Private Equity
Dialogue, a Montréal-based virtual healthcare platform, has secured $40 million in its latest financing. The round was led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Holtzbrinck Ventures. They were joined by First Ascent Ventures, Portag3 Ventures, White Star Capital, Walter Capital Partners and National Bank of Canada, most of which invested in last year's $12 million Series A financing. Founded in 2016 by CEO Cherif Habib, COO Anna Chif and CTO Alexis Smirnov, Dialogue provides employers with direct access to front-line health-care professionals for their employees and families. The company will use the funds raised to consolidate its growth in Canada and continue expanding in Europe.
3 min read · 17 June 2019
Tel Aviv-based Ironscales, an automated phishing prevention, detection and response provider, has raised $15 million in Series B funding, according to a blog post on its site. K1 Investment Management led the round.
1 min read · 17 June 2019
San Francisco-based Collective Health, a health technology company, has secured $205 million in funding. SoftBank Vision Fund led the round.
1 min read · 17 June 2019
UK-based Black Sheep Coffee, a coffee shop chain, has secured 13 million pounds in funding. The investors included Tellef Thorleifsson, CEO of Norfund and co-founder of Northzone Fund and Bill Shultz, president of Coca-Cola Canada and board member at Coca-Cola Global.
4 min read · 17 June 2019
NeedsList, an online platform that matches products and services to communities in need worldwide, has secured $1 million in funding. The investors were Amplio Ventures, Marigold Capital, Omidyar Network, Next Wave Impact, Silicon Valley Social Ventures and the Kuo Sharper Fund.
3 min read · 17 June 2019
Drive Motors, a provider of digital commerce for some of the world's largest auto retailers and brands, has raised $5 million in funding. The investors were Peter Thiel, IDOM Inc and Ally Ventures, the investing arm of national auto finance company Ally Financial. Also, Drive Motors has changed its name to Modal.
1 min read · 14 June 2019
Edge Case Research, an AI safety startup, has secured $7 million in funding. Chris Urmson, co-founder and CEO of Aurora, and ANSYS, led the round with participation from Lockheed Martin Ventures, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Trucks VC and Blue Tree Allied Angels.
1 min read · 14 June 2019
Saga Diagnostics AB, a Swedish precision oncology genomics testing company, has raised $4.2 million in funding. Hadean Ventures led the round.
1 min read · 14 June 2019
San Francisco-based IRL, a social activity planning app, has raised $11 million in funding. The investors were Goodwater Capital, Founders Fund and Kleiner Perkins.
1 min read · 14 June 2019
Inner Loop Capital has launched a $2.6 million syndicate fund. The fund will focus on cybersecurity founders in the Washington, D.C. area. Gula Tech Adventures anchored the new fund whose other investors included Bloomberg Beta, two family offices and several cybersecurity founders, Justin Label, a former partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, is the founder of Inner Loop Capital.
4 min read · 14 June 2019
