Private Equity
Current has raised funding from Fifth Third Capital, bringing its total tally to $10 million. Current is a debit card for teens.
1 min read · 28 February 2018
Self-driving company Aurora has raised a total of $90 million in funding, according to a blog post. Aurora's investors include Greylock Partners and Index Ventures.
1 min read · 28 February 2018
Syracuse, New York-based TCGplayer, a marketplace and software business serving buyers and sellers of collectible items, has secured $10 million in funding. The investor was Radian Capital.
1 min read · 28 February 2018
Pasadena, California-based Virtualitics, a data analytics and visualization company, has raised $7 million in Series B funding. Centricus led the round with participation from the Venture Reality Fund.
1 min read · 28 February 2018
Viela Bio, which spun off from MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, has raised $250 million in funding. The investors included Boyu Capital, 6 Dimensions Capital, Hillhouse Capital, Temasek and Sirona Capital. AstraZeneca will remain the largest minority shareholder of Viela Bio. Based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Viela Bio will focus on developing medicines for severe autoimmune diseases.
1 min read · 28 February 2018
Edgybees, an Israeli creator of an augmented reality development platform for fast-moving platforms, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding. The investors included Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Verizon Ventures, OurCrowd, 8VC, NfX and Aspect Ventures.
1 min read · 28 February 2018
Nashville-based Cybera, a provider of secure virtual application networks, has named Jeff Manning as executive vice president of worldwide sales and channels and Jayesh Patel as senior vice president of business development. Manning is the former VP of sales at Cradlepoint while Patel previously worked at Brocade where he led business development efforts in the cloud and service provider segments. Cybera's investors include Sumeru Equity Partners.
4 min read · 28 February 2018
London-based venture firm Kindred Capital has closed its debut seed fund at 80 million pounds (about $110 million). Kindred focuses on European tech companies. The firm gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to co-own the fund that invested in their business.
4 min read · 28 February 2018
Virginia-based CounterFlow AI, a cybersecurity startup, has raised $2.7 million in seed funding. The investors included Osage University Partners and the Charlottesville Angel Network.
1 min read · 27 February 2018
Leawood Venture Capital has raised $25 million for its new fund, according to an SEC filing. The Leawood, Kansas-based venture firm invests in early and expansion stage businesses.
1 min read · 27 February 2018
