Iris Dorbian

WireWheel grabs $10 mln Series A

Arlington, Virginia-based WireWheel, a software-as-a-service platform "that modernizes global data privacy compliance," has raised $10 million in Series A funding. New Enterprise Associates and PSP Growth led the round.

Infoworks attracts $25 mln Series C

Palo Alto, California-based Infoworks, a software platform provider for agile data engineering, has raised $25 million in Series C funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from return backers Nexus Venture Partners and Centerview Capital Technology.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals amasses $80 mln

Montreal-based Milestone Pharmaceuticals, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing interventions for tachycardias, has closed $80 million in financing. RTW Investments LP led the round with participation from other investors that included Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, Boxer Capital of Tavistock Group, Novo Holdings A/S, Forbion, funds managed by Tekla Capital Management LLC, Domain Associates, BDC Capital, Pappas Capital, GO Capital and Fonds de solidarité FTQ.

UK hybrid accelerator and venture firm K&T Capital locks in funding

UK-based K&T Capital, a hybrid accelerator and venture firm, has raised 20 million euros in funding. The investors were not named.

Cannabis retail and brand development firm 4Front rakes in $31 mln

4Front, a U.S. cannabis retail and brand development company, has raised about $31 million in a private placement. Toronto-based investment banking firm Eight Capital was the lead agent and bookrunner on the transaction. 4Front will use the capital infusion for personnel hiring, the buildout of its dispensaries and cultivation facilities in multiple states and for M&A opportunities. 4Front has offices in Chicago, Phoenix, Boston, and Washington, DC.

89Bio nabs $60 mln Series A

San Francisco and Israel-based 89Bio, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and other liver and metabolic disorders, has raised $60 million in Series A financing. OrbiMed Israel, OrbiMed US and Longitude Capital led the round with participation from RA Capital Management and Pontifax.

VC-backed BetterUp hires Wolf as CMO

San Francisco-based BetterUp, a leadership development platform, appointed Deborah Wolf as chief marketing officer. Previously, she was a vice president of corporate marketing at Workday. BetterUp's backers include Lightspeed Venture Partners, DFJ, Freetyle Capital and Crosslink Capital.

UiPath adds two VC execs to board

UiPath, an enterprise robotic process automation software company, has named Carl Eschenbach and S. Somasegar to its board. Eschenbach is a partner at Sequoia Capital while Somasegar is a managing director at Madrona Venture Group. UiPath is backed by Accel, CapitalG, Credo Ventures, Earlybird’s Digital East Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Seedcamp and Sequoia.

Innovusion picks up $30 mln Series A

Silicon Valley-based Innovusion, a developer of LiDAR technology for the autonomous vehicle markets, has raised about $30 million in Series A funding. The investors included NIO Capital, Eight Roads Ventures and F-Prime Capital.

VergeSense procures $1.5 mln

San Francisco-based VergeSense, a provider of an AI-powered sensor-as-a-service platform for commercial real estate, has raised $1.5 million in funding. JLL Spark led the round with participation from Bolt and Pathbreaker Ventures.