Private Equity
Draper Fisher Jurvetson will rename itself Threshold Ventures, according to a report in Axios. Limited partners received an email on the change this week.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Maverick Ventures, the venture capital arm of Maverick Capital, has raised $382 million for an evergreen fund, according to a Medium blog post. San Francisco-based Maverick Ventures invests in early-stage companies.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
UK-based AccessPay, a fintech firm, has secured 9 million pounds in funding. The lead investor was Beringea.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Bond-Pro, provider of surety and specialty insurance software products and services, has secured $10 million in funding. Volition Capital led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Roger Hurwitz, a managing partner at Volition Capital, will join Bond-Pro's board.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Tel Aviv-based Bringg, a delivery logistics platform for businesses, has raised $25 million in Series C funding. The investors included Next47, Salesforce Ventures, Aleph VC, OG Ventures, Cambridge Capital, Coca-Cola, Ituran and Pereg Ventures.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
New York and San Francisco-based Knock, a home trade-in platform, has secured $400 million in funding. Foundry Group led the round with participation from return backers RRE Ventures, Corazon Capital, WTI, FJ Labs and Company Ventures. In addition to the funding, Foundry Group Partner Seth Levine joined Knock’s board of directors.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Bold Commerce, a Winnipeg-based developer of e-commerce software solutions, has raised C$22 million in a Series A financing. The investors were Canadian venture capital firms Whitecap Venture Partners and Round13 Capital. Whitecap Managing Partner Carey Diamond and Round13 Partner Craig Strong will join the board. Founded in 2012 by CEO Yvan Boisjoli, CTO Eric Boisjoli, CBO Stefan Maynard and Vice President, Growth Jay Myers, Bold provides a range of e-commerce apps to more than 86,000 wholesale and business-to-business merchants worldwide.
3 min read · 16 January 2019
CoolIT Systems, a Calgary-based liquid cooling technology company, has raised undisclosed debt financing from Vistara Capital Partners. Vistara invested through its third technology debt fund, Vistara Technology Growth Fund III, which was launched in October with a $130 million (US$100 million) target. Founded in 2001, CoolIT provides modular, scalable liquid cooling solutions for data centres. It will use the funds raised to expand production capacity in response to demand from new and existing global customers. CoolIT is backed by Canadian venture capital firm iNovia Capital, U.S. firm Chart Venture Partners and other investors.
3 min read · 16 January 2019
Pico Venture Partners has raised over $62.5 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. No target was listed in the document. Pico invests in Israeli entrepreneurs.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
Goodyear, Arizona-based CheckpointID, an ID verification company in the multifamily space, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding. RET Ventures led the round.
1 min read · 16 January 2019
