Private Equity
Menlo Park, California-based Alydia Health, a medical device firm focused on making childbirth safe for mothers, has secured $10 million in Series B financing. Global Health Investment Fund led the round.
1 min read · 20 September 2018
Lakehouse Ventures targets $25 million for second fund, according to an SEC filing. The venture firm invests in early-stage companies in New York.
1 min read · 20 September 2018
Town Hall Ventures has closed its debut fund at $115 million. The fund will focus on investing in the health care of underserved communities. In addition to the fund-closing, the firm has also named Ann Hickey as a vice president.
5 min read · 20 September 2018
German start-up investor Rocket Internet (RKET.DE) is preparing its African online shopping platform Jumia for a possible New York listing in the first quarter of 2019 which could value the firm at about $1 billion, sources told Reuters.
2 min read · 20 September 2018
San Francisco-based WalkMe, a digital adoption platform, has raised $40 million in Series F financing. Insight Venture Partners led the round with participation from Mangrove Capital Partners.
1 min read · 20 September 2018
Alumni Ventures has launched four new funds: Elite Engineers Fund, the B-School Fund, Little Ivy Ventures and the Midwest Value Fund. Elite Engineers invests in ventures led by alumni of top engineering schools; the B-School Fund invests in top business school grads; Little Ivy Ventures backs startups founded by alumni from Bowdoin, Middlebury, Amherst, Williams and Tufts; and Midwest Value Fund invests in opportunities outside California, New York and Massachusetts. Each fund is targeting between $5 and $10 million.
3 min read · 20 September 2018
DataGrail, a personal data privacy startup, has secured $4 million in Series A funding. Cloud Apps Capital Partners led the round with participation from Gunderson Dettmer.
1 min read · 20 September 2018
McDonald Hopkins LLC, a business advisory and advocacy law firm, has hired Jordan Koss to head its startup and venture capital group. Previously, Koss worked at Goodcounsel LLC.
2 min read · 20 September 2018
San Francisco-based Blumberg Capital, an early-stage venture firm, has added six new staffers to its team. Joining Blumberg are Steve Gillan as chief operating officer and chief financial officer in San Francisco; Yodfat Harel Buchris as managing director in Tel Aviv; Ehud Schneorson as managing director in Tel Aviv; Idan Nurick as principal in Tel Aviv; Andrew Van Nest as associate in San Francisco; and Peter Cooney III as data analyst in San Francisco.
4 min read · 20 September 2018
Toronto, New York and Cambridge, Massachusetts-based BlueRock Therapeutics LP, a cell therapy company, has appointed Shane Kovacs as both chief business and chief financial officer. Previously, he was managing director and head of biotechnology investment banking at RBC Capital Markets in New York. BlueRock was backed by Bayer AG and Versant Ventures.
3 min read · 20 September 2018
