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Data value platform Grax locks in $12.8 mlnGrax, a data value platform, has raised $12.8 million in Series A financing. The investor was Volition Capital.
- BURST Oral Care snags $20 mln
Walnut, California-based BURST Oral Care, a subscription oral care company, has secured $20 million in funding. The investors include Volition Capital.
- Canadian VC climbs to 18-year high in 2018 as top deals raise $1.4 bln
Canada’s venture capital market broke records in 2018, its ninth straight year of growth. The milestones included the most financings sized $100 million or more – ever. That made the market’s top 10 VC financings especially cash-intensive. In all, they drew $1.4 billion from investors, up 17 percent from the $1.2 billion raised by the top 10 deals in 2017. The number is based on PE Hub Canada’s list of the largest financings announced in 2018, supplemented by preliminary data from Refinitiv. It points to the considerable influence of late-stage rounds in technology investment activity, which reached a total of $4.3 billion last year, a nearly two-decade high.
- Bond-Pro procures $10 mln
Bond-Pro, provider of surety and specialty insurance software products and services, has secured $10 million in funding. Volition Capital led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Roger Hurwitz, a managing partner at Volition Capital, will join Bond-Pro's board.
- PlayerLync gathers $12.5 mln
PlayerLync, a mobile content platform for modern learning and performance management, secured $12.5 million in funding. Volition Capital led the round with participation from Anschutz Venture Group. In conjunction with the funding, Roger Hurwitz joins PlayerLync’s board of directors.
Warburg Pincus invests $130 mln in growth of Assent ComplianceAssent Compliance, an Ottawa-based supply-chain data management company, has secured a $130 million investment from Warburg Pincus, a U.S. private equity firm. As a result, Warburg's Justin Sadrian and Sam Lipsick will join the board. BDC Capital, Greenspring Associates, OpenText Enterprise Apps Fund and Volition Capital, which backed /canada/2017/07/assent-compliance-raises-40-mln-in-series-b-financing-report/ Assent's Series A and B rounds, will remain as investors. Assent provides cloud-based enterprise supply-chain data management software to help companies manage and reduce third-party market access, reputational, financial and operational risks. It will use the deal's proceeds to enhance the platform and expand product compliance, vendor management and social responsibility solutions.
Fresh off fundraising trail, Georgian Partners leads TraceLink’s $93 mln roundGeorgian Partners, which only weeks ago closed its fourth fund, is backing a software provider that aims to rid the global marketplace of counterfeit drugs. TraceLink, a Boston pharmaceuticals-tracking platform, said today that it raised a US$93 million financing led by the Canadian growth equity firm. Georgian Partner Tyson Baber joined the board. Founded in 2009, TraceLink provides a network for drugmakers and other stakeholders in the global life-sciences supply chain to connect and share information in real time. Along with leading its round, Georgian will support the company's artificial intelligence and machine learning strategy.
- Broker Genius snags $15 mln Series A
New York-based Broker Genius, a provider of pricing technology for the secondary ticket market, has secured $15 million in Series A funding. The investor was Volition Capital.