Third Rock Ventures LLC has appointed Sarah Larson as a partner and chief human resources officer. Previously, Larson worked at Foundation Medicine where she was senior vice president of human resources.
3 min read · 26 January 2017
San Francisco-based ForgeRock, a open platform provider of digital identity management solutions, has named David DeWalt as vice chairman of its board of directors. DeWalt is the executive chairman of FireEye. ForgeRock is backed by Accel Partners, Foundation Capital and Meritech Capital.
3 min read · 26 January 2017
Berlin-based data startup Dalia has secured $7 million in Series A funding. Balderton Capital led the round with participation from return backers Wellington Partners and IBB-Bet.
4 min read · 26 January 2017
Skinjay, a French maker of shower micro-nebulization devices, has raised 3.5 million euros in funding. The investor was Seventure Partners.
2 min read · 26 January 2017
Doctolib, a booking platform for doctors in Europe, has secured 26 million euros in Series C funding. Bpifrance led the round with participation from other investors that included Accel and Nicolas Brusson, co-founder of BlaBlaCar.
4 min read · 26 January 2017
Intelligence machines startup Kindred Systems Inc has named Jim Liefer as chief operating officer. Previously, Liefer was One Kings Lane’s COO. Kindred's backers included Eclipse, GV, Data Collective, First Round Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, 11.2 Capital, Bold Capital Partners, Innovation Endeavors and Bloomberg Beta.
2 min read · 25 January 2017
Energy Impact Partners has named Don Wood as a venture partner and West Coast adviser. Currently, Wood is a venture partner at DFJ.
2 min read · 25 January 2017
Amiti Capital has raised $37.78 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $75 million. Based in Israel and Evanston, Illinois, Amiti invests in early-stage Israel tech companies.
1 min read · 25 January 2017
Silicon Valley-based OZY Media, an online magazine, has secured $10 million in funding. GSV Capital led the round with participation from previous backers Axel Springer and Emerson Collective.
4 min read · 25 January 2017
Palo Alto, California-based SentinelOne, a cybersecurity company, has secured $70 million in Series C funding. Redpoint Ventures led the round with participation from Sound Ventures, Third Point Ventures, Data Collective, Granite Hill Capital Partners, Westly Group and SineWave Ventures. In addition to the funding, Tom Dyal, a partner at Redpoint Ventures, has been added to SentinelOne's board of directors.
3 min read · 25 January 2017