture Inc. and GF Securities. The capital will be used to complete Sitka's clinical trials for a drug that treats bladder cancer.
1 min read · 25 October 2018
