Los Angeles-based Ritual, a newly launched health brand and vitamins provider, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding, according to a spokesperson for the company. Forerunner Ventures led the round with participation from Norwest Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Upfront Ventures and Rivet Ventures.
1 min read · 19 October 2016
Wellesley, Massachusetts-based 4G Clinical, a clinical trials software company, has raised $5 million in Series A1 financing. Schooner Capital led the round.
1 min read · 19 October 2016
Seattle and Cambridge, Massachusetts-based EnergySavvy, a cloud software solutions provider for utilities, has secured $14 million in Series D funding. GXP Investments led the round with participation from other investors that included Inherent Group, Prelude Ventures and EnerTech Capital.
3 min read · 19 October 2016
Silicon Valley-based Reali, a real estate marketplace, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The investors included Liquid2 Ventures and Dragonfly Investments Group.
3 min read · 19 October 2016
Crispr Therapeutics, a provider of gene-editing technology, has debuted its IPO after pricing its 4 million shares at $14 per share. The stock began trading October 19, 2016 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CRSP." Citigroup, Piper Jaffrey and Barclays are serving as the lead underwriters. Crispr's backers included Franklin Templeton Investments, New Leaf Venture Partners, Clough Capital Partners LP and Wellington Capital Management LLP.
2 min read · 19 October 2016
Menlo Park, California-based Ladder, a digital life insurance provider, has raised $14 million in Series A funding. Canaan Partners led the round with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, NYCA and 8VC.
2 min read · 19 October 2016
Maywic Select Investments is targeting $25 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The Cincinnati-based venture firm focuses on early-stage and growth consumer companies.
1 min read · 19 October 2016
Augment Ventures is seeking to raise $20 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based venture firm backs early-stage tech companies.
1 min read · 19 October 2016
Octopus Ventures has added Zihao Xu to its investment team. Previously, Xu worked at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.
2 min read · 19 October 2016
New York City-based venture fund Iterative Instinct has raised $1.4 million for its inaugural fund. The target is $2 million. The fund will focus on fintech, software services, blockchain-accessible hardware and cryptographic assets.
3 min read · 19 October 2016
