Avalon Ventures and GlaxoSmithKline has launched Adrenergics Inc, CadheRx Therapeutics Inc and Calporta Therapeutics Inc, three San Diego-based early-stage life science companies. Each will receive up to $10 million in Series A funding as well as R & D support from Avalon Ventures and GSK.
4 min read · 15 June 2015
Canada-based Milestone Pharmaceuticals, a drug developer focused on cardiovascular diseases, has raised $17 million in Series B funding. Domain Associates led the round with participation from other investors that included Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Pappas Ventures, BDC Capital, GO Capital and iNovia Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Domain's Debra Liebert has been added to Milestone's board of directors.
5 min read · 15 June 2015
Hong Kong-based valet storage startup Boxful has closed $6.6 million in Series A funding. The investors included Great Eagle, Arocrest Capital, Tinghsin Group, Lonsdale Capital, Soundwill Holdings, Vega Properties and Carlton Holdings.
3 min read · 15 June 2015
Car Lister, an ecommerce car buying and selling platform, has secured $6.5 million in funding. The backers were not named.
2 min read · 15 June 2015
India-based La Renon Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, a pharmaceutical research, marketing and manufacturing company, has secured INR 100 crore in Series A funding. The investor was Sequoia Capital.
4 min read · 15 June 2015
Toronto-based Grenville Strategic Royalty Corp, a provider of royalty-based finance solutions, has hired Dr. Annie Thériault as a managing director. The appointment becomes effective June 21, 2015. Previously, Thériault worked at Export Development Canada where she served as senior investment manager of direct equity investments. She has also worked at Northwater Capital Management.
3 min read · 12 June 2015
New venture firm Root Ventures has raised over $31.4 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing. Avidan Ross, a former chief technology officer at the CIM Group, is the founding partner of Root Ventures, which will focus on connected devices, engineering tools and data science.
1 min read · 12 June 2015
Yesware has raised $13.3 million in funding, the company announced in a blog post on its site. Foundry Group led the round with participation from Battery Ventures, Google Ventures, Golden Venture Partners and IDG Ventures. Based in Boston and San Francisco, Yesware is an all-in-one sales acceleration platform for salespeople.
1 min read · 12 June 2015
San Francisco-based WalkMe, a provider of online guidance solutions, has secured $25 million in Series D funding. Greenspring Associates led the round with participation from other investors that included Scale Venture Partners, Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Ventures.
4 min read · 12 June 2015
Furnished rental platform Homesuite has raised $2.3 million in seed funding. Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Foundation Capital led the round.
2 min read · 12 June 2015
