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Elektra Labs collects $2.9 mln seedElektra Labs, a healthcare-security company, has raised $2.9 million in seed funding. Maverick Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Arkitekt Ventures, Boost VC, Founder Collective, Lux Capital, SV Angel and Village Global.
- Chronosphere procures $11 mln Series A
Chronosphere, a platform for monitoring complex technology stacks at large scale, has raised $11 million in Series A funding. Greylock led the round with participation from Lux Capital.
- Shiru grabs $3.5 mln seed
Shiru, a provider of proteins for food applications leveraging molecular design, has secured $3.5 million in seed funding. Lux Capital led the round.
- LabGenius amasses over $10 mln Series A
LabGenius, a UK-based provider of an AI-driven drug discovery platform, has raised over $10 million in Series A financing. Lux Capital and Obvious Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Felicis Ventures, Inovia Capital, Gigafund and Air Street Capital.
- Echodyne scores $20 mln
Echodyne, a maker of high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, has secured $20 million in financing. The investors included Bill Gates, Madrona Ventures, NEA, Vulcan Capital, Lux Capital and Vanedge Capital.
- Caper pockets $10 mln Series A
Caper, an AI-powered shopping cart, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Lux Capital led the round.
- New Knowledge takes in $3 mln
Austin, Texas-based New Knowledge, an "information integrity" company, has secured $3 million in funding. The investors were BuildGroup and Lux Capital.
- Lux Capital racks up more than $1 bln for funds
Lux Capital has raised more than $1 billion for two new funds, according to a Medium blog post https://medium.com/@lux_capital/illuminating-the-future-cc983776acae The firm has raised $500 million for its sixth early-stage fund and $550 million for its second opportunity fund focused on growth-stage investments. The Menlo Park, California-based venture firm invests in the physical and life sciences sectors.
Venture-backed CTRL-labs buys Myo armband IP from NorthCTRL-labs has acquired the intellectual property for the Myo gestural armband from North, a Kitchener, Ontario-based wearable technology company. Terms weren't released for the deal, which CTRL-labs announced https://twitter.com/CTRLlabsCo?lang=en on Twitter. The New York-based neural interface technology developer said it will "bring these inventions back to life." North, which is said to have raised a US$40 million convertible debt financing https://www.pehub.com/canada/2019/05/north-secures-54-mln-in-bridge-financing-from-existing-vcs-gm/ earlier this year, recently focused on its augmented reality eyewear called Focals. In February, CTRL-labs reportedly https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazons-alexa-fund-joins-28m-round-ctrl-labs-makers-neural-interface-technology/ closed a US$28 million round led by GV, Google’s venture capital arm, and joined by Amazon’s Alexa Fund, Lux Capital, Spark Capital and others.