Private Equity
WaitWhat, a content company and podcast creator, has raised $4.3 million in Series A funding. Cue Ball and Burda Principal Investments led the round.
1 min read · 21 February 2019
Pennsylvania-based Geneos Therapeutics, a developer of cancer therapies, has raised $10.5 million in Series A funding. Santé Ventures led the round with participation from Inovio.
1 min read · 21 February 2019
New Enterprise Associates Inc has appointed Dr. Ross A. Jaffe as a venture adviser on the firm's healthcare investment team. He is a co-founder of Versant Ventures and a former general partner at Brentwood Venture Capital.
3 min read · 21 February 2019
MPM Capital has raised $400 million for its seventh venture fund BioVentures 2018. MPM focuses on companies that develop therapies "to treat severe unmet medical needs."
3 min read · 21 February 2019
Vancouver-based clean food technology provider Terramera has secured $13 million in subordinated debt financing from Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). BDC invested through Ottawa’s $700 million clean technology strategy, announced last year. Terramera will use the proceeds for facilities, equipment and staffing to develop and commercialize its technologies, which focus on plant-based replacements for synthetic chemical pesticides and fertilizers to increase agricultural yields. Terramera, founded in 2010 by CEO Karn Manhas, raised an investment in 2016 from IKEA Group's venture capital arm.
3 min read · 21 February 2019
Lytics said Feb. 21 that it raised $35 million in a Series C round of financing led by JMI Equity. Also participating were current investors Comcast Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners and Voyager Capital. Lytics, of Portland, Oregon, provides a customer data platform for marketers.
3 min read · 21 February 2019
Poshmark, a social commerce platform for retailers and shoppers, has appointed tennis champion and businesswoman Serena Williams to its board of directors. In addition to her winning record as a top tennis player, last year Williams launched her own clothing line, SERENA. Poshmark's backers include Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital, Temasek, Inventus Capital, Uncork Capital, Union Grove Venture Partners, Shea Ventures and AngelList.
3 min read · 20 February 2019
Beamery, an HR recruitment software provider, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Workday Ventures.
1 min read · 20 February 2019
Lindon, Utah-based Opiniion Inc, an automated tool for businesses to collect authentic real-time feedback from customers, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors included BitWealth.
1 min read · 20 February 2019
Cie Digital Labs said it has struck a partnership with Wavemaker Partners. The deal will commit venture firm Wavemaker to invest in Cie Digital Labs' accelerator companies.
1 min read · 20 February 2019
