North America

Cloud video infrastructure firm Mux nabs $20 mln Series B

San Francisco-based Mux, a cloud video infrastructure company, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The investors were Evolution Media, Accel and Y Combinator.

Mental healthcare startup Two Chairs procures $21 mln Series B

San Francisco-based Two Chairs, a mental healthcare company, has raised $21 million in Series B funding, according to a Medium blog post. Amplo led the round with participation from previous backers Goldcrest and Maveron.

Flyhomes racks up $141 mln

Seattle-based Flyhomes, a home-buying startup, has secured $141 million in equity and debt funding. Canvas Ventures led the equity round while lenders that include Genesis Capital provided the debt financing.

Flatfair inks $11 mln in Index Ventures-led round

UK-based Flatfair, a deposit-free renting platform, has raised $11 million in funding. Index Ventures led the round.

CoachHub picks up funding

Berlin-based CoachHub, a coaching platform, has secured 6 million euros in funding. The investors were HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Partech and Speedinvest x.

Softbank Group's Vision Fund invests in Energy Vault: Reuters

Softbank Group's Vision Fund has invested $110 million in Energy Vault, reported Reuters. Based in Switzerland, Energy Vault is a renewable energy storage startup.

Zenlayer lands $30 mln Series B

Los Angeles-based Zenlayer, an edge cloud services provider, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. Forebright Capital led the round.

Incorta snags $30 mln Series C

San Mateo, California-based Incorta, a no-ETL data warehouse, has raised $30 million in Series C funding. Sorenson Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included GV, Kleiner Perkins, M12 and Telstra Ventures.

Villi Iltchev joins Two Sigma Ventures

Two Sigma Ventures has tapped Villi Iltchev as a partner. Iltchev was most recently a partner with August Capital, which he joined in 2016.

Lightspeed selling investors to see $189 mln from secondary deal

Lightspeed POS (TSX: LSPD) has priced its previously announced offering of subordinate voting shares on behalf of selling shareholders. Underwriters have agreed to buy about 5.4 million shares for $35 per unit, generating proceeds of about $189 million. The amount increases to about $217 million if the greenshoe option is exercised in full. The selling shareholders include Lightspeed Founder and CEO Dax Dasilva, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Inovia Capital. Lightspeed, a Montréal-based retail and restaurant point-of-sale and e-commerce platform, closed its initial public offering (IPO) in Canada earlier this year, raising $276 million. The IPO valued the company at $1.5 billion.