Aurora, Colorado-based Cerebral Therapeutics Inc, a developer of reformulated medications, which bypass the blood brain barrier using chronic implantable infusion systems, has extended its Series A round to $7.8 million. As a result, the company's total Series A funding is $11 million. Cerebral Therapeutics' investors included Granite Point Capital Management LP and Vivo Capital LLC.
1 min read · 08 March 2019
Osano, which is building a platform for data privacy transparency, has secured $3 million in seed funding. LiveOak Ventures led the round with participation from investors that included Next Coast Ventures, Capital Factory and Social Starts.
1 min read · 08 March 2019
Omidyar Network has spun off Flourish, a new venture firm focused on investing in "entrepreneurs whose innovations help people achieve financial health and prosperity." Flourish is launching with an existing $200 million portfolio across U.S. and emerging markets as well as an additional $300 million at its disposal over the next five years. Pam and Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, are backing Flourish.
3 min read · 07 March 2019
Rubrik, a cloud data management company, has named Brett Shirk as chief revenue officer. Previously, he worked at VMware where he was senior vice president and general manager of the Americas. Rubrik is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures and IVP.
2 min read · 07 March 2019
LinkSquares, a provider of AI-powered contract analytics software, has raised $4.8 million in financing. Hyperplane Venture Capital and MassMutual Ventures led the round. As part of the financing, John Murphy of Hyperplane is joining the LinkSquares board.
1 min read · 07 March 2019
Seattle-based Jargon, which is building a conversation platform for voice applications, has raised $1.8 million in funding. Ubiquity Ventures and Crosslink Capital led the round. In addition to the funding, Sunil Nagaraj of Ubiquity Ventures has joined the board.
1 min read · 07 March 2019
Seattle-based Knock, a provider of CRM solutions for property managers, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. Madrona Venture Group led the round.
3 min read · 07 March 2019
AbleTo Inc, a provider of virtual behavioral health care, has acquired Joyable, an app-based digital therapy company. No financial terms were disclosed. Joyable was backed by Thrive Capital and Harrison Metal.
3 min read · 07 March 2019
San Francisco-based Xapix, a connected vehicle company, has raised $2 million in seed funding, according to a blog post on its site. Speedinvest led the round.
1 min read · 07 March 2019
UK-based Playfair Capital has raised $32 million for its second fund. The fund will invest in early-stage companies with a focus on deep tech, B2B SaaS and marketplaces.
5 min read · 07 March 2019
