South San Francisco-based CytomX, a developer of Probody therapeutics that treat cancer, has raised $70 million in Series D funding. Fidelity Management & Research Company led the round with participation from other investors that included Casdin Capital, Cormorant Asset Management, Deerfield Management, Perceptive Advisors, Redmile Group, Tekla Healthcare Investors and Tekla Life Sciences Investors, Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners and Wellington Management Company.
2 min read · 17 June 2015
New York e-mail marketing company LiveIntent has secured $32.5 million in funding. FTV Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Battery Ventures, First Round Capital and Shasta Ventures. In addition to the funding, Liron Gitig, a partner at FTV, has been added to LiveIntent's board of directors.
5 min read · 17 June 2015
Fullbridge, which operates educational programs for students and young professionals, has raised $15.4 million in funding. GSV Capital led the round. Also, the company has appointed Ramon A. Rivera as chief financial officer, Mary Fairchild as vice president of college programs and Matthew Cohen as vice president of business partnerships.
3 min read · 17 June 2015
Mobile app platform provider Bluebridge has raised $2 million in funding. Cultivation Capital and Allos Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included the HALO Investor Group.
3 min read · 17 June 2015
New York City-based conference centers provider Convene has secured $15.5 million in Series B funding. The investors included Conversion Venture Capital and Boathouse Capital.
3 min read · 17 June 2015
San Jose, California-based Fetch Robotics, which is building robots for the logistics sector, has secured $20 million in Series A funding. SB Group US Inc led the round with participation from other investors that included O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Shasta Ventures. Also, SoftBank's Kabir Misra has been named to Fetch Robotics’ board of directors.
3 min read · 17 June 2015
Irish stroke therapy platform provider Neuravi has closed $21 million in Series B funding. Life Sciences Partners led the round with participation from return backers Fountain Healthcare Partners, Delta Partners and the Western Development Commission. In conjunction with the funding, Anne Portwich and René Kuijten have been added to Neuravi’s board of directors.
5 min read · 17 June 2015
Germany-based temporary jobs provider Studitemps has secured 11 million euros in Series C funding. The investors in this round were Iris Capital, XAnge, Seventure and b-to-v.
3 min read · 16 June 2015
San Francisco-based Pier Inc, a big data underwriting engine and mobile credit app company, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The investors were Zhenfund and Ceyuan Ventures.
3 min read · 16 June 2015
London-based gaming platform FACEIT has secured $2 million in funding. United Ventures led the round.
3 min read · 16 June 2015
