North America

Mountain State Capital leads funding round for Fitt

Fitt, a location-based platform that connects people to healthy living experiences across fitness, food, outdoors, and events, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. Mountain State Capital led the round with participation from Riverfront Ventures, MINDBODY and TNC Ventures.

BMO funds Flashpoint

Flashpoint, a provider of business risk intelligence solutions, has secured US$34 million in financing. The investors included Bank of Montreal’s technology and innovation banking group. The capital will be used for product development, expansion and customer acquisition. Flashpoint is also backed by Georgian Partners, Greycroft Partners, TechOperators, K2 Intelligence, Jump Capital, Leaders Fund, Bloomberg Beta and Cisco Investments.

SharpCloud rallies Series A

SharpCloud Software has raised 4.5 million pounds in Series A funding, according to a blog post on its site. The investor was YFM Equity Partners. London-based SharpCloud is a provider of visual business collaboration software for strategic portfolio management.

Strapi locks in $4 mln seed

Strapi, a headless content management system, has secured $4 million in seed funding, according to a blog post on its site. Accel and Stride.vc led the round.

Healx pockets $56 mln Series B

Healx, an AI-powered and patient-inspired technology company focused on treating rare diseases, has raised $56 million in Series B financing. Atomico led the round with participation from other investors that included Intel Capital, Global Brain, btov Partners, Balderton Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners and Jonathan Milner.

Realtime Robotics attracts $11.7 mln Series A

Boston-based Realtime Robotics, a creator of responsive motion planning for industrial robots and autonomous vehicles, has raised $11.7 million in Series A funding. SPARX Asset Management led the round with participation from other investors that included Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company, OMRON Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, Scrum Ventures and the Duke Angel Network.

HSA provider Lively nabs $27 mln Series B

San Francisco-based Lively Inc, a health savings account provider, has secured $27 million in Series B funding. Costanoa Ventures led the round with participation from Ally Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, PJC, Teamworthy Ventures, Streamlined Ventures and Y Combinator.

Enerkem collects $50 mln from Suncor

Enerkem, a Montréal-based producer of biofuels and renewable chemicals from waste, has raised $50 million in funding. The investor was Calgary-based energy company Suncor. This past April, Suncor participated in a $76.3 million financing round. As a result of this new investment, Suncor has become a "significant" Enerkem shareholder. Enerkem's other backers include Braemar Energy Ventures, Cycle Capital, Fondaction, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Investissement Québec, National Bank of Canada, Rho Ventures, Sunkem, Waste Management of Canada and Westly Group.

Rentgrata takes in $1 mln

Rentgrata, a renter insights platform that creates connections and builds community for multifamily properties, has raised $1 million in funding. The lead investor was M25.

Commercial real estate lender CRE Simple snags funding

San Francisco-based CRE Simple Inc, a commercial real estate lender, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. Grand Ventures and Fin Venture Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Darkknight Ventures, Sandolphon Capital and Duke Angel Network.