Private Equity
Berkeley, California-based Checkerspot Inc, a materials innovation company, has secured $13 million in Series A financing. Builders VC led the round with participation from other investors that included Breakout Ventures, Viking Global Investors, KdT Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, Sahsen Ventures and Godfrey Capital. In addition to the funding, Jim Kim, a general partner at Builders VC, will join Checkerspot's board of directors.
1 min read · 16 April 2019
Seattle-based Bardy Diagnostics Inc, a provider of ambulatory cardiac monitoring technologies and custom data solutions, has raised $35.5 million in Series B funding. River Cities Capital Funds led the round with participation from HealthQuest Capital, Aperture Venture Partners, Aphelion Capital, Lumira Ventures, Rex Health Ventures, SV Health Investors, Health Enterprise Partners and Ascension Ventures.
1 min read · 16 April 2019
Philadelphia-based Panorama Medicine, a RNA therapeutics startup, has raised $3.7 million in seed funding. WI Harper Group led the round.
1 min read · 16 April 2019
Santa Clara, California-based Citcon, a cross-border mobile payment and commerce solution provider, has secured $5 million in Series B funding. East West Bank led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Catherine Zhou, executive vice president and head of consumer banking and digital banking at East West Bank, will join Citcon's board of directors.
1 min read · 16 April 2019
Huntsville, Alabama-based Spur, an employment platform for hourly workers, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. Third Prime led the round with participation from Mark Bezos and John Griffin, founder of Blue Ridge Capital. In addition to the funding, Bezos has been added to Spur's board of directors.
1 min read · 16 April 2019
Austin-based EverlyWell, a digital health company, has raised $50 million in financing. Goodwater Capital led the round with participation from Highland Capital Partners. Next Coast Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners and SoGal Ventures.
1 min read · 16 April 2019
Flowspace, an on-demand warehousing and fulfillment technology company, has raised $12 million in Series A funding. Canvas Ventures led the round with participation from Moment Ventures, 1984 Ventures and Y Combinator.
1 min read · 16 April 2019
San Francisco-based 6sense, an account-based orchestration platform powered by AI, has secured $27 million in funding. Industry Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Bain Capital Ventures, Battery Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Venrock.
1 min read · 16 April 2019
Copenhagen, Denmark-based Leapwork, which makes workplace automation accessible, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. The investors were DN Capital and e.ventures.
4 min read · 16 April 2019
Toronto-based virtual care platform OnCall Health has raised $2 million in a seed-stage financing. The round was led by Canadian early-stage venture capital firm Ripple Ventures, with participation from Panache Ventures, Stout Street Capital and Maple Leaf Angels. Founded in 2016, OnCall provides secure telemedicine technology that facilitates video- or text-based consultations for healthcare providers. It currently supports more than 10,000 healthcare video appointments per month and works with over 300 healthcare organizations in North America. Led by CEO Nicholas Chepesiuk, OnCall will use the funds raised to expand its operations in Canada and the United States.
3 min read · 16 April 2019