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Kymeta Closes $50m Series CKymeta Corporation has closed a $50 million Series C financing to accelerate the company’s growth plans. Kymeta designs and manufactures satellite communication antennas and systems. Existing Kymeta investors including Bill Gates, Lux Capital and Liberty Global were joined in the financing by Osage University Partners and The Kresge Foundation.
- VC-Backed Siluria Technologies Announces New Hire
San Francisco-based Siluria Technologies said Tuesday that it has named Guido Radaelli as vice president of engineering. In his new role, Radaelli, who previously served as vice president of engineering at Aurora BioFuels, will report to Siluria CEO Ed Dineen. Siluria is a company that converts natural gas into chemicals and fuels. It is backed by ARCH Venture Partners, The Wellcome Trust, Alloy Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Bright Capital, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Lux Capital and Vulcan Capital.
Falling In Love With HardwareHardware could be the next big thing in venture and VCs are scrambling to understand the new, lean business model
- Eliadis Joins Lux Capital
Karen Eliadis has joined Lux Capital as its CFO based in Palo Alto. Eliadis was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of BlueRun Ventures.
- Esaka Named CEO of Transphorm
Transphorm, which is backed by Lux Capital, said Mondy that Fumihide “Humi” Esaka will join as the company's new CEO starting July 1. Esaka is currently CEO of Nihon Inter Electronics Corp.
- Lux Capital Adds Bilal Zuberi
Lux Capital has named Bilal Zuberi as a partner in its Palo Alto, Calif., offices. Bilal joins from General Catalyst Partners, where he was a Principal in the firm’s Boston office.
3D Makes Everything Better3D is not a new phenomenon, but it is playing a role in many different industries and has garnered some VC interest; it may also prove to be instrumental in changing how the world sees things
- Matterport Inks $5.6M Series A
Matterport, a developer of 3D scanning technology, raised $5.6 million in Series A financing. The company is backed by Lux Capital, which led the round, and by Felicis Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Greylock, and Qualcomm Ventures. The company is creating a “3D camera and interactive viewing platform.”
Fund Briefs: Updates on Freestyle, Ignition, Amplify and Osage, among othersFreestyle nears $40M target; Ignition scales back; and Amplify launches
- Kala Pharmaceuticals Secures $11.5m Series A
Kala Pharmaceuticals has secured $11.5 million in Series A equity financing through new and existing investors. New and lead investor Crown Venture Fund the venture capital arm of the Crown family of Chicago, joined Kala's existing investors including Lux Capital Management, Polaris Venture Partners and Third Rock Ventures.