Israel-based Cannabi-Tech Ltd, a provider of medical cannabis quality control testing systems, has secured $1 million in seed funding. Cannabi-Tech's investors include Agrinnovation.
1 min read · 01 February 2017
Durham, North Carolina-based GoldenKey, a digital real estate platform, has raised $1.75 million in funding. The investors included Lowe's Ventures and NFX Guild.
4 min read · 01 February 2017
Clarus and the Global Health Investment Fund have invested $25 million into PATH, an international nonprofit organization that focuses on saving lives and improving health, especially among women and children. The capital will be used to aid PATH's efforts to address intestinal worms.
6 min read · 31 January 2017
Illuminate Ventures has appointed Jim Dai as a venture partner. Dai is a former chief technology officer of Coupang and was the founder and CEO of Calm Sea Inc, a portfolio company of Illuminate Ventures. Also, the early-stage venture firm has added Caretha Coleman, Earl Fry and Donna Petkanics to its business advisory council.
4 min read · 31 January 2017
Eventbrite has acquired Amsterdam-based Ticketscript, a self-service ticketing provider. No financial terms were disclosed. Eventbrite's backers include Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global and T. Rowe Price.
3 min read · 31 January 2017
Third Kind Venture Capital has raised $44.3 million for its inaugural fund, according to an SEC filing. The New York City-based venture firm makes early-stage investments in the finance and financial services sector.
1 min read · 31 January 2017
Knock, an online home-selling platform, has raised $32.5 million in Series A funding. RRE Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Redpoint, Greycroft, Correlation Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, FJ Labs and Corazon.
4 min read · 31 January 2017
SmartRecruiters Inc has acquired Berlin-based job board startup Jobspotting. No financial terms were disclosed. SmartRecruiters' backers include Mayfield, Salesforce Ventures and Insight Venture Partners.
3 min read · 31 January 2017
Tel Aviv-based Feedvisor, an algo-commerce company, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. General Catalyst led the round with participation from other backers that included Peg Capital, Jal Ventures, Oryzn Capital and Titanium Investments. In conjunction with the funding, Larry Bohn, a managing director at General Catalyst, has been added to the Feedvisor board.
1 min read · 31 January 2017
Los Angeles-based Radish, a mobile fiction startup, has raised $3 million in seed financing. Greylock, Lowercase Capital, Softbank Next Media Innovation Fund, UTA, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and Sherpa Capital led the round with participation from other backers that included bestselling author Amy Tan and ITV Chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette. In addition to the funding, Larry Kirshbaum, an ex-CEO of Time Warner Book Group, will become a senior adviser to Radish while Ankur Jain, vice president of product at Tinder, has been appointed to the Radish board.
1 min read · 31 January 2017
