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KPCB leads Series B round for ecommerce company BorderX LabBorderX Lab Inc, an ecommerce company, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round with participation from other investors that included Hillhouse Capital Group, CBC, Welight Capital and iFly Venture Capital.
- Panacea Venture, backed by KPCB partners, to raise $150 mln for venture fund
Panacea Venture, formed by two Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers' partners from China, is seeking to raise $150 million for a venture fund according to a filing with the SEC.
- AR startup Ubiquity6 procures $10.5 mln
San Francisco-based Ubiquity6, an augmented reality startup, has raised $10.5 million in funding, according to a blog post https://medium.com/ubiquity6/edit-reality-together-f20c5804ec00 Index Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included First Round Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Gradient Ventures.
- Intercom raises $125 mln from Kleiner Perkins, GV and others
San Francisco-based Intercom, which provides a messaging platform for businesses to connect with its customers, announced it has raised $125 million in Series D funding with a post-money valuation of $1.275 billion. Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation from GV and others, including Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures. As part of the funding, Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins will serve as board observer. The company, founded in 2011 by Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor, Ciaran Lee and David Barrett, has now raised $240 million in total funding.
- UiPath lands $153 mln Series B in Accel-led round
New York City-based UiPath, a platform for enterprise robotic process automation, has raised $153 million in Series B funding. Accel led the round with participation from CapitalG, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Earlybird, Credo Ventures and Seedcamp.
- AI-powered network assistant Mist raises $46 mln led by Kleiner Perkins
Cupertino, California-based Mist, maker of a self-learning wireless network powered by artificial intelligence, announced it has raised an over-subscribed $46 million Series C round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins. Other investors included Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, GV, NTT Docomo Ventures and Dimension Data. The company has now raised about $88 million in total financing. As part of the funding round, Mamoon Hamid, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, and Rob Lopez, group executive of networking at Dimension Data, have joined the board.
- Open design platform Figma rakes in $25 mln in KPCB-led round
San Francisco-based Figma, an open design platform, has raised $25 million in Series B funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round.
Instacart acquires VC-backed digital grocery platform UnataInstacart has acquired Unata, a Toronto-based provider of digital solutions to grocery retailers. Terms weren't disclosed; however, Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-16/instacart-acquires-coupon-and-voice-shopping-startup-unata the deal's value at US$65 million. Instacart, a U.S. on-demand grocery delivery service, said the deal will create a one-stop shop for brick-and-mortar retailers to "effectively compete in an increasingly online world." It added that Unata will retain its name and headquarters and continue to be led by CEO Chris Bryson. Founded in 2011, Unata was backed by GTAN, Mantella Venture Partners, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund and others. Instacart is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, KPCB, Sequoia Capital and others.
- Expansion Therapeutics hauls in $55.3 mln Series A
San Diego and Jupiter, Florida-based Expansion Therapeutics, a developer of ribonucleic acid targeted small molecule medicines, has secured $55.3 million in Series A financing. The lead investors were 5AM Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Novartis Venture Fund and Sanofi Ventures. Also, RA Capital Management and Alexandria Venture Investments participated in the round.