Private Equity
Emeryville, California-based Demetrix Inc, a biotechnology company focused on the production of cannabinoids, has secured $50 million in Series A funding. Tuatara Capital led the round with participation from return backer Horizons Ventures.
1 min read · 11 July 2019
Minerva Project, a provider of top-tier educational offerings, has raised $57 million in Series C funding. Bytedance led the round.
1 min read · 11 July 2019
London-based OneTrust, a provider of a privacy, security and third-party risk technology platform, has secured $200 million in Series A funding. Insight Partners led the round.
1 min read · 11 July 2019
Munich, Germany-based Usercentrics, a SaaS consent management platform, has secured an undisclosed amount of Series A financing. ALSTIN led the round with participation from return backers Cavalry Ventures and Reimann Investors.
1 min read · 11 July 2019
Top Tier Capital Partners has raised a $150 million investment fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 11 July 2019
Montréal-born hospitality brand Sonder has raised about $275 million (US$210 million) in a Series D financing led by Valor Equity, Westcap and Nicolas Pritzker, all new investors. The round values the business at more than US$1 billion, according to a news release. Other first-time backers of the deal include Canada’s Inovia Capital, which earlier this year raised US$600 million for new venture and growth-equity funds. Founded in 2012 by CEO Francis Davidson and COO Lucas Pellan, Sonder has its headquarters in San Francisco, relocating from Montréal in 2017. As part of the Series D, the company said it will open a second global HQ in Canada.
2 min read · 11 July 2019
Vasopharm GmbH, a German developer of treatments for traumatic brain injury, has secured 9.5 million euros in financing. HeidelbergCapital Private Equity and EF Investments led the round.
1 min read · 11 July 2019
Espoo, Finland-based IQM, which makes hardware systems for quantum computers, has raised $13 million in seed funding from Matadero QED, Maki.vc, MIG Fonds, OpenOcean, Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment) and Vito Ventures.
1 min read · 11 July 2019
Vertex Ventures US, a Palo Alto, California-based firm that recently raised a $150 million second venture fund, has hired Chase Roberts as a principal. Previously, he was senior manager of strategic partnerships at Segment and before that was senior manager of partner strategy and Alliances at Box.
1 min read · 11 July 2019
UK-based edtech startup Unibuddy has secured $5 million in Series A funding. Fred Destin of Stride VC led the round.
2 min read · 10 July 2019
