Cambridge, Massachusetts-based drug developer Catabasis Pharmaceuticals has appointed Deirdre Cunnane as senior vice president, general counsel. Previously, Cunnane was general counsel at Lightstone Ventures and Advanced Technology Ventures.
2 min read · 17 December 2015
Israeli digital shelf placement startup Mabaya has raised $2.25 million in seed funding. The investors were not named.
3 min read · 17 December 2015
Chicago-based NextCapital, a provider of enterprise digital advice, has secured $16 million in Series B funding. AllianceBernstein, Manulife and Route 66 Ventures led the round.
4 min read · 17 December 2015
San Mateo, California-based Full Circle Insights, a provider of marketing performance management solutions, has raised $4.7 million in funding. Aligned Partners led the round with participation from Salesforce Ventures.
4 min read · 17 December 2015
Portland, Oregon-based Janrain, a provider of customer identity management solutions, has raised $27 million in Series D funding. HighBar Partners led the round with participation from return backers Millennium Technology Value Partners, Split Rock Partners, Epic Ventures, Emergence Capital, RPM Ventures and DFJ Frontier. In addition to the funding, John Kim, co-founder and managing partner at HighBar Partners, has been added to Janrain's board of directors.
3 min read · 16 December 2015
New York and Dallas-based Vroom, an online retailer of used cars, has raised $95 million in Series C funding. The investors were not named. Also, the company has agreed to buy Houston-based online car retailer Texas Direct Auto. No financial terms were disclosed. Vroom's previous backers include Catterton, General Catalyst Partners and T. Rowe Price Associates Inc.
4 min read · 16 December 2015
Slack has raised $80 million for its apps-focused fund, according to a blog post on its site. The investors included Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Spark and Social + Capital. Slack is a messaging apps for teams.
1 min read · 16 December 2015
San Francisco-based health insurance startup Clover Health has secured $35 million in Series B funding. Sequoia led the round with participation from other investors that included First Round Capital and Athyrium Capital Management. In addition to the funding, Sequoia's Michael Dixon is joining Clover's board of directors.
4 min read · 16 December 2015
South San Francisco-based Profusa, a developer of sensors for chronic disease management and healthy living, has raised $13.2 million in Series B funding. The lead investor was 3E Bioventures. Asset Management Ventures and Qihoo 360 are among the other investors that participated in the round. In addition to the funding, Profusa has appointed Joan Braddi, vice president of global product partnerships at Google Inc and Dr. Karen Liu, managing partner of 3E Bioventures, to its board.
2 min read · 16 December 2015
Boston-based Nanigans Inc, a provider of advertising automation software for in-house marketers, has appointed Jim Payne to its board of directors. Currently, Payne is entrepreneur-in-residence at Accel Partners.
2 min read · 16 December 2015
