North America

Sisu attracts $52.5 mln Series B in NEA-led round

San Francisco-based Sisu, a diagnostic platform for structured data, has secured $52.5 million in Series B funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from other investors that included Andreessen Horowitz and Green Bay Ventures.

Northwestern Mutual Fund Ventures to back women-founded startups

Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures will invest $20 million in funding to invest in women-founded startups. Since launching in 2017, the Future Ventures fund has invested more than $50 million in 18 startups

Swiss biopharma Versameb locks in funding

Versameb AG, a Swiss biopharmaceutical company, has raised CHF 6.4 million in financing. The investors were not named.

Curiox fetches $15 mln Series B

Singapore-based Curiox Biosystems, a bioinstrumentation company, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The investors included KB Investment, IMM Investment, QUAD Investment, HB Investment, DAYLI Investment and SV Investment.

Pensando inks $145 mln Series C

Pensando Systems, an edge computing company, has raised $145 million in Series C funding. Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round.

Winnow grabs $12 mln Series B

Iowa City-based Winnow, a provider of AI tools for chefs, has secured $12 million in Series B funding. The investors included Ingka Group,Mustard Seed, Circularity Capital, D-Ax and The Ingenious Group.

NERv Technology picks up $1 mln

NERv Technology, a medtech venture co-founded by a number of University of Waterloo alumni, has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding. The investors included Sunhope Capital VC. The capital infusion will be used to cover the costs associated with preclinical studies and further develop NERv's flagship post-operative sensory platform product.

Legalist hires SoftBank's Vision Fund ex-investment director as CFO

Legalist, a litigation finance firm, has named Sean Liu as chief financial officer. Liu is the former investment director at SoftBank's Vision Fund.

Sistine Solar nabs funding

Sistine Solar, a provider of solar panels, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors were Energy Foundry, MassCEC and Thin Line Capital.

Cryptocurrency accounting and audit platform Verady lands funding

Verady, a cryptocurrency accounting and audit platform, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. TTV Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Fenbushi Capital.