Spain-based Hundredrooms, a vacation rental search engine, has secured 4 million euros in funding, according to a blog post on its site. Seaya Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Media Digital, Atresmedia, Bankinter and Inveready.
1 min read · 27 March 2017
San Francisco-based Lightform, a developer of a computer for projected augmented reality, has raised $2.6 million in seed funding. The investors included Lux Capital, Seven Seas Partners and the National Science Foundation.
1 min read · 27 March 2017
San Francisco-based Twist Bioscience, a provider of DNA synthesis, has secured $33 million in funding. The investors in this round were not named.
1 min read · 27 March 2017
Cloudvirga, an intelligent mortgage platform developer, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Blackstone-backed Incenter led the round.
1 min read · 27 March 2017
Phoenix Venture Partners LLC has closed its second flagship venture fund at an undisclosed sum. PVP II LP's limited partners include Pfizer Inc., 3M, Corning Incorporated, Eastman Chemical Company, Solvay Group S.A., Showa Denko K. K. and W. L. Gore & Associates. The fund will focus on advanced materials startups.
2 min read · 27 March 2017
Westlake Village, California-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, which is focused on medical dermatology and aesthetics, has hired Richard Peterson as chief financial officer. Previously, Peterson worked at Novan Inc where he served as CFO. Sienna backers included ARCH Venture Partners, Partner Fund Management, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Venvest Capital and Two River.
3 min read · 24 March 2017
San Jose, California-based Paradata, a provider of transparency solutions for the supply chain industry, has closed $10 million in Series A1 funding. The investors were SAP.iO, Richmond Global and PivotNorth.
1 min read · 24 March 2017
Singapore-based Carro, an online car buying and selling marketplace, has secured $12 million in funding. The investors included Venturra, Singtel Innnov8, Golden Gate Ventures and Alpha JWC, according to someone familiar with the firm.
3 min read · 24 March 2017
San Francisco-based Mashape, a provider of application programming interfaces for companies, has raised $18 million in Series B funding, according to a blog post. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from return backers CRV and Index Ventures.
1 min read · 24 March 2017
Salt Lake City-based Big Squid, a provider of predictive analytics and machine learning, has secured $3 million in seed funding. Silverton Partners and Kickstart Seed Fund led the round.
1 min read · 24 March 2017
