On-demand primary healthcare services provider Heal has raised $5 million in funding. The investors included Slow Ventures, March Capital, Pritzker Capital, Lionel Richie and former Univision President Mike Wortsman.
4 min read · 23 June 2015
New York City-based Olapic, a visual marketing content engine that collects and curates consumer-generated photos and videos, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Felix Capital led the round with participation from Unilever Ventures, Fung Capital, Longworth Venture Partners, Michael Lazerow, Fabrice Grinda and Jose Marin Investments.
4 min read · 23 June 2015
Regenerative tissue engineering company TissueTech has closed $15 million in funding. The investors were River Cities Capital Funds and Ballast Point Ventures.
3 min read · 23 June 2015
Payments platform Currency Cloud has secured $18 million in Series C funding. Sapphire Ventures led the round with participation from Rakuten, Anthemis, Atlas Ventures, Notion Capital and XAnge Private Equity. In addition to the funding, Andreas Weiskam of Sapphire Ventures has been added to Currency Cloud's board of directors.
4 min read · 23 June 2015
Biopharmaceutical company Ankasa Regenerative Therapeutics, which focuses on stem cell reactivation, has secured $8.5 million in the first tranche of a $17 million Series A funding round. Avalon Ventures was the lead investor. Heraeus Medical and Correlation Ventures are among the other backers that participated in the round.
4 min read · 23 June 2015
Whitecap Venture Partners has raised $100 million for its third venture fund. Whitecap III's limited partners include Kensington Venture Fund, Bank of Montreal and several high net-worth families and family offices. The fund is focused on three sectors: information and communications technology, medical technology and food technology.
2 min read · 23 June 2015
Silicon Valley-based data warehousing company Snowflake Computing has secured $45 million in Series C funding. Altimeter Capital led the round with participation from return backers Redpoint Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Wing Ventures.
3 min read · 23 June 2015
Austin, Texas-based Alert Media, an interactive mass notification platform, has secured $4.16 million in Series A funding. Silverton Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included ATX Ventures and Capital Factory.
2 min read · 23 June 2015
B2B payment provider Traxpay has hired Jochen Siegert as chief operating officer. Previously, Siegert worked at FinLeap where he served as a partner and CEO of two early-stage companies. Traxpay’s backers include Earlybird Venture Capital.
3 min read · 23 June 2015
Customer content marketing platform Yotpo has closed $15 million in funding. Marker LLC led the round with participation from other investors that included Innovation Endeavors, Vintage Investment Partners, Blumberg Capital and Access Industries. Also, the company has appointed former GoDaddy CEO Warren Adelman to its board.
3 min read · 23 June 2015
