Private Equity
ITI Venture Capital Partners, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based firm, has raised $80 million of the $125 million target towards its first venture fund, according to the filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 27 February 2019
San Francisco-based Figure Technologies Inc, a fintech company in both the home equity and blockchain space, has secured $65 million in Series B funding. RPM Ventures led the round.
1 min read · 27 February 2019
Coin Metrics Inc, a provider of cryptoasset market and network data, has raised $1.9 million in seed funding. Castle Island Ventures led the round with participation from Fidelity Investments, Highland Capital Partners and Dragonfly Capital.
1 min read · 27 February 2019
Richardson, Texas-based Ikonopedia Inc, a provider of a next-generation breast reporting and tracking system, has raised $2 million in Series C funding. The investors included Texas Women Ventures Capital.
1 min read · 27 February 2019
Silicon Valley-based Stellar Cyber, a provider of security analytics, has raised $13.2 million in Series A funding. Valley Capital Partners led the round.
1 min read · 27 February 2019
Switzerland-based Pangea Blockchain Fund, which is focused on early-stage blockchain companies, has raised $22 million for its inaugural fund. The fund's target is $200 million. The fund's limited partners include Copernicus Asset Management SA and Bitcoin.com owner Roger Ver. Also, Copernicus is serving as an investment manager for the fund.
3 min read · 27 February 2019
Boulder Food Group, a venture firm focused on early-stage food and beverage consumer product companies, has closed its second fund at more than $100 million. No placement agent was used.
2 min read · 27 February 2019
Anitian said it raised an $11 million Series A from ForgePoint Capital. The cyber security company focuses on cloud security and compliance automation.
1 min read · 27 February 2019
Dozr, a Kitchener, Ontario-based online marketplace for heavy equipment, has secured $14 million in its latest financing. U.S. growth equity firm BaseCamp Equity Partners led the round. It was joined by FairVentures, the venture capital arm of Fairfax Financial Holdings, which led the company's $2.5 million seed round in 2016. BaseCamp's partner in the deal, construction executive Juan Carlos Mas, will join the board. Founded in 2015 by CEO Kevin Forestell, COO-CMO Erin Stephenson and Tim Forestell, Dozr uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to give platform users access to pricing and availability data from a range of equipment owners.
3 min read · 27 February 2019
Hortau, a Lévis, Québec-based provider of precision irrigation management services for agriculture, has closed a $20 million financing. The round was backed by Export Development Canada and Fonds de solidarité FTQ. These new investors and Fondaction join existing investors Aviro Capital, Advantage Capital Partners, BDC Capital and Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins. The funds raised will support product development and continued global growth. Founded in 2002 by CEO Jocelyn Boudreau and Jean Caron, Hortau helps growers manage irrigation scheduling and crop stress, optimize growth, and reduce water use, energy consumption and nutrient loss.
4 min read · 27 February 2019