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Redis Labs lands $60 mln Series EMountain View, California-based Redis Labs, a database provider, has raised $60 million in Series E financing. Francisco Partners led the round with participation from Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing, Bain Capital Ventures, Viola Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Francisco Partners' Chief Investment Officer David Golob will join the Redis Labs board of directors while Operating Partner Eran Gorev will join as a board observer.
- ShiftLeft picks up $20 mln Series B
ShiftLeft, a continuous application security platform, has secured $20 million in Series B funding. Thomvest Ventures led the round with participation from SineWave Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and Mayfield.
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- Trend Forward Capital funds Turbonomic
Turbonomic, a provider of workload automation software, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Trend Forward Capital.
- Investors pour $310 mln into electric scooter maker Lime at $2.4 bln valuation
San Mateo, California-based Lime, the fast-growing provider of electric scooters and bikes for short-term rentals, announced it has raised $310 million in Series D financing at a $2.4 billion valuation. A group of returning backers and new investors, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Fidelity Investments, GV and IVP, led the round. Existing investors Alphabet, Coatue Management, Fifth Wall Ventures, DCM Ventures, GGV Capital, Singapore’s GIC and others also joined the round with several new investors, including GSV Capital, FJ Labs, Bling Capital, Europe’s GR Capital and St. Augustine Partners.
- FourKites lands $50 mln Series C
Chicago and India-based FourKites, a provider of predictive supply chain visibility solutions, has secured $50 million in Series C funding. August Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, CEAS Investments and Hyde Park Angels led the round.
- Self-driving startup Ike takes in $52 mln Series A
Ike, a self-driving startup, has raised $52 million in Series A funding, according to a Medium blog post https://medium.com/ike-robotics/the-journey-ahead-for-self-driving-trucks-c2309e288dc1 The investors were Bain Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Fontinalis Partners, Basis Set Ventures and Neo.
- OpenView promotes one to partner and hires another as CFO
OpenView has promoted John McCullough to partner and hired Kate Ramirez as its new chief financial officer. McCullough joined the venture firm in 2015 as vice president of corporate development while previously Ramirez was the fund controller at Guidepost Growth Equity.
Bain Capital leads $17 mln Series A financing of VentionVention, a Montréal-based digital manufacturing platform for machine design, has secured $17 million in a Series A financing. U.S. venture capital firm Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with participation from White Star Capital, Bolt and Real Ventures, which invested in last year's $3.5 million seed financing /canada/2018/01/machine-design-platform-vention-wins-3-5-mln-seed-funding/ Founded in 2016 by CEO Etienne Lacroix and CTO Max Windisch, Vention helps engineers and other professionals in robotics, aerospace, automotive and other industries to rapidly design, order and assemble custom factory equipment. It will use the funds raised to accelerate development of its MachineBuilder 3D software, expand its modular hardware library, and bring additional solutions to market.