Private Equity
Forendo Pharma, a Finnish drug developer focused on women's health, has secured 5 million euros in funding. The investor was Sunstone Life Science Ventures. In addition to the funding, Claus Andersson, a general partner from Sunstone, joins Forendo Pharma's board of directors.
1 min read · 19 July 2019
Secfi, a financing provider for option exercise and holders of private company stock, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Rucker Park Capital led the round.
1 min read · 19 July 2019
El Segundo, California-based Radiology Partners, a radiology practice in the U.S., has raised about $700 million in funding. The backer was Starr Investment Holdings.
1 min read · 19 July 2019
Montana-based Submittable, an application review and opportunity marketplace, has secured $10 million in Series B funding. Next Coast Ventures led the round participation from return backers True Ventures, Next Frontier Capital and Flywheel Ventures.
1 min read · 19 July 2019
Medicixi, a European life sciences investment firm, has closed its third fund at 400 million euros. The investors in Medicixi III include Novartis and Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. The fund will invest in early and late-stage biopharma companies.
3 min read · 19 July 2019
FlixMobility, the German parent company of global mobility platforms FlixBus and FlixTrain, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series F funding. TCV and Permira led the round. In addition to the funding, John Doran, a general partner at TCV, and Stefan Dziarski, a partner at Permira, will join FlixMobility’s board of directors.
6 min read · 18 July 2019
Horizon Blockchain Games, a Toronto-based video game studio and blockchain infrastructure company, has raised $3.75 million in a seed-stage financing. Initialized Capital, the U.S. venture capital firm of Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, led the round. It was joined by Golden Ventures, Polychain, Coinbase, Digital Currency Group and Inovia Capital. Founded in 2018 by CEO Peter Kieltyka and his team, Horizon creates games enabled by blockchain technology. The company's debut title, SkyWeaver, a digital card game, is set to enter open beta this fall, along with its crypto-arcade platform and wallet, Arcadeum.
4 min read · 18 July 2019
California-based Haus, a co-investment platform for home ownership, has secured $7.1 million in seed funding. The investors included Montage Ventures, RIT Capital Partners and Tim Ferriss.
3 min read · 18 July 2019
Dublin, Ireland-based Cubic Telecom, a connectivity management supplier to the internet of things and automotive industries, has secured $26.4 million in funding. The backer was European Investment Bank.
1 min read · 18 July 2019
Sierra Ventures, an early-stage tech venture firm, has closed its twelfth fund at $215 million. The fund's limited partners include best endowments, pension funds and corporations.
3 min read · 18 July 2019
