St. Louis, Missouri-based swimwear brand Summersalt has secured $6.1 million in Series A funding. Founders Fund led the round with participation from other investors that included Lewis and Clark Ventures, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Dundee Venture Capital, Breakout Capital, Cultivation Capital, Victress Capital, Amplifyher Ventures, M25 and Giuliana and Bill Rancic.
3 min read · 25 October 2018
Boston-based Teikametrics, a retail optimization platform for retailers, brands and agencies on Amazon, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Granite Point Capital, Jump Capital and FJ Labs led the round.
1 min read · 25 October 2018
Assembled Brands, which finances emerging consumer goods brands, has raised $100 million in funding. The investor was Oaktree Capital Management LP.
3 min read · 25 October 2018
Arctic Wolf Networks, a security operations center-as-a-service company, has raised $45 million in Series C funding, Future Fund led the round with participation from Adams Street, Unusual Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sonae Investment Management and Knollwood Investment Advisory LLC.
1 min read · 25 October 2018
Israeli venture firm Jerusalem Venture Partners has named Joy Marcus as a venture partner focused on digital media. A former executive at Conde Nast, Marcus will be based in New York City.
3 min read · 25 October 2018
Chinese lending platform Pintec has raised $44.3 million for its IPO after pricing its 3.725 million shares at $11.88 per share. The stock will trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PT." Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc and Citigroup Global Markets Inc are the lead underwriters. Pintec's backers include Ventech China and Xiaomi Ventures.
3 min read · 25 October 2018
Dash Radio, a digital radio platform, has raised $8.8 million in funding. The investors included Nimble Ventures, Slow Ventures, Lazerow Ventures, Muzik, Arab Angel, G Ventures and Lindzon Capital Partners.
1 min read · 25 October 2018
London-based Hackajob, a tech talent recruitment platform, has raised $6.7 million in funding. AXA Venture Partners led the round with participation from Downing Ventures.
4 min read · 25 October 2018
Redwood City, California-based Area 1 Security, a provider of cybersecurity solutions, has raised $32 million in Series C funding. Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation from other investors that included Icon Ventures, DCVC, Top Tier Capital, Allegis Cyber and Epic Ventures.
3 min read · 25 October 2018
London-based ROTA, a staffing app, has raised 1.8 million pounds in funding. The investors were not named.
2 min read · 25 October 2018