High Alpha

High Alpha, an Indianapolis-based venture studio, has named Eric Smith as head of business design.

Healthcare tech company Cured has secured $2.5 million in funding. Waterline Ventures led the round with participation from High Alpha Capital and Matchstick Ventures.

Socio, an event management platform for organizations to optimize their live events, has secured $6 million in Series A funding. High Alpha Capital led the round with participation from Greenspring Associates. In addition to the funding, Mike Fitzgerald, a partner at High Alpha, will join Socio's board.

Indianapolis-based Boardable, an online board management platform, has secured $1 million in seed funding. The investor was High Alpha Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Eric Tobias, a partner at High Alpha, will join Boardable's board of directors.

MetaCX, a tech company newly launched by venture studio High Alpha, has raised over $14 million in funding. Upfront Ventures led the round.

High Alpha, a venture studio, has launched Anvl, a provider of safety solutions for the maintenance service workforce. Robin Fleming is serving as Anvl's CEO and co-founder. Previously, Fleming was senior vice president of technology at Angie’s List.

Indianapolis-based High Alpha, a venture studio, has raised over $100 million in funding. High Alpha Studio II, an enterprise cloud startup studio, has secured $16.65 million from repeat investor Emergence Capital and Foundry Group. Also, High Alpha Capital, a seed and Series A venture  fund, has closed its High Alpha Capital II at $85 million.

San Diego-based Cordial, a next-generation email platform, has secured $15 million in Series B funding, according to a blog post https://blog.cordial.com/note-from-jeremy-swift on its site. PeakSpan Capital led the round with participation from Upfront Ventures and High Alpha.

Aaron Fleishman, Fiona Huang, Melanie Jordan and Asher Kraut are among the 40 Rising Stars under the age of 40 in Venture Capital Journal's fifth consecutive list.

Bolster, a marketplace for on-demand executive talent, has raised $11 million in Series B financing.

Bolster, a marketplace for on-demand executive talent, has raised $11 million in Series B financing.

For the third year in a row, we reached out to readers and others to find out who are the rising stars of venture capital. It was no small task, but here is a list of 40 professionals under 40 who are destined to shape VC.

Logik.io, a next generation software company, has raised $10 million in seed funding.

Emergence Capital has promoted Lotti Siniscalco to partner and Yaz El-Baba to senior associate.

The Mom Project, a platform for moms to discover their economic potential, has secured $80 million in Series C funding.

Rise Science, an energy management app, has secured $15.5 million in funding.