Private Equity
Retail Zipline, a communication and execution platform for retailers, has raised $9.6 million in Series A funding. Emergence led the round with participation from Serena Ventures, Serena Williams' venture firm. In addition to the funding, Santi Subotovsky and Kara Egan from Emergence will be joining Retail Zipline’s board of directors.
6 min read · 16 May 2019
Retail Zipline, a communication and execution platform for retailers, has raised $9.6 million in Series A funding. Emergence led the round with participation from Serena Ventures, Serena Williams' venture firm. In addition to the funding, Santi Subotovsky and Kara Egan from Emergence will be joining Retail Zipline’s board of directors.
6 min read · 16 May 2019
Los Angeles-based Connect Homes, a prefab housing provider, has raised $10.8 million in Series A funding. Brick & Mortar Ventures and Virgo Investment Group led the round with participation from other investors that included MetaProp, Almubader Growth Fund and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Darren Bechtel from Brick & Mortar Ventures and Scott Johnson from Virgo Investment Group will join ConnectHomes' board of directors.
1 min read · 16 May 2019
Los Angeles-based Connect Homes, a prefab housing provider, has raised $10.8 million in Series A funding. Brick & Mortar Ventures and Virgo Investment Group led the round with participation from other investors that included MetaProp, Almubader Growth Fund and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Darren Bechtel from Brick & Mortar Ventures and Scott Johnson from Virgo Investment Group will join ConnectHomes' board of directors.
1 min read · 16 May 2019
Singapore-based YouTrip, a multi-currency travel wallet, has raised $25.5 million in funding. Insignia Ventures Partners led the round.
1 min read · 16 May 2019
Singapore-based YouTrip, a multi-currency travel wallet, has raised $25.5 million in funding. Insignia Ventures Partners led the round.
1 min read · 16 May 2019
Vancouver-based pharmaceutical company ESSA Pharma Inc (Nasdaq: EPIX; TSX-V: EPI) has agreed to acquire Realm Therapeutics Plc (Nasdaq: RLM), a Malvern, Pennsylvania-based maker of therapies for treating immune-mediated diseases. The all-stock deal values Realm's issued and outstanding shares at about US$21.5 million. It is expected to close by mid-year. The acquisition is supported by ESSA investor Clarus Ventures, a U.S. life sciences venture capital firm acquired by Blackstone Group last year. ESSA is also backed by Omega Funds. Founded in 2009, ESSA is focused on developing therapies for treating prostate and other cancers. It said the acquisition is intended to be supplemented by a financing involving insiders and other investors.
7 min read · 16 May 2019
Vancouver-based pharmaceutical company ESSA Pharma Inc (Nasdaq: EPIX; TSX-V: EPI) has agreed to acquire Realm Therapeutics Plc (Nasdaq: RLM), a Malvern, Pennsylvania-based maker of therapies for treating immune-mediated diseases. The all-stock deal values Realm's issued and outstanding shares at about US$21.5 million. It is expected to close by mid-year. The acquisition is supported by ESSA investor Clarus Ventures, a U.S. life sciences venture capital firm acquired by Blackstone Group last year. ESSA is also backed by Omega Funds. Founded in 2009, ESSA is focused on developing therapies for treating prostate and other cancers. It said the acquisition is intended to be supplemented by a financing involving insiders and other investors.
7 min read · 16 May 2019
Paris-based DNA Script, a maker of synthetic nucleic acids, has raised $38.5 million in Series B financing. The investors included LSP, BPIFrance, Kurma Partners, Idinvest Partners, Illumina Ventures and M Ventures.
1 min read · 16 May 2019
Tealium, a provider of real-time customer data orchestration, has raised $55 million in Series F funding. Silver Lake Waterman led the round participation from other investors that included ABN AMRO Digital Impact Fund, Declaration Partners and Parkwood.
1 min read · 16 May 2019
