Flare Capital Partners is seeking to raise $200 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The Boston-based firm backs early-stage and emerging healthcare technology companies.
1 min read · 01 August 2018
Santa Barbara, California-based Apeel Sciences, a developer of food-based coatings, has secured $70 million in financing. Viking Global Investors led the round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Upfront Ventures and S2G Ventures. In addition to funding, Walter Robb, former co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, will join Apeel's board of directors.
4 min read · 01 August 2018
Israel and New York City-based Hysolate, a cyber security startup, has raised named Jeff Fisher as vice president of sales and alliances. Fisher is a former vice president of strategic alliances at KEMP Technologies. Hysolate is backed by Team8 and Innovation Endeavors.
3 min read · 01 August 2018
California Dreamin’, a cannabis soda brand, has secured $2.3 million in funding. The investors included Y Combinator and Paul Buchheit, creator of Gmail.
1 min read · 01 August 2018
San Francisco-based ZecOps Inc, a stealth-mode cyber security startup, has secured $3.5 million in seed funding. KPN Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Evolution Equity Partners, Plug and Play Silicon Valley, WISE Ventures and Array Ventures.
1 min read · 01 August 2018
San Francisco-based Labelbox, a data labeling platform, has raised $3.9 million in seed financing. Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation from First Round Capital and Google's new AI fund, Gradient Ventures.
1 min read · 01 August 2018
Palo Alto, California and Hong Kong-based Yellowbrick Data, a provider of data warehousing, has raised $44 million in Series A funding. The investors were DFJ, GV, Menlo Ventures, Samsung Ventures and Third Point Ventures.
1 min read · 01 August 2018
Dallas-based Fetch, an off-site package solution for apartment buildings, has secured $3 million in seed funding. Silverton Partners led the round. In addition to the financing, Kip McClanahan of Silverton will join Fetch's board of directors.
1 min read · 01 August 2018
San Francisco-based Test.ai, a provider of automated mobile application testing solutions, has secured $11 million in Series A funding. Gradient Ventures, Google's AI-focused venture fund, led the round with participation from e.ventures, Uncork Capital and Zetta Venture Partners.
1 min read · 01 August 2018
Palo Alto, California-based ThoughtSpot, a provider of search and AI-driven analytics for businesses, has named Sudheesh Nair as its new CEO. He was president of Nutanix. ThoughtSpot's backers include Lightspeed Ventures, Future Fund, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst and Sapphire Ventures.
4 min read · 01 August 2018
