Private Equity
Detroit-based Autobooks, a provider of integrated invoicing, payment and accounting software for online banking platforms, has raised $10 million in funding. The investors included Draper Triangle, Baird Capital, Detroit Venture Partners, Invest Michigan and CU Solutions Group.
1 min read · 07 February 2018
Agrinos, a biological crop input provider, has raised $14.7 million in a private placement. The investors were Manor Investment SA, Havfonn AS and EuroChem Group AG. Also, Agrinos has added Frederic de Stexhe, a principal at Manor, to its board of directors.
3 min read · 07 February 2018
Palo Alto, California and London-based ThoughtSpot, a provider of search and AI-driven analytics for the enterprise, has named Martin Green as general manager, EMEA. Previously, Green helmed the EMEA operations of such enterprise software companies as Satmetrix, Merced, Nice Systems and Medallia. ThoughtSpot is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Geodesic Capital and Capital One Growth Ventures.
3 min read · 07 February 2018
San Francisco-based Human Interest, which provides retirement savings plans for small business employers and employees, announced it has raised an $11 million Series A round of funding led by Wing Venture Capital. Adam Nash, former CEO of Wealthfront, also participated in the round. The company was formerly known as Captain401, but rebranded as it aims to expand its reach nationwide.
1 min read · 07 February 2018
Carmel, Indiana-based Bolstra, a customer success platform, has closed $1.5 million in seed funding. The investors included Allos Ventures, 4G Ventures, Collina Ventures and VisionTech Angels.
3 min read · 07 February 2018
SharesPost said it launched a digital securities group to handle security token issuers and investors with John Wu as its CEO.
1 min read · 07 February 2018
Blackboard Inc, a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners, has named Rick Essex as chief financial officer. His appointment begins March 2, 2018. Previously, Essex worked at Survey Sampling International where he was CFO. Based in Washington, D.C., Blackboard is an educational tech company.
2 min read · 06 February 2018
New Zealand-based Nyriad Limited, an exascale computing company, has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding. The investors included Data Collective, Prelude Ventures, East Ventures, IDATEN Ventures and New Zealand Venture Investment Fund.
1 min read · 06 February 2018
Attivo Networks said it received an investment from Singtel Innov8, the venture capital arm of the Singtel Group. No financial details were provided, however the round is likely about $1.8 million.
1 min read · 06 February 2018
Aperio Systems said it raised $4.5 million of seed funding in a deal backed by Energias de Portugal, Data Point Capital, Jump Capital and Scopus Ventures.
1 min read · 06 February 2018
