Private Equity
Chicago-based Livly, a creator of the operating system for physical spaces, has raised $10 million in seed funding. Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Navitas Capital and JLL Spark led the round.
1 min read · 12 March 2019
Dental care company Quip has raised $40 million in funding. The investors were Sherpa Capital and Blue Scorpion Investments LP.
1 min read · 12 March 2019
Carmel, Indiana-based Olio, a platform that digitally connects hospital and physician teams with post-acute providers, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The investors were not named.
1 min read · 12 March 2019
InventisBio Inc, a biotech company, has raised $70 million in Series C financing. Advantech Capital and CMBI led the round.
1 min read · 12 March 2019
San Francisco-based Cloudflare Inc, an internet performance and security company, has raised $150 million in funding. Franklin Templeton led the round.
1 min read · 12 March 2019
King River Capital, a new venture firm that provides funding to early-stage software companies in Australia and overseas, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in the first close of its debut fund. Also, KRC has invested in two Australian companies: FinClear, an wholesale financial services provider; and Cover Genius, an insurtech startup. KRC is seeking to invest in 15 to 20 companies with an average investment of A$10 million over three to four years.
2 min read · 12 March 2019
Walter Craft Caesar, a Vancouver-based producer of a healthy Caesar cocktail mix brand, has raised a Series A financing. The round, the value of which was not disclosed, was led by District Ventures Capital, a Canadian consumer venture capital firm. Founded in 2013 by CEO Aaron Harowitz and Zack Silverman, Walter's all-natural products are sold in more than 2,500 retail locations and featured in restaurants and bars across Canada. Arlene Dickinson, founder and general partner of District Ventures, said her firm will work with Walter to take the company "to the next level."
3 min read · 12 March 2019
137 Ventures said March 12 that its fourth fund closed on $210 million. Ching Wu joined 137 as an operating partner and head of investor relations, while the firm promoted Andrew Hansen to operating partner, COO and CFO. 137 ventures, of San Francisco, provides liquidity solutions to founders, investors, and early employees of high-growth companies.
3 min read · 12 March 2019
1 min read · 12 March 2019
Mindesk, a developer of virtual reality software, has secured $900,000 in seed funding, according to a blog post. The investors were HTC VIVE, Barcamper Ventures, A11 Venture and Invitalia Ventures.
1 min read · 11 March 2019
