Private Equity
NFX Capital has raised $275 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The San Francisco-based venture firm focuses on seed and Series A investments.
1 min read · 21 May 2019
NFX Capital has raised $275 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The San Francisco-based venture firm focuses on seed and Series A investments.
1 min read · 21 May 2019
Singapore and Boston-based Biofourmis, a provider of digital therapeutics, has secured $35 million in Series B financing. Sequoia India, part of Sequoia Capital, led the round.
1 min read · 21 May 2019
Burlingame, California-based Cala Health, Inc, a bioelectronic medicine company, has raised $50 million in Series C financing. The investors included Novartis, Baird Capital, LifeSci Venture Partners, TriVentures, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc, Lux Capital, Lightstone Ventures, Action Potential Venture Capital, dRx Capital and GV.
1 min read · 21 May 2019
Sofinnova Partners has raised 48 million euros for its new medtech acceleration fund, beating its target of 40 million euros. MD Start III's investors include Bpifrance, Medtronic, LivaNova, the European Investment Fund and Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
3 min read · 21 May 2019
Sofinnova Partners has raised 48 million euros for its new medtech acceleration fund, beating its target of 40 million euros. MD Start III's investors include Bpifrance, Medtronic, LivaNova, the European Investment Fund and Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
3 min read · 21 May 2019
2 min read · 21 May 2019
StandUp Ventures, part of a small but fast-growing group of Canadian women-focused venture firms, held the second close of its inaugural fund, raising $18 million. StandUp Ventures Fund I secured additional commitments from CIBC, Export Development Canada, Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II, RBC and Vancity, a news release said. The new limited partners joined BDC Capital, which helped anchor the fund’s launch in 2017. With the second close, Fund I surpassed its original goal of $15 million. The Toronto firm, overseen by MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, is now targeting a final close of $25 million.
2 min read · 21 May 2019
Generation Investment Management announced the close of its $1 billion Generation IM Sustainable Solutions Fund III. The fund, the firm's third, focuses on growth-stage businesses with well-established technology and commercial traction in three areas: planetary health, people health, and financial inclusion.
1 min read · 21 May 2019
2 min read · 21 May 2019
