Private Equity
Accelerator Corp, a life science investment and management firm, has named Dr. Kendall Mohler as chief development officer and Ian Howes as chief financial officer. Previously, Mohler was senior vice president of research at Juno Therapeutics Inc while Howes was the CFO of Heart Metabolics.
4 min read · 13 December 2017
Lincoln, Nebraska-based Virtual Incision Corporation, a medical device company, has raised $18 million in Series B funding. Sinopharm Capital and Bluestem Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included PrairieGold Venture Partners.
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Gigafund 0.1 has officially kicked off its fundraising efforts, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 12 December 2017
Cycle Capital Management and Qingdao City Construction Investment Group have held the first close the Qingdao Chengtou Haisi Cycle Equity Investment Fund. The RMB 600 million ($116 million) fund, launched in 2014, will invest in growth-stage industrial technology companies located in China, Canada and elsewhere in North America. It has already made its debut investment, deploying RMB 50 million to Haier-Ririshun Lejia, an affiliate of Qingdao-based consumer electronics and home appliances company Haier. Cycle is a Montréal-based clean technology venture capital firm.
4 min read · 12 December 2017
Alpha Venture Partners has raised over $28.3 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. No target was listed on the document. The New York City-based venture firm focuses on the software and information technology sectors.
1 min read · 12 December 2017
Empiric Health has named Becca LaFond as chief service officer. Previously, LaFond was managing director at Huron Healthcare. Empiric Health is backed by Intermountain Healthcare.
3 min read · 12 December 2017
