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Medical tech company Bay Labs attracts $5.5 mln Series ASan Francisco-based Bay Labs, a medical technology company, has closed $5.5 million in Series A funding. Khosla Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Data Collective, Greenbox Venture Partners, Minneapolis Heart Institute Ventures and Georges Harik. In conjunction with the funding, Ben Ling, a general partner at Khosla Ventures, and Armen Vidian, an operating partner at DCVC, will join Bay Labs’ board of directors.
- Bitwise Asset Management scores $4 mln seed
San Francisco-based Bitwise Asset Management, a cryptocurrency index fund manager, has raised $4 million in seed funding. The investors included Khosla Ventures via Keith Rabois, General Catalyst via Hemant Taneja and Blockchain Capital.
- Affirm racks up $200 mln Series E
San Francisco-based Affirm Inc, a financial services firm, has raised $200 million in Series E funding, according to a source familiar with the transaction. GIC led the round with participation from other investors that included Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund, Spark Capital, Caffeinated Capital and Ribbit Capital.
- Personal chatbox Replika gathers $6.5 mln
San Francisco-based Replika, a personal chatbox, has raised $6.5 million in funding. The investors included Khosla Ventures and Sherpa Capital.
- Berlin startup Lofelt pulls in $5.4 mln Series A
Berlin-based Lofelt, a maker of haptic solutions in consumer electronics, has raised $5.4 million in Series A funding. Wolfman One led the round with participation from Horizons Ventures, Q Venture Partners and Coparion.
- VC-backed Fundbox announces three appointments
San Francisco-based Fundbox, a provider of small business credit and payment solutions, has named Rose Zhong as vice president of finance, Sebastian Rymarz as chief business officer and Prashant Fuloria as chief operations officer. Zhong is a former finance executive at Uber. Rymarz initially joined Fundbox to help set corporate strategy and build out the finance, risk and analytics teams while Fuloria first came on board as the firm's chief product officer. Fundbox's backers include Spark Capital Growth, Bezos Expeditions, General Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, SV Angel and former CitiGroup CEO Vikram Pandit.
- 1984 Ventures seeks $75 mln for inaugural fund
San Francisco-based 1984 Ventures, led by entrepreneur and investor Ramy Adeeb, is seeking to raise $75 million for its first venture fund, according to a regulatory filing https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1721079/000172107917000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml Adeeb is the founder and CEO of Snip.it, which was acquired by Yahoo. He is also a onetime principal at Khosla Ventures, where he worked on such investments as Square and Ness Technologies, according to his bio.