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Freshly scores $21 mln Series B led by Insight Venture PartnersSubscription meal delivery service Freshly closed a $21 million Series B financing round led by Insight Venture Partners. Existing investors including Highland Capital Partners and White Star Capital also participated.
- Isomer Capital beefs up team with new addition
Isomer Capital has appointed Catherine Dupéré as a principal to its London-based staff. Previously, Dupéré worked at BDC Capital, the investment arm of Business Development of Canada.
Immunio raises $5 mln in White Star-led Series A roundIMMUNIO said it raised $5 million of Series A financing, bringing its total funding to date to $8.3 million. The Series A round was led by White Star Capital and joined by existing investors. The latter include Bloomberg Beta, Hoxton Ventures and Real Ventures, which together helped to launch /canada/2015/4/immunio-launched-with-2-7-mln-from-hoxton-real-ventures-bloomberg/ IMMUNIO with seed funding in April 2015. IMMUNIO, which is based in Montréal, is a provider of run-time application software protection for web applications. It said the funds raised, along with recent additions to the management team, will support the company's continued growth.
- Immunio raises $5 mln in White Star led deal
IMMUNIO said it raised $5 million of Series A financing in a deal led by White Star Capital and joined by existing seed investors. The company has now raised $8.3 million. Earlier investors include Hoxton Ventures, Real Ventures and Bloomberg Beta, according to news reports.
Clearwater, Gymtrack net up to $4.4 mln from angels, BDC, FedDevTwo Ottawa-based startups, Clearwater Clinical Inc and Gymtrack Inc, have secured $650,000 and $805,000, respectively, from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario). FedDev said the investment will leverage up to $2.95 million in additional funding from BDC Capital and angel investors. Clearwater, a developer of mobile medical devices, in late 2014 raised $2 million in a round /canada/2014/11/bdc-capital-leads-2-mln-funding-of-mobile-medicine-platform-clearwater/ led by BDC Capital Healthcare Fund. Gymtrack, an exercise planning and coaching software provider, last year raised $2.5 million in a round /canada/2015/2/real-ventures-white-star-capital-lead-2-5-mln-seed-funding-of-gymtrack/ led by White Star Capital and Real Ventures.
Worldwide fundraising briefsFrom Mucker in LA to Atomico in the UK, a recap of worldwide fundraising news
- KeyMe snags $20 mln Series B
KeyMe, a self-service digital key copying startup, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Comcast Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Battery Ventures, White Star Capital, 7-Ventures and The Michael Polsky family office.
Global fundraising recapFundraising recaps from the past month regarding Formation 8, 500 Startups, Partech and other firms from around the world
White Star Capital raises $70 mln VC fund anchored by BDCWhite Star Capital, a venture capital firm with offices in London, New York and Montréal, has secured US$70 million for its first institutional fund. BDC Capital was the anchor investor in the fund. Founded by Canadian-born Managing Partner Eric Martineau-Fortin, White Star is focused on deploying between $500,000 and $5 million to initial investments in early-stage technology companies in North America and Western Europe. Among its recent deals, the firm in May led a $6 million Series A financing /canada/2015/05/14/mnubo-rakes-in-6-mln-series-a/ of mnubo, an Internet-of-Things data analytics company based in Montréal. Canadian venture capital firm McRock Capital also invested in the round.
- White Star Capital collects $70 mln for initial fund
White Star Capital has raised $70 million for its inaugural fund. The venture firm is planning on investing between $500,000 and $5 million into companies in North America and Europe. The fund's backers include sovereign and institutional funds supported by entrepreneurs and family offices from over 18 markets.