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Greenhouse farms operator BrightFarms secures $55 mln Series DBrightFarms, an operator of local greenhouse farms, has raised $55 million in Series D funding. Cox Enterprises led the round with participation from Catalyst Investors, WP Global Partners and NGEN Partners.
- Catalyst Investors promotes Desai
Catalyst Investors said June 21 that Kapil Desai was promoted to vice president from senior associate.
- ChowNow raises $20 mln of Series B capital in Catalyst Investors led deal
ChowNow said it raised $20 million of Series B capital in a round led by Catalyst Investors. Existing investors, including Steadfast Venture Capital, participated in the round.
- Envoy Global raises $21 mln
Envoy Global has raised a $21 million Series C round led by Catalyst Investors. Existing investor General Catalyst participated in the round. Envoy, of Chicago, is an immigration services provider. Raymond James & Associates served as the lead adviser to Envoy.
- Weave Communications raises $17 mln
Weave Communications Inc said Sept. 7 that it raised $17 million in a Series B-1 funding round led by Catalyst Investors. Existing investors Crosslink Capital and Pelion Venture Partners also participated in the round. Weave, of Lehi, Utah, provides voice, SMS, email and marketing services to dental and optometry offices.
- Catalyst Investors hires three and promotes two
Catalyst Investors has hired Samantha Lexton as senior associate of investor relations and Jackson Evans and Kirk Mahoney as associates. Also, the growth equity firm has promoted Mia Hegazy to vice president and Kapil Desai to senior associate.
- Fusion Risk Management scores $41 mln
Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based Fusion Risk Management, a provider of SaaS software for business continuity risk management, has secured $41 million in funding. Catalyst Investors led the round with participation from Level Equity. Vaquero Capital LLC provided financial advice to Fusion on the transaction.
- Scott Kupor named chair of the NVCA board
Scott Kupor was named chair of the National Venture Capital Association board for the 2017-18 period, the organization announced at its annual meeting in Washington. Kupor, a managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, succeeds Venky Ganesan, a managing director at Menlo Ventures. The NVCA also named Alexis Borisy, partner at Third Rock Ventures, as chair-elect for 2018-19.
- Summit Partners invests in Ascentis
Summit Partners has invested in Ascentis Corp through a majority recapitalization. Financial terms weren’t announced. Palm Ventures is retaining a minority stake in Ascentis, while Catalyst Investors is exiting. Ascentis offers a suite of human resources, benefits, payroll, timekeeping and talent management products to more than 1,000 customers throughout the U.S. and Canada.