South San Francisco-based cancer therapy company ORIC Pharmaceuticals has secured $53 million in Series B funding. The investors included The Column Group, Topspin Partners, OrbiMed Advisors, EcoR1 Capital, Foresite Capital and Kravis Investment Partners. In addition to the funding, Dr. Carl L. Gordon of OrbiMed and Dr. Leo A. Guthart of Topspin have been appointed to ORIC’s board.
4 min read · 02 December 2015
CPA Global has acquired Innography, an IP search and analytics software provider. No financial terms were disclosed. Portico Capital Securities LLC advised Innography on the transaction. Innography's backers included Austin Ventures.
3 min read · 01 December 2015
Arlington, Virginia-based ThreatConnect Inc, a provider of advanced threat intelligence products and services, has raised more than $16 million in Series B funding. SAP National Security Services Inc led the round with participation from other investors that included Grotech.
4 min read · 01 December 2015
New York City-based Nestio, a leasing and marketing platform for residential landlords and brokers, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. Trinity Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Freestyle Capital. In addition to the funding, Nestio has named Scott Wolfgang, a former partner at Quotidian Ventures, as company CFO. Also, Nestio has added Noel Fenton, founder and general partner of Trinity Ventures, to its board of directors.
3 min read · 01 December 2015
Nokia Growth Partners has led a $10 million funding round for Sensoro. Other investors were New World Development Company Limited and Mandra Capital. Based in Seattle and China, Sensoro is a developer of a mobile internet data network.
2 min read · 01 December 2015
AppDynamics, an application intelligence company, has raised $158 million in funding. General Atlantic and Altimeter Capital led the round with participation from Adage Capital, Industry Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Cross Creek Advisors, IVP, Greylock Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. In addition to the funding, Robert Swan, an operating partner at General Atlantic and former CFO at eBay Inc, has been added to AppDynamics' board of directors.
3 min read · 01 December 2015
Revolution Growth has named Kristin Gunther, Ashley Larson and Chris Hughes as vice president. Also, the Washington, D.C.-based venture firm has promoted Meredith Balenske to vice president of communications. Gunther and Larson's appointments became effective November 30, 2015 while Hughes will come on board on January 11, 2016.
3 min read · 01 December 2015
Clearpool Group has secured $8 million in funding from Edison Partners. Based in New York, Clearpool is a developer of electronic trading solutions and operator of an independent agency broker-dealer.
2 min read · 01 December 2015
Portland, Oregon-based Mirador, a lending-as-a-service provider, has closed $7 million in Series A funding. Core Innovation Capital led the round with participation from Nyca Partners, Jump Capital, Collaborative Fund, Wicklow Capital and Crosslink Capital
4 min read · 30 November 2015
Australia-based Tyro Payments Limited, a point-of-sale payment solutions provider, has secured A$100 million in funding. The investors were Tiger Global Management and TDM Asset Management. In addition to the funding, Catherine Harris has been named to Tyro's board.
3 min read · 30 November 2015
