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Silicon Valley motoring a new Detroit rivalVCs seek sweet deals in Auto IT, including semi-autonomous driving technologies and other innovations
Guardant Health scores 100 mln Series DRedwood City, California-based Guardant Health, a cancer testing provider, has raised almost $100 million in Series D funding. OrbiMed Advisors is leading the round with participation from other investors that include Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pejman Mar, Formation 8 and Heritage Group.
- Storage tech company Nutanix files for IPO: Reuters
Online storage startup Nutanix has filed for its long-awaited public offering, the latest indication that the IPO window may still be open for some highly valued tech companies, Reuters News reported.
- Blue River Tech raises $17 mln
Blue River Technologies said Wednesday that it raised $17 million in Series B funding led by Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund. Syngenta Ventures and Monsanto Growth Ventures joined the round as new investors, and existing investors Data Collective Venture Capital, Khosla Ventures and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors also participated. Sunnyvale, California-based Blue River Tech provides robotic systems that aim to precisely observe and treat each plant in a field.
- VC-backed ClearStory Data recruits Fed Reserve's ex-chief data officer to advisory board
Menlo Park, California-based data intelligence solutions provider ClearStory Data has named Micheline Casey to its advisory board. Casey is the former chief data officer for the Federal Reserve. ClearStory Data is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, DAG Ventures, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
- Fashion footwear startup Shoes of Prey takes in $15.5 mln
Los Angeles-based fashion footwear startup Shoes of Prey has raised $15.5 million in Series B funding. BlueSky Venture Capital led the round with participation from Greycroft, Nordstrom and Khosla Ventures.
Formation 8 continues to dissolveFormation 8's Hardware Fund, which was renamed Eclipse Ventures Fund I, has relocated to Palo Alto, the latest move in which the firm's partners are going their separates ways.
Global fundraising recapFundraising recaps from the past month regarding Formation 8, 500 Startups, Partech and other firms from around the world
- Interconnection company IIX inks $26 mln Series B
Silicon Valley-based interconnection company IIX Inc has raised $26 million in Series B funding. Formation 8 led the round with participation from other investors that included New Enterprise Associates and AME Cloud Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Jim Kim, a founding partner at Formation 8, has been added to IIX’s board of directors.