Germany-based Mambu, an SaaS banking platform provider, has secured 8 million euros in funding. Acton Capital Partners and CommerzVentures led the round.
3 min read · 11 January 2016
Accelerator Corp has formed Lodo Therapeutics Corp, which has secured $17 million in Series A funding. The investors included AbbVie, Alexandria Venture Investments, ARCH Venture Partners, Eli Lilly and Company, Harris & Harris Group, Inc., Innovate NY Fund, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., The Partnership Fund for New York City and Pfizer Venture Investments. Based in New York City, Lodo Therapeutics Corp is a developer of therapeutics derived from Accelerator's metagenomics-based small molecule discovery platform.
5 min read · 11 January 2016
Redmond, Washington-based Kymeta Corp, a smart antenna developer, has secured $62 million in Series D funding. The investors included return backers Bill Gates, Lux Capital, Kresge Foundation and Osage University Partners.
2 min read · 11 January 2016
China-based biopharmaceutical company Zai Lab Ltd has raised over $100 million in Series B funding. Advantech Capital led the round with participation from OrbiMed, Qiming Ventures, Sequoia Capital China and TF Capital.
2 min read · 11 January 2016
Minneapolis-based digital learning platform The Big Know has secured $3 million in Series A funding. LFE Capital led the round.
3 min read · 11 January 2016
Oak HC/FT has named of Ezekiel J. Emanuel as a venture partner. An oncologist, Emanuel is currently serving as the vice provost of global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania.
2 min read · 11 January 2016
SV Life Sciences has hired Dr. Joshua Resnick as a partner. Resnick will be based in the venture firm's Boston office. Previously, Resnick was president and managing partner at MRL Ventures Fund.
3 min read · 11 January 2016
Israel-based V-Wave Ltd, which is developing a implantable, interatrial shunt that treats heart failure, has closed $28 million in Series B funding. The investors included Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JJDC Inc, TriVentures, Pura Vida Investments, BioStar Ventures, BRM Group, Pontifax and Edwards Lifesciences.
3 min read · 11 January 2016
Charleston, South Carolina-based PeopleMatter, a workforce management platform, has hired George Mackie as CEO. Previously, Mackie was a a venture partner at Noro-Moseley Partners.
3 min read · 11 January 2016
Healthcare tech startup Vericred Inc has secured $3.1 million in funding. The investors were not named.
2 min read · 11 January 2016
