Private Equity
UK-based Lightful, a social media fundraising platform, has secured 4 million pounds in Series A funding. Its investors include Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti.
4 min read · 05 February 2018
Tamatem, a mobile games publisher in the Arabic speaking market, has secured $2.5 million in Series A funding. Wamda Capital, Discovery Nusantava Capital, Raed Ventures and Vision Venture Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included 500 Start Ups, General David Petraeus and Kima Ventures.
3 min read · 05 February 2018
Infarm, a German urban farming company, has secured $25 million in Series A funding. Balderton Capital led the round with participation from TriplePoint Capital, Mons Investments LLC, Cherry Ventures, QUADIA and LocalGlobe.
5 min read · 05 February 2018
UK-based Zebra Fuel, an on-demand energy startup that delivers fuel directly to vehicles, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The investors included LocalGlobe and Firstminute Capital.
4 min read · 05 February 2018
Cupertino, California-based Lino, a blockchain startup, has raised $20 million in funding via a private token sale. Zhenfund led the round.
2 min read · 05 February 2018
Utah and UK-based Grow.com, a reporting and analytics dashboard solution, has raised $16 million in Series B funding. Toba Capital led the round.
1 min read · 05 February 2018
El Segundo, California-based SmartAction, a provider of an AI-powered omnichannel customer self-service platform, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors were Staley Capital and TVC Capital. G-Bar Ventures also participated as an equity investor in the transaction. Signal Hill, a Daiwa Securities Group Inc. company, was financial adviser to SmartAction on the transaction.
3 min read · 05 February 2018
Israel and Chicago-based MDClone, a healthcare IT startup, has raised $15 million in funding. The investors were OrbiMed Israel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
1 min read · 05 February 2018
Simplus has acquired San Francisco–based CirrusOne, a provider of consulting services for CPQ, CLM, billing and customer success solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Simplus' backers include EPIC Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Cross Creek Advisors.
3 min read · 02 February 2018
France-based Wildmoka, a live clipping, editing and publishing platform for broadcasters, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. Alven led the round with participation from return backer Apicap.
1 min read · 02 February 2018
