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Bling raises more than $90 mln for inaugural opportunity, early-stage fundsBling Capital, an investor in electric scooter company Lime, has raised $60 million for its inaugural early-stage fund, according to a pair of regulatory filings. The firm also raised a little more than $30 million for an opportunity fund that will make follow-on investments in portfolio companies and new investments in other companies in special cases, according to Founder and General Partner Ben Ling. Previously, Ling was a GP at Khosla Ventures and served in senior operating roles at Google, YouTube and Facebook.
- Steve Jurvetson's Future Ventures raises $200 mln inaugural venture fund
Steve Jurvetson's Future Ventures said Friday it has raised a $200 million inaugural venture-capital fund, according to a press release.
- Vicarious Surgical attracts $10 mln
Charlestown, Massachusetts-based Vicarious Surgical, a developer of virtual reality software for minimally invasive surgery procedures, has raised $10 million in funding. Gates Frontier led the round with participation from Khosla Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, AME Cloud Ventures and Marc Benioff.
- Home rental startup Jetty grabs $25 mln Series B
New York City-based Jetty, a home rental startup, has secured $25 million in Series B funding. Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Valar Ventures and Ribbit Capital. In addition to the funding, Rabois will join Jetty's board of directors.
- Microsoft buys VC-backed Citus Data
Microsoft has acquired San Francisco-based Citus Data, a big data analytics company, according to a blog post https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2019/01/24/microsoft-acquires-citus-data/ on the latter company's site. No financial terms were disclosed. Citus Data's backers included Khosla Ventures, Data Collective and Vaizra Investments.
- Rubrik procures $261 mln Series E
Palo Alto, California-based Rubrik, a cloud data management company, has raised $261 million in Series E funding. The investors were Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures and IVP.
iNovia Capital co-leads $60 mln Series B funding of BoostedBoosted, a Mountain View, California-based producer of last-mile electric vehicles, including the Booster board, has raised US$60 million in a Series B financing. The round, which brings total funding to more than US$70 million, was led by Canadian venture capital firm iNovia Capital and U.S. firm Khosla Ventures. They were joined by Series A investors. Patrick Pichette, an iNovia general partner, will take a preferred board seat. Boosted said it will use the funds raised for global growth and to introduce new products that leverage the company's light electric vehicle technology.
- Electric skateboard maker Boosted raises $60 mln
Mountain View, California-based Boosted, maker of an electric skateboard and provider of last-mile electric vehicles, announced it has raised $60 million in a Series B round of funding. Khosla Ventures and iNovia Capital co-led the round, which included Series A investors Stanford-StartX Fund and Bay Meadows. The company, founded in 2011, has now raised more than $70 million. As part of the round, Patrick Pichette, former Google CFO and a partner at iNovia Capital, will move from his existing independent board position to a preferred board seat.