Private Equity
Brazilian venture firm Monashees has raised $150 million for its eighth fund. Monashees VIII will focus on backing tech startups in the region. Its investors include Brandywine Trust Group, S-Cubed Capital, Temasek, CreditEase, IDG, Mike Krieger, Horsley Bridge Partners and the University of Minnesota, as well as fifteen high-net worth Brazilian families and groups.
5 min read · 07 November 2018
San Mateo, California-based EverString, a B2B data platform, has named Santosh Sharan as CEO. Previously, Sharan was chief operating officer at Aberdeen. EverString's backers include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, IDG Ventures and Lakestar.
3 min read · 06 November 2018
SGVC has raised a $51 million third venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 06 November 2018
Partnerize said it raised $9 million at a $127 million valuation. The round was led by investment bank GP Bullhound.
3 min read · 06 November 2018
San Francisco-based Zeguro, a provider of cyber risk management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, raised $5 million. Mosaik Partners led the round with participation from Healthy Ventures, Munich Re/HSB Ventures, QBE Ventures, Social Capital, Plug and Play and Sparkland Capital.
1 min read · 06 November 2018
VMware Inc has agreed to acquire Seattle-based Heptio, which is built to support and advance the open Kubernetes ecosystem. No financial terms were disclosed. Heptio is backed by Madrona Venture Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Accel Partners.
4 min read · 06 November 2018
The Bitfury Group, a blockchain technology company, has secured $80 million in funding. The investors included Korelya Capital, Macquarie Capital, Dentsu Japan, Jabre, Lian Group, Argenthal, Armat Group and ITech Capital. Bryan, Garnier & Co was the financial adviser and placement agent.
1 min read · 06 November 2018
San Francisco and New Zealand-based PredictHQ, a data intelligence company for real-world events, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Aspect Ventures led the round with participation from Lightspeed, Rampersand VC and AddVenture Fund. In addition to the funding, Theresia Gouw, Aspect Ventures co-founder, will join PredictHQ’s board of directors.
1 min read · 06 November 2018
Israel-based Valens, a developer of HDBaseT technology for the audiovisual and automotive markets, has raised $63 million in funding. The investors were Linse Capital and Oppenheimer Asset Management.
2 min read · 06 November 2018
Dutch clean tech company Black Bear has raised 5 million euros in funding. The backers were Capricorn Venture Partners and Particon.
3 min read · 06 November 2018
