Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Dimension Therapeutics Inc, which is focused on developing treatments for liver disorders, has closed $65 million in Series B funding. New Leaf Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Jennison Associates (on behalf of investors), Partner Fund Management, RA Capital Management, Rock Springs Capital, Tourbillon Global Ventures, Fidelity Biosciences and OrbiMed. In addition to the funding, Dr. Mike Dybbs, a partner at New Leaf Venture Partners, has been added to Dimension’s board of directors.
3 min read · 21 April 2015
San Francisco-based MyTime, an app that lets users book appointments, has secured $9.25 million in Series B funding. Upfront Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Khosla Ventures, Daher Capital, Accelerator Ventures and Westfield Corporation.
3 min read · 21 April 2015
Inventory management software provider TradeGecko has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. NSI Ventures and Jungle Ventures led the round.
4 min read · 21 April 2015
Retail tech company INTURN has closed $3.6 million in funding. Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Novel TMT Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Ariba co-founder Bobby Lent, T5 Capital and Beanstalk Ventures.
3 min read · 20 April 2015
Cnano Technology Limited, a San Francisco and China-based maker of carbon nanotubes, has closed $15 million in Series C funding. GRC SinoGreen Fund led the round with participation from other investors that included Hotung Investment Holdings Limited, Pangaea Ventures, Presidio Partners, WI Harper Group, IDG Capital Partners and Megatop Capitals.
3 min read · 20 April 2015
Flashpoint, an intelligence provider from the "deep and dark web," has raised $5 million in Series A funding. TechOperators LLC led the round with participation from Bloomberg Beta, Cisco Investments, Greycroft Partners and K2 Intelligence. In conjunction with the funding, Glenn McGonnigle, a general partner at TechOperators, has been added to Flashpoint's board of directors.
3 min read · 20 April 2015
French gene therapy company Lysogene has named Annette Clancy as chair of the board of directors. Currently, Clancy is the board chair of Genable Technologies Ltd and ObsEva Ltd. Lysogene's backers include Sofinnova Partners.
2 min read · 20 April 2015
Customer support software provider Freshdesk has raised $50 million in funding. Tiger Global led the round with participation from Accel Partners and Google Capital.
2 min read · 20 April 2015
IBM has acquired Cleveland-based Explorys, a data analytics platform provider for the healthcare industry. No financial terms were disclosed. Explorys was backed by Heritage Group.
3 min read · 20 April 2015
Safeguard Scientifics Inc has led a $5.5 million Series B funding round for Full Measure Education, a tech-based communications platform focused on achieving student success. Bull City Ventures Partners also participated in the round.
3 min read · 20 April 2015
