Private Equity
Wilmington, North Carolina-based nCino, a provider of cloud banking, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. Salesforce Ventures led the round.
3 min read · 31 January 2018
San Francisco and New York-based Downstream.ai, which is building a self-serve mobile programmatic advertising platform, has secured $1.5 million in seed funding. London Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Olive Tree Capital, Otter Consulting, Gramercy Fund, Ride Ventures and Rising Tide. In addition to the funding, Paul Heydon, a general partner at London Venture Partners, has joined Downstream's board.
3 min read · 31 January 2018
Asana has raised $75 million in Series D funding, according to a blog post on its site. Generation Investment Management, which was co-founded by Al Gore, led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Colin le Duc, one of the firm’s other co-founders and partner of Generation, will join Asana's board of directors. San Francisco-based Asana is a web and mobile application designed to help teams track their work.
1 min read · 31 January 2018
San Francisco and Singapore-based Engine Biosciences, a platform biotechnology company, has raised $10 million round in seed funding. DHVC and 6 Dimensions Capital led the round with participation from WuXi AppTec, EDBI, Pavilion Capital, Baidu Ventures, WI Harper and Nest.Bio Ventures.
1 min read · 31 January 2018
Humanity United, a foundation that is part of The Omidyar Group, has launched a $23 million venture fund. The fund will invest in ethical supply chain innovations. In addition to Humanity United, the fund's backers include Walmart Foundation, C&A Foundation, Stardust Equity, Open Society Foundations (Soros Economic Development Fund), The Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund and The Walt Disney Company.
4 min read · 31 January 2018
Israel and Miami-based Insightec, a provider of MRI-guided focused ultrasound, has secured $150 million in Series E funding. Koch Disruptive Technologies, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, led the round.
1 min read · 31 January 2018
Bench, a bookkeeping service for small businesses and independent professionals, has raised $18 million in Series B-1 funding. The lead investor was iNovia Capital with participation from return backers Bain Capital Ventures, Altos Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.
1 min read · 31 January 2018
Long Beach, California-based Funraise, a nonprofit fundraising software provider, has raised $9.7 million in Series A financing. Toba Capital led the round.
1 min read · 30 January 2018
San Francisco-based Halo Neuroscience, creator of Halo Sport, a neurostimulation headset, has secured $13 million in Series B funding. TPG led the round with participation from Lux Capital, JAZZ Venture Partners and Xfund.
1 min read · 30 January 2018
Dog walking app Wag! has raised $300 million in funding. The backer was the SoftBank Vision Fund. In addition to the funding, Wag! has named Hilary Schneider as CEO.
1 min read · 30 January 2018
