Flyover Capital has raised about $46 million for its debut tech fund, according to an SEC filing. Based in Leawood, Kansas, Flyover's portfolio companies include Abodo, Agrible and Bulu Box.
1 min read · 03 January 2017
European fintech startup Monese has secured $10 million in funding, according to a blog post on its site. The investors included Anthemis Exponential Ventures, Korea Investment Partners and STE Capital.
1 min read · 03 January 2017
Proterra, a maker of zero-emission vehicles that enable bus fleet operators to eliminate the dependency on fossil fuels, has raised $140 million in funding. The investors included Tao Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins, GM Ventures, Constellation Technology Ventures, 88 Green Ventures and Edison Energy Inc.
1 min read · 03 January 2017
Versant Ventures has closed its oversubscribed sixth healthcare-focused fund at a hard cap of $400 million. Fund VI will target between 20 and 25 biotech companies in the U.S., Canada and Europe. The firm is expected to deploy its initial investment from the fund in the first quarter of this year.
3 min read · 03 January 2017
San Mateo, California-based EverString, a predictive marketing and predictive sales SaaS company, has promoted co-founder and President J.J. Kardwell to CEO. He will also join the company's board of directors. Prior to co-founding EverString, Kardwell was a partner at Summit Partners. Everstring's backers include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, IDG Ventures and Lakestar.
3 min read · 03 January 2017
Alpha Venture Partners has raised $18.35 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The target was not specified in the document although a previous news item reported it to be $100 million.
1 min read · 30 December 2016
Data Collective has raised $212 million for its fourth fund, according to an SEC filing. Its previous fund closed at almost $140 million. The venture firm, based in Palo Alto and San Francisco, California, invests in big data companies.
1 min read · 30 December 2016
California-based Energy Transformation Investors has hit its inaugural fund's $4 million target, according to an SEC filing. Alan Boyce is listed as an executive officer in the document.
1 min read · 29 December 2016
Los Angeles-based Embark Ventures is seeking to raise $50 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing. Peter Lee and Yipeng Zhao are both listed in the document as managing members of the general partner.
1 min read · 29 December 2016
Core Innovation Capital has raised over $71 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $75 million. The Los Angeles-based venture firm focuses on companies that provide financial products.
1 min read · 29 December 2016
