Balderton Capital has named Anna Thomsen as head of investor relations. Previously, Thomsen worked at Paulson & Co where she served as director of investor relations.
2 min read · 25 October 2016
Redwood City, California-based Paxata, an information platform for business consumers, has secured $33.5 million in funding. Intel Capital led the round with participation from Microsoft Ventures, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, AirTree Ventures and EDBI.
4 min read · 24 October 2016
Honeycomb, a TV and video ad management platform, has secured 3 million pounds in Series A funding. The investor was Beringea.
4 min read · 24 October 2016
Questa Capital Partners is seeking to raise $250 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing. Based in San Francisco, Questa will focus on companies in the healthcare services, digital health, medical device and biopharma sectors.
1 min read · 24 October 2016
RackN, a self-service software platform for composing and automating multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure lifecycle management, has secured funding from SK Ventures. No financial terms were disclosed.
1 min read · 24 October 2016
Coins, a Philippines-based digital payments and blockchain startup, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, managed by Quona Capital, led the round with participation from other investors that included Innovation Endeavors, Pantera Capital, Digital Currency Group, Wavemaker Labs, Global Brain, BeeNext and Rebright Partners.
1 min read · 24 October 2016
Seatrec is raising $1 million in funding on Propel(x)'s platform. The investors include Breakout Labs and Schmidt Marine Technology Partners. Based in Monrovia, California, Seatrec is an renewable energy company that develops "unique solutions for electricity production from temperature differences in the environment."
4 min read · 24 October 2016
Nozomi Networks, a provider of cybersecurity and operational visibility for industrial control systems, has closed $7.5 million in Series A financing. GGV Capital and Lux Capital led the round with participation from return backer Planven Investments SA. In addition to the funding, Glenn Solomon, a managing partner at GGV Capital and Bilal Zuberi, a partner at Lux Capital, have been added to Nozomi's board of directors.
4 min read · 24 October 2016
5AM Ventures Management LLC has expanded its team with three new additions. Joining the firm are Dr. David Allison as principal, Joe Victor as venture partner and Rebecca Lucia as chief financial officer. Previously, Allison was a principal at Versant Ventures while Lucia was chief financial officer at Prospect Venture Partners. Victor is the former CEO of 5AM portfolio companies DVS Sciences (which was acquired by Fluidigm) and Startide Sciences.
4 min read · 21 October 2016
Homebrew has led a $3 million funding round for Los Angeles-based Joymode, which lets users "access everything you need but don’t own or want to own for great experiences," according to a spokesperson for the firm. Other participants in the round were Lowercase Capital, Founders Collective, Collaborative Fund, TenOneTen, Slow Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Scott Belsky and Emil Michael.
1 min read · 21 October 2016
