Peerspace, an online marketplace for "unique and undiscovered" locations, has raised $11 million in funding, according to a blog post on its site. The investors were Foundation Capital, Mitsui Fudosan, Carthona Capital and Red Bridge Partners.
1 min read · 07 March 2017
Lincoln, Nebraska-based Epicrop Technologies Inc, an agricultural biotech company, has raised $3.2 million in Series A funding. The investors were TechAccel, North Forty Ventures, Nelnet, Speedway Properties and Allen & Company.
3 min read · 07 March 2017
Chicago-based venture firm Ringleader Ventures has appointed Tony Burke to co-lead Oper8, its third venture fund focusing on healthcare providers. Burke is the former president and CEO of American Hospital Associate Solutions.
2 min read · 07 March 2017
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company targeting neurological diseases, including rare disorders, has closed the second tranche of its $80 million private placement. Venrock was the lead investor. Other participants in the financing included Vivo Capital, RA Capital Management, Aisling Capital, Rock Springs Capital, John W. Childs, Greg Bailey, Knoll Capital Management, Osage University Partners, Aperture Venture Partners, Connecticut Innovations and Litmore Capital.
3 min read · 07 March 2017
San Francisco-based Velano Vascular, which is focused on lowering the pain, risk, and inefficiencies of vascular access and blood collection practices, has raised $17 million in funding. Prior investors included First Round Capital, Griffin Hospital, Kapor Capital, Safeguard Scientifics, Sutter Health, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and White Owl Capital.
3 min read · 07 March 2017
Israel-based LawGeex, an artificial intelligence contract review platform for businesses, has raised $7 million in Series A funding. The investors included Recruit Holdings, Lool Ventures and LionBird.
3 min read · 07 March 2017
Palo Alto, California-based Confluent, a streaming platform, has raised $50 million in Series C funding. Sequoia led the round with participation from return backers Benchmark and Index Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Matt Miller, a partner at Sequoia, has been added to the Confluent board.
4 min read · 07 March 2017
New York and Stockholm-based Qapital, a personal finance app, has secured $12 million in funding. The investors were Northzone, Anthemis Exponential Ventures, Industrifonden and Rocketship VC.
3 min read · 07 March 2017
UK-based satellite antenna developer Isotropic Systems has raised $5 million in funding. London venture firm Waterlow Management led the round.
1 min read · 06 March 2017
Boston-based First Star Venture Fund II LP is seeking to raise $50 million, according to an SEC filing. Andrew Volpe and Ruiyi Liu are listed as general partners on the document.
1 min read · 06 March 2017
