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Postmates seeks to deliver in its public debut

Fintech leaps to new global investment record in 2018

Darwin seeks $110 mln for fifth fund-of-funds

Keith Rabois to leave Khosla Ventures for Peter Thiel's Founders Fund

Calypso Biotech picks up Series A funding

Calypso Biotech, a Dutch developer of therapeutic antibodies for autoimmune diseases, has secured 20 million euros in Series A financing. The lead backers were Gilde Healthcare and Inkef Capital.

JVP wraps up eighth fund at $220 mln

Israeli venture firm Jerusalem Venture Partners has closed its eighth fund at $220 million. JVP VIII's investors include international insurance companies and endowments from universities and major global corporations. The fund will invest in early through mid-stage technologies.

BiomX nabs $32 mln Series B

BiomX Ltd, an Israeli microbiome drug discovery company, has raised $32 million in Series B financing. The investors included OrbiMed, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., Takeda Ventures, Inc., 8VC, MiraeAsset and Seventure Partners.

Neuspera fetches $26 mln Series B

San Jose, California-based Neuspera Medical Inc, a neuromodulation company, has secured $26 million in Series B funding. The company's investors include 6 Dimensions Capital, Action Potential Venture Capital, Windham Venture Partners, Delta Capital, LLC and Purple Arch Ventures.

SafeRide lands Series A funding

Los Angeles-based SafeRide Inc, a healthcare logistics provider, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A financing. Fresenius Medical Care Ventures led the round with participation from Amplify.LA, Bonfire Ventures, FCA Venture Partners and Meridian Street Capital.

Billion Dollar Fund for Women comes to Canada to sign up more VCs

Billion Dollar Fund for Women, a global initiative that aims to increase investment in women-founded companies, has arrived in Canada to recruit local venture firms. The launch was announced today by Lally Rementilla, the fund’s Canada lead and president of Quantius, a Toronto intellectual-property lender and one of the fund’s early supporters. Rementilla told PE Hub Canada that Billion Dollar Fund is looking to spread awareness in Canada about the gender financing gap. It also offers a plan of action involving pledges by VC firms to invest a portion of their capital in tech startups created by female entrepreneurs.