New York-based K Health, a primary care app, has raised $12.5 million in financing. The investors were Mangrove Capital Partners, Lerer Hippeau, Primary Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Max Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Comcast Ventures.
1 min read · 18 July 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Rubius Therapeutics, a creator of cellular therapies, has debuted its IPO after pricing its over 10.4 million shares at $23 per share. The stock began trading July 18, 2018 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "RUBY." J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Jefferies and Leerink Partners are the lead underwriters. Rubius' pre-IPO backers include Flagship Pioneering.
2 min read · 18 July 2018
Culver City, California-based Pocket.watch, a children's media brand, has secured $15 million Series B funding. Viacom led the round with participation from other investors that included Greycroft and UTA Ventures.
1 min read · 18 July 2018
FRVR, a Malta-based games publisher, has secured $3 million in seed funding. Accel led the round.
1 min read · 18 July 2018
San Jose, California-based Swim.ai, an edge intelligence software firm, has secured $11 million in Series B funding, according to a blog post. Cambridge Innovation Capital led the round.
1 min read · 18 July 2018
The Ken, an India-based business news site, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding, according to an announcement on its site. Omidyar Network led the round.
1 min read · 18 July 2018
Swivel, an online service where companies can find and design their own plug-and-play workspace and pay for it on flexible terms, has raised $4.75 million in seed funding. First Round Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Fuel Capital, Correlation Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hack VC, Capital Factory, Abstract Ventures, Floodgate and Next Coast Ventures.
1 min read · 18 July 2018
Analytic Ventures, a venture studio fund focused on artificial intelligence, has formed its advisory board. Juergen Stark, CEO of Turtle Beach, is joining as chief adviser. Among those joining Stark are Stephen Gold, chief technology and digital operations officer for Hudson's Bay Company and Ilkay Altintas, chief data science officer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
4 min read · 18 July 2018
Centivo, a new type of self-funded health plan, has raised $34 million in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included from F-Prime Capital Partners, Maverick Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Ingleside Investors, Rand Capital, Grand Central Tech Ventures and Oxeon Investments.
1 min read · 18 July 2018
Greycroft has raised $250 million for its fifth fund. As with its previous funds, Greycroft will focus on B2B and B2C internet and mobile companies.
3 min read · 18 July 2018
