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A smart Endeavour builds up its medtech vision with large fundPure-play medtech funds are rare, but one firm has breezed to its first despite a leap in investment-stage focus
Cathay leads funding round for QuantifindMenlo Park, Calif.-based Quantifind, which provides on-demand insights for brands, announced it has raised a $30 million round of funding led by Cathay Innovation. Previous investors Redpoint Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Iris Capital and AME Cloud Ventures also participated in the round. The company, founded in 2009, has now raised $60 million in funding. As part of the recent funding, Denis Barrier, co-founder of Cathay Innovation, is joining the board.
- Sony Mobile Communications joins Qnovo’s Series B round
Sony Mobile Communications joined Qnovo’s Series B financing round. Qnovo, a developer of software to enhance battery performance, previously announced it raised $8.6 million in Series B funding from Intel Capital, RockPort Capital, US Venture Partners and BRV Lotus.
- Cyber security company Appthority raises $10 mln
San Francisco-based Appthority, a provider of mobile enterprise security services, announced it has raised $10 million in Series B funding from existing investors U.S. Venture Partners and Venrock, as well as new investors Blue Coat Systems and Knollwood Investment Advisory. The company previously raised $6.25 million in a Series A round in 2012.
Dashboard: VC-backed M&A heats up in December; IPOs remain coldM&A proceeds spiked in December thanks to Bristol-Myers' $2.1 billion acquisition of Cardioxyl, the largest acquisition of a venture-backed company in 2015
- Zerto raises $50 mln
Zerto said Wednesday that it raised $50 million in Series E financing led by IVP. Also taking partner were new investor, Access Industries, via its Israeli entity, Claltech. The round also included participation from all current investors: 83North, Battery Ventures, Harmony Partners, RTP Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners and Mark Leslie who also serves on Zerto's Board of Directors. Boston-based Zerto provides disaster recovery software for virtualized and cloud data centers.
- Bradford named Plumgrid's CFO
Plumgrid said Wednesday that Marty Bradford has joined as CFO. Most recently, Bradford served as CFO at Quorum. Santa Clara, California-based Plumgrid provides secure cloud networks for public and private clouds. Investors include Longworth Venture Partners, U.S. Venture Partners, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and Swisscom Ventures.
- USVP closes eleventh fund at $300 mln
Menlo Park, California-based early-stage venture firm U.S. Venture Partners has raised $300 million for its eleventh fund. USVP XI will focus on making investments in in cybersecurity, enterprise software, consumer mobile e-commerce and healthcare.
Global fundraising recapFundraising recaps from the past month regarding Formation 8, 500 Startups, Partech and other firms from around the world
- USVP raises over $281 mln for 11th fund
According to an SEC filing http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1619539/000161953915000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml U.S. Venture Partners has raised over $281 million for its 11th fund. In 2008, the Menlo Park, California-based venture firm, which invests mostly in information technology and healthcare, raised $625 million for its 10th fund, as previously reported /2014/09/usvp-raising-new-fund-for-first-time-in-six-years-vcj/ by PE HUB.