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Vision Fund charts new path for SoftBank

VC-backed Cricket Health taps Shapiro as chief business officer

San Francisco-based Cricket Health, a provider of tech-enabled care solutions for chronic kidney disease and end stage renal disease, has appointed Danny Shapiro as chief business officer. His work background includes senior management roles at Home Care Assistance and DaVita Kidney Care. Cricket Health's backers include First Round Capital and Seven Peaks Ventures.

Magenta Medical lands $15 mln Series B

Magenta Medical, an Israeli medical device company focused on transcatheter heart failure therapy, has secured $15 million in Series B financing. The investors included Abiomed Inc, Pitango Venture Capital and Jafco Co.

Frazier Healthcare Partners hires Barrett as EIR

Frazier Healthcare Partners has named Mark Barrett as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Previously, Barrett worked at Sanofi Genzyme where he served as global head of strategy and business development.

Quinn Li chats about Qualcomm Ventures, bike sharing and what makes the CVC unique

Merchant Advance Capital unveils venture debt fund for SMEs

Merchant Advance Capital has partnered with Garron Helman, a financing and tax expert, in the launch of Venbridge, a source of venture debt and consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada. Venbridge will offer venture debt, consulting services, digital media financing and revenue financing to software-as-a-service companies, and corporate tax financing to all companies. Merchant Advance Capital, a Canadian online small business finance firm, will provide the funding source and staffing for Venbridge.

Ross Fubini and others launch seed fund Village with Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg as LPs

Iris Plans takes in $5.1 mln

Iris Plans Inc, a provider of healthcare planning for people with serious medical conditions, has raised $5.1 million in funding. Activate Venture Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Better Ventures.

Millennial women's health platform Tia grabs $2.5 mln seed

San Francisco-based Tia, a women's health platform for millennial women, has secured $2.5 million in seed financing. The investors were Combine, Homebrew and Compound.

Partners for Growth raises $276 mln for fifth fund

Partners for Growth has closed its fifth fund at $276 million. PFG focuses on financing growth businesses in the tech and life sciences sectors.