San Carlos, California-based Natera Inc, a provider of non-invasive genetic testing, has secured about $55.5 million in funding. Sofinnova Ventures led the round with participation from Capital Research and Management, Franklin Templeton Investments, Jennison Associates, RA Capital Management, Healthcor Partners and OrbiMed Advisors. In conjunction with the funding, Dr James Healy, a general partner at Sofinnova, has been appointed to Natera's board of directors.
3 min read · 07 April 2015
San Francisco-based WaterSmart Software, a customer engagement platform for water utilities, has received $7 million in Series B funding. The investors included The Westly Group, Apsara Capital, Physic Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. In addition to the funding, Hal Harvey of Energy Innovation has been added to WaterSmart's board of directors.
2 min read · 07 April 2015
Austin, Texas-based VUV Analytics Inc, a producer of the VGA-100 vacuum ultraviolet detector, has raised $9 million in Series A funding. The lead investor was S3 Ventures. In addition to the funding, VUV Analytics has named Clark Jernigan as CEO. Jernigan is a former venture partner at Austin Ventures.
3 min read · 07 April 2015
San Diego-based biotherapeutics company aTyr Pharma Inc has filed for an IPO. The number of shares that will be sold as well as the stock's pricing terms have yet to be set. The company plans on trading its stock on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LIFE." J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc will serve as the lead underwriters. The company's backers include Alta Partners, Cardinal Partners, Domain Associates, Polaris Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, T. Rowe Price Associates Inc, Federated Investors Inc, Deerfield, Rock Springs Capital Management, EcoR1 Capital and Sphera Global Healthcare.
3 min read · 07 April 2015
Sunnyvale, California-based Soha Systems Inc, a provider of application security for the cloud-enabled enterprise, has secured $9.8 million in funding. The investors were Andreesen-Horowitz, Cervin Ventures, Menlo Ventures and Moment Ventures.
5 min read · 07 April 2015
Boston-based real estate marketing platform Placester has secured $15 million in funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from Romulus Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Ravi Viswanathan, a general partner at NEA and Chetan Puttagunta, a partner at NEA, have been appointed to Placester’s board of directors.
3 min read · 07 April 2015
Minneapolis-based Novu, a platform that serves as integrator between healthcare payer, provider and member, has secured $20 million in funding. The investors were SSM Partners and Noro-Moseley Partners. In addition to the funding, Allen Moseley of Noro-Moseley Partners has been added to Novu's board of directors.
4 min read · 07 April 2015
New York City-based marketing software startup Custora has secured $6.5 million in Series A funding. Foundation Capital led the round with participation from Greycroft Partners and Valhalla Ventures.
4 min read · 07 April 2015
Consumer digital health company Livongo Health has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The investors included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DFJ and return backer General Catalyst. In conjunction with the funding, Dr. Beth Seidenberg, a general partner at KPCB and Emily Melton, a partner at DFJ, have been added to Livongo Health's board of directors.
5 min read · 07 April 2015
Palo Alto, California-based Folloze, a B2B prospect engagement platform, has raised $3.3 million in seed funding. New Enterprise Associates, TriplePoint Capital and Cervin Ventures led the round.
4 min read · 07 April 2015
