Private Equity
Alpharetta, Georgia-based Ciox Health, a health tech company, has secured $30 million in funding. Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and New Mountain Capital led the financing.
1 min read · 25 July 2019
Medford, Massachusetts-based Agrivida, an agricultural biotech firm, has raised $8 million in funding. The investors included Open Prairie, ARCH Venture Partners, Batios Holdings Limited, Cultivian Sandbox, Syngenta Ventures, Maschhoff's Agricultural Holdings and Middleland Capital.
1 min read · 24 July 2019
Seattle-based SoundCommerce, a operations data platform provider, has named Meredith Han as chief operating officer. Her work background includes a tenure at Amazon.com where she helped launch the health and personal care business. SoundCommerce's backers included Defy Partners, Voyager Capital, Stage Venture Partners and Kick-Start Partners.
3 min read · 24 July 2019
San Francisco-based Hipcamp, an online marketplace for discovering one-of-a-kind campsites, glampsites and RV camping, has secured $25 million in funding, according to an announcement on its site. Andreessen Horowitz led the round.
1 min read · 24 July 2019
Luci.ai, a Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology startup founded this year, has raised $500,000 in a seed-stage financing. The round's investors were not disclosed. Luci.ai also announced the launch of its AI dispatch and scheduling-as-a-service platform, LuciX, which helps businesses make deliveries and manage appointments. The technology is targeted to food delivery, groceries and retail, parcel and courier, retail and delivery, third-party logistics, home services, field service, warehouse management and other sectors. Luci.ai's founding team includes scientists, engineers and industry experts from Amazon, Alibaba, DHL and Canadian Tire.
3 min read · 24 July 2019
Bravado, a community of sales professionals, has raised $12 million in funding, according to a blog post on its site. The investors included Redpoint Ventures and Freestyle Capital.
1 min read · 24 July 2019
Balena, a provider of a platform that simplifies device fleet management, has secured $14.4 million in Series B funding, according to a blog post on its site. OpenView led the round with participation from other investors that included Threshold Ventures, Aspect Ventures and GE Ventures.
1 min read · 24 July 2019
Palo Alto, California-based Hippo, an insurtech firm, has secured $100 million in Series D funding. The lead investor was Bond.
1 min read · 24 July 2019
Bellevue, Washington and Tel Aviv-based vCita, a provider of cloud-based, business management solutions for small businesses, has raised $15 million in funding. Forestay Capital led the round.
1 min read · 24 July 2019
Aura, a financial technology company that offers affordable loans to families, has raised $28.7 million in financing. The investor was Angel Island Capital.
1 min read · 24 July 2019
