Private Equity
Vancouver-based two-wheel technology company Damon Motorcycles has raised $2.5 million in a seed-stage financing. The round was led by Canadian growth-stage venture capital firm Round 13 Capital. It was joined by Techstars, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures. Founded in 2017 by CEO Jay Giraud and CTO Dom Kwong, Damon has developed an advanced warning system that uses sensor fusion, robotics and artificial intelligence to make motorcycling safer. Damon said manufacturers are evaluating the technology for factory integration. The funds raised will support further growth and product development.
4 min read · 04 June 2019
Austin and New York City-based Liveoak Technologies, an enterprise cloud company transforming virtual business, has secured $8 million in funding. S3 Ventures led the round with participation from Seven Peaks Ventures, Wild Basin Investments, State Farm Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and Broadhaven Capital Partners. In addition to the funding, Charlie Plauche, a partner at S3 Ventures and Tom Gonser, founder of DocuSign and a partner at Seven Peaks Ventures, will join the Liveoak Technologies board of directors.
1 min read · 04 June 2019
Cien Inc, a provider of AI-powered sales productivity solutions, has raised $3.5 million in funding. The investors included Elaia.
1 min read · 04 June 2019
Seattle-based Highspot, a sales enablement platform, has secured $60 million in Series D funding. ICONIQ Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Sapphire Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, OpenView, Salesforce Ventures and Shasta Ventures.
1 min read · 04 June 2019
UK and Denver-based Matillion, a provider of data transformation software for cloud data warehouses, has raised $35 million in funding. Battery Ventures led the round with participation from Sapphire Ventures and Scale Venture Partners.
1 min read · 04 June 2019
UK and Denver-based Matillion, a provider of data transformation software for cloud data warehouses, has raised $35 million in funding. Battery Ventures led the round with participation from Sapphire Ventures and Scale Venture Partners.
1 min read · 04 June 2019
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Zapata Quantum, a quantum computing startup, has named Rhonda Germany Ballintyn to its board. Ballintyn is the former corporate vice president, chief strategy and marketing officer at Honeywell International. Zapata is backed by Comcast Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Pitango Ventures, BASF Venture Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Pillar VC and The Engine.
3 min read · 04 June 2019
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Zapata Quantum, a quantum computing startup, has named Rhonda Germany Ballintyn to its board. Ballintyn is the former corporate vice president, chief strategy and marketing officer at Honeywell International. Zapata is backed by Comcast Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Pitango Ventures, BASF Venture Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Pillar VC and The Engine.
3 min read · 04 June 2019
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Strand Therapeutics Inc., a developer of gene therapies powered by synthetic biology, has raised $6 million in seed funding. Playground Global led the round.
1 min read · 04 June 2019
Brooklyn, New York-based Medly Pharmacy, a digital pharmacy, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. Greycroft led the round.
1 min read · 04 June 2019
