Private Equity
Dawn Capital has raised over $12.4 million for its third fund, according to an SEC filing. No target was listed on the document. London-based Dawn Capital is an early-stage venture firm that invests in European startups.
1 min read · 03 May 2018
Salesforce Ventures, the venture capital arm of U.S. technology giant Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has launched the Canada Trailblazer Fund, a US$100 million ($128 million) fund to invest in startups and fuel cloud innovation and customer success in Canada. The fund has so far backed four technology companies. They are: Tier1CRM, a provider of cloud-based CRM solutions for the capital markets industry; Traction Guest, a developer of cloud-based visitor management systems; Tulip, a mobile application provider focused on empowering retail workers, and; OSF Commerce, a digital cloud transformation specialist focused on building multi-cloud and unified commerce projects.
5 min read · 03 May 2018
Durham, North Carolina-based Carpe, which produces products to combat hyperhidrosis (or excessive sweating), has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors were Triangle Angel Partners and Rubicon Venture Capital. Recently, the company closed $2.3 million in seed funding.
1 min read · 03 May 2018
Salesforce Ventures has launched Canada Trailblazer Fund, a $100 million fund that will invest in Canadian startups. So far the fund has invested in Tier1CRM, a provider of cloud-based CRM solutions for the capital markets industry built on Salesforce; Traction Guest, a developer of cloud-based visitor management systems; Tulip, a mobile application provider focused on empowering workers in retail stores; and OSF Commerce, a digital cloud transformation specialist focused on building multi-cloud and unified commerce projects using Salesforce.
4 min read · 03 May 2018
UK and Sweden-based Oxx, a growth capital firm that invests in B2B software companies, has raised $100 million in the first close of its inaugural fund. Oxx I will target UK, Nordic and Israeli markets. The fund's limited partners include family offices and British Business Investments, the commercial arm of the British Business Bank.
4 min read · 03 May 2018
OnKure Inc, an epigenetics-focused drug discovery and development company, has secured $7 million in Series A financing. Delian Capital led the round.
1 min read · 03 May 2018
Entac Medical Inc, which is developing noninvasive devices for predicting and diagnosing gastrointestinal and other medical conditions, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A2 financing. Innova led the round with participation from i-Select Fund and Sage Fund.
1 min read · 03 May 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Casma Therapeutics Inc, a biotechnology company, has raised $58.5 million in Series A funding. The investor was Third Rock Ventures.
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