Germany-based Chrono24, a marketplace for luxury watches, has secured $22.8 million in Series A funding. The investor was Insight Venture Partners.
3 min read · 17 July 2015
InnaVirVax, a French biopharmaceutical company focused on treating infectious and chronic diseases, has closed its third funding round at $4 million. The company's investors include the FCPR CapDecisif 2, G1J Ile-de-France, Pradeyrol Development, Fa Dièse and FRCI.
4 min read · 17 July 2015
Atlantic Merchant Capital Investors and Celeridem Capital Management have made an undisclosed investment in Symbiont.io Inc. Based in New York City, Symbiont is a financial technology startup.
2 min read · 17 July 2015
Berlin and San Francisco-based roommate matching platform Room.me has raised $1.1 million in funding. The investors included Axel Springer Plug and Play and Grazia Equity Partners.
2 min read · 16 July 2015
Upstart has secured $35 million in Series C funding, according to a blog post by CEO Dave Girouard. Third Point Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital and Collaborative Fund. Based in Palo Alto, California, Upstart is a lending platform that aims to finance people based on signs of their potential including employment history and academic performance.
1 min read · 16 July 2015
UK-based biotech company Immunocore Limited has closed $320 million in funding. The investors included Woodford Investment Management, Malin Corporation plc, Eli Lilly and Company and RTW Investments. Credit Suisse served as advisor to Immunocore on the transaction.
5 min read · 16 July 2015
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Accolade, a consumer health engagement platform for large employers and insurers, has raised $22.5 million in funding. The investors included McKesson Ventures and a subsidiary of Independence Health Group.
5 min read · 16 July 2015
Cinarra Systems has raised $20 million in Series B funding. SoftBank Corp led the round with participation from Almaz Capital and Siguler Guff & Company. Cinarra is a tech startup that is developing analytic technologies and mediation platforms for the mobile sector.
4 min read · 16 July 2015
New York City-based Spoon University, a food media company for millennials, has secured $2 million in seed funding. SoftTech VC led the round, with participation from other investors that included Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Box Group, VaynerRSE, BBG Ventures, Project Mayhem Ventures, Kosinski Ventures, RuggedVC and MATH fund. In conjunction with the funding, Stephanie Palmeri of SoftTech VC, has been added to Spoon University's board.
3 min read · 16 July 2015
Moscow-based, tech-focused venture firm Runa Capital will open a new office in San Francisco. Also, Runa Capital has appointed Marcos Sanchez to be in charge of its global communications.
3 min read · 16 July 2015
