Toronto-based molecular diagnostics company Xagenic has secured C$15 million in Series B funding. The investors included Domain Associates, CTI Life Sciences, BDC Capital and the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation.
4 min read · 10 July 2015
According to a source familiar with the company, HF Global Inc, parent company of men's grooming brand Harry's, has raised $75.6 million in Series C funding. Wellington Management led the round with participation from return backer Tiger Global. The capital infusion will be used for expansion, research and development and product development.
1 min read · 10 July 2015
Austin-based Querium Corp, a virtual tutor software provider, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors included SustainVC and Wild Basin Investments.
3 min read · 09 July 2015
Champaign, Illinois-based mucosal vaccine company Aptimmune Biologics has secured $2.75 million in funding. The investors included Arsenal Capital Management and Fox Ventures LLC.
2 min read · 09 July 2015
BitFury Group, a bitcoin blockchain infrastructure provider, has raised $20 million in funding. The backers included DRW Venture Capital, iTech Capital and Georgian Co-Investment Fund.
3 min read · 09 July 2015
BioStar Ventures has collected over $68 million for its third fund. BioStar III will focus on backing "promising" medical technologies.
2 min read · 09 July 2015
Karolinska Development AB has sold its stake in Pharmanest AB to a consortium comprised of The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, Recipharm Venture Fund AB and Praktikerinvest AB. Sweden-based Pharmanest AB is a developer of products for local pain relief in obstetrics and gynecology.
2 min read · 09 July 2015
MIT spin-off Eligo Bioscience has raised 2 million euros in Series A funding. Seventure led the round. Based in Paris, Eligo is an antibiotics maker.
3 min read · 09 July 2015
CIT GAP Funds has made an investment in heavy goods shipping startup PockitShip. No financial terms were disclosed.
3 min read · 09 July 2015
Toronto-based advocate marketing company Influitive has raised $30.5 million in Series B funding. Georgian Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included OurCrowd, Atlas Venture, Docomo Capital, BDC Capital IT Venture Fund, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Illuminate Ventures, Resolute Ventures, Relay Ventures and First Round Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Simon Chong of Georgian Partners has been added to Influitive’s board of directors.
3 min read · 09 July 2015
