Private Equity
Sapphire Ventures has named Elizabeth Patterson as vice president of talent network. Previously, Patterson worked at Wildcat Venture Partners and Mohr Davidow Ventures.
3 min read · 01 February 2018
San Francisco-based Honeycomb, an observability provider for software engineers, has raised $11.5 million in Series A financing. The lead investor was e.ventures with participation from Storm Ventures, NextWorld Capital and Merian Ventures.
1 min read · 01 February 2018
Georgia-based SaaSOptics, a B2B subscription management platform, has secured $5 million in Series A funding. Fulcrum Equity Partners led the round.
1 min read · 01 February 2018
Flagship Pioneering has added two to its senior leadership team. Rob Rosiello is joining as executive partner and chief operating office while Jason Pontin is a senior partner and chief editor. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based venture firm invests in the health and sustainability sectors.
4 min read · 01 February 2018
Boston-based Partner Therapeutics Inc, an oncology company, has raised $60 million in funding. The investors included Perceptive Advisors, Adams St. Partners and MidCap Financial.
1 min read · 01 February 2018
Menlo Park, California-based Astound, an enterprise software company that applies machine learning and natural language processing to automate service and support, has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding. Vertex Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners led the round with participation from The Hive, Slack Fund and Moment Ventures.
1 min read · 31 January 2018
Santa Monica, California-based Mammoth Media, creator of storytelling app Yarn, has secured $13 million in Series A funding. Greylock Partners led the round.
4 min read · 31 January 2018
San Diego-based Mesa Verde Venture Partners, an early-stage life sciences venture firm, has raised over $5.4 million for its third fund, according to an SEC listing. The target is $20 million.
1 min read · 31 January 2018
Red Hat Inc has agreed to acquire San Francisco-based CoreOS Inc, a creator of CoreOS Tectonic, an enterprise-ready Kubernetes platform. The purchase price is $250 million. According to Crunchbase, CoreOS Inc's backers include Accel Partners, GV, Intel Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers and Y Combinator.
4 min read · 31 January 2018
Utah-based Cake Technologies, a startup focused on making the web more accessible on mobile, has raised $5 million in funding. Peak Ventures led the round with participation from Pelion Venture Partners and Kickstart Seed Fund.
1 min read · 31 January 2018
