ENYO Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for viral infections, raised 22 million euros ($24.4 million) in Series A financing. Returning investor Sofinnova Partners led the round with participation from Morningside and Bpifrance.
3 min read · 03 February 2016
After School, a social networking app, closed its Series A funding at $16.4 million. The round was led by Accomplice, formerly known as Atlas Ventures, Tikhon Bernstam, and Naval Ravikant with participation from Cowboy Ventures and others.
5 min read · 03 February 2016
Venice, California-based Bouqs, a flower delivery service, raised $12 million in Series B funding. The round included existing investors Quest Venture Partners, Azure Capital Partners, KEC Ventures and others.
3 min read · 03 February 2016
OpenMethods secured $5 million in new financing from Kayne NewRoad Ventures Fund II LP, a growth fund co-managed by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP and NewRoad Capital Partners LLC. Founded in 2003, OpenMethods develops software for contact centers.
3 min read · 03 February 2016
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led a $10.5 million Series A round of financing for Handshake, a college career network. Returning investors True Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners participated in the funding along with new backer Lowercase Capital. As part of the funding, Eric Feng, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, will join Handshake’s board of directors.
4 min read · 03 February 2016
Blockstream, a startup working to expand blockchain technology for commercial use, raised $55 million in Series A funding. Horizons Ventures, AXA Strategic Ventures and Digital Garage led the round with participation from existing investors including AME Cloud Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Khosla Ventures and others. As part of the round, Horizons has joined the Board of Directors. Blockstream raised a $21 million seed round in 2014.
3 min read · 03 February 2016
Silk Therapeutics, a Boston-based skincare company, raised $6 million in a Series A2 financing round led by returning investor The Kraft Group. New backers Lear Corp and Highland Consumer Partners also participated along with other existing investors. The new round brings Silk Therapeutics’ total Series A funding to $10.25 million.
4 min read · 03 February 2016
Menlo Park, California-based Calysta Inc, a developer of sustainable industrial products for food and energy security, raised $30 million in Series C funding. Investors included Cargill, the Municipal Employee Retirement System of Michigan (MERS), and Old Westbury Global Real Assets Fund LLC. Current Calysta investors also participated. With the funding, Cargill’s Brian Silvey and MERS’ Edward Mikola will join the board.
2 min read · 03 February 2016
Digital Asset Holdings LLC said Tuesday that Goldman Sachs and IBM have joined 13 investors in its recently announced financing round, bringing the total amount raised to $60 million. Launched last year by former JPMorgan banker Blythe Masters, New York-based Digital Asset aims to adapt blockchain technology to financial markets.
2 min read · 02 February 2016
Fremont, California-based Avalanche Technology Inc, a developer of memory technology, completed a $23 million funding round. Investors included Thomvest Ventures, Vulcan Capital, Rogers Venture Partners, and VTB Capital.
2 min read · 02 February 2016
