Private Equity
Princeton, New Jersey-based KBP Biosciences, a biotech company focused on developing medicines in areas of unmet medical need, has secured $76 million in Series A financing. Advantech Capital and SDIC Venture Capital led the round with participation from Sangel Capital, Ping An Ventures, Bay City Capital GF XINDE Life Science Investment Fund, Efung Capital, CASH Capital, Cowin Capital Group, Korea Investment Partners and Elite Capital.
1 min read · 05 January 2018
San Francisco-based Genome Medical, a genomics medical practice, has raised more than $23 million in funding. The company's investors include GE Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Illumina Ventures and Canaan Partners.
3 min read · 05 January 2018
5 min read · 05 January 2018
San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company Gossamer Bio has launched and announced it has raised $100 million in funding. The financing includes seed funding from founding investor Omega Funds and a Series A round co-led by Omega and ARCH Venture Partners.
1 min read · 05 January 2018
2 min read · 04 January 2018
Norwest Venture Partners has sold PCA Skin, a provider of skin care products, to Colgate-Palmolive Company. No financial terms were disclosed. Financo and Houlihan Lokey advised PCA SKIN on the deal.
3 min read · 04 January 2018
Nashville-based Trilliant Health, a healthcare analytics and growth company focused on intelligent patient acquisition for hospitals and healthcare providers, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. Nashville Capital Network led the round with participation from other investors that included Martin Ventures and Jon Phillips, managing director and head of private equity at First Trust Capital Partners LLC.
1 min read · 04 January 2018
Agent Capital has raised $52 million for a maiden venture capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 04 January 2018
Angel investor Ali Partovi, co-founder of LinkExchange and Code.org and an early adviser and investor at various tech companies, has filed to raise $50 million for his firm Neo Fund, according to a regulatory filing. The filing lists the firm's address at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. His brother, Hadi Partovi, with whom he often co-invests, is not listed on the filing. The Partovi brothers have been involved in various fast-growing and successful companies, such as investing in Zappos and Facebook, launching the nonprofit Code.org, which is developing computer programming education, and they have served as advisers to Dropbox and Indiegogo, among others. They are also the cousin of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
1 min read · 04 January 2018
New York City-based Quartet, a tech company bridging physical and mental healthcare, has raised $40 million in Series C funding. F-Prime Capital Partners and Polaris Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Oak HC/FT, GV and Deerfield Management.
1 min read · 04 January 2018
