Iris Dorbian

Shift Technology scores $60 mln Series C

Shift Technology, a provider of AI-native solutions for the global insurance industry, has secured $60 million in Series C funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Accel, General Catalyst and Iris Capital.

Energize Ventures leads Series B round for Jupiter

Jupiter, a provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk, has raised $23 million in Series B financing. Energize Ventures led the round.

Fictiv grabs $33 mln Series C

San Francisco-based Fictiv, a builder of hardware products, has secured $33 million in Series C funding. G2VP led the round.

SYNQY takes in $1.2 mln

Pleasant Hill, California-based SYNQY Corporation, a brand engagement platform, has secured $1.2 million in funding. The investors were not named.

Cancer drug developer Erasca amasses $64 mln

San Diego-based Erasca, a cancer drug developer, has raised $64 million in Series A financing round. The investors included ARCH Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Reneo Capital.

Max-bone pulls in Series A funding

Los Angeles and New York-based Max-bone, an elevated pet label, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. Colle Capital led the round with participation from Cooley LLP.

Wavecrest collects over $190 mln for inaugural fund

Wavecrest Growth Partners has raised over $190 million for its debut fund. The fund's investors included public pension funds, endowments and foundations, fund-of-funds, insurance companies and family offices. Troy Investment Advisors was placement agent for the fund while Gunderson Dettmer provided legal counsel.

Ubiquity Ventures backs six startups

Ubiquity Ventures has invested in six "software beyond the screen" startups: Eclypsium, Elementary Robotics, Halter, Levi Technologies, Parallel Domain and Shoonya. No financial terms were disclosed.

Route 66 Ventures promotes Wilson to partner

Route 66 Ventures has promoted Pat Wilson to partner. Currently, Wilson holds board positions at Motionsoft, Digital Insurance Group, AMP Merchant Technologies and Vemo Education.

Seventure Partners targets over 200 mln euros for health fund

Seventure Partners has raised an undisclosed sum for its second fund focused on the microbiome and health, nutrition and digital/connected health sectors. The target of Health for Life Capital II is over 200 million euros. The fund's investors include an unnamed U.S. based global food ingredient provider.