North America

Tamr lands $10 mln

Boston-based Tamr Inc., a provider of data unification solutions, has secured $10 million in funding. The investors included Pear Tree Partners and Granite Hill Capital Partners.

Sigstr raises $4 mln

Edison Partners said Sept. 18 that it led a $4 million round for Sigstr. Sigstr, of Indianapolis, provides a SaaS platform for employee email signature marketing.

GSR Ventures Fund VI raises $400 mln: Bloomberg

GSR Ventures has closed its new fund on $400 million, Bloomberg reported. GSR Fund VI will focus on early stage tech investments, the story said.

Apprentice.io raises $8 mln

Apprentice.io said Sept. 18 that it raised $8 million in series A funding led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital. The Venture Reality Fund and GFR Fund joined the round as new investors. Also participating were existing investors, Silverton Partners and Hemi Ventures. Apprentice.io, of Jersey City, New Jersey, provides an enterprise AR for the pharma/biotech industries and, by extension, lab, line and suite environments.

AR company Blippar raises $37 mln

London-based Blippar, which develops augmented reality and computer vision technology, announced it has raised a $37 million funding round led by Candy Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures. The company did not specify by name, but said current investors also participated in the round. The company, founded in 2011, has now raised more than $137 million in financing, including a $54 million Series D funding round led by Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the strategic investment fund of the government of Malaysia, in 2016.

Meloy Fund I wraps up at over $22 mln

The Meloy Fund I LP, an impact investment fund focused on backing sustainable coastal fisheries in Indonesia and the Philippines, has closed at over $22 million. The investors included FMO, a Dutch development bank that provided $5 million.

OMERS Ventures' Prashant Matta joins Panache Ventures as partner

Canadian early-stage venture capital firm Panache Ventures has recruited Prashant Matta as a partner. Operating from Toronto, Matta will lead Panache's regional deal and fund management activities. Matta joins Panache from OMERS Ventures, where for more than three years he served on the investment team. Before then, he was a manager in Samsung Electornic's Global Strategy Group. Montréal-based Panache, launched in 2017 by former 500 Startups Canada principals, earlier this year raised $25 million in the first close of its inaugural seed fund.

Responsive raises $1.1 mln in Plug and Play-led seed round

Responsive, a Vancouver-based wealth advisor solution for financial institutions, has raised $1.1 million in seed-stage financing. The round was led by Plug and Play Ventures, a U.S. venture capital firm. Founded in 2015 by CEO Davyde Wachell, Responsive's technology uses machine learning to provide insights from real-time data to wealth managers, helping them anticipate client needs and improve performance. The startup will use the funds raised to further develop intellectual property based on new developments in artificial intelligence and behavioural sciences, and run pilots with financial institutions.

Xact Robotics lands $5 mln Series C

Xact Robotics, an Israel-based provider of robotics navigation and steering solutions for percutaneous image-guided procedure, has raised $5 million in Series C funding. The investors in this round were not named.

Carrick amasses $10 mln for new co-investment fund

Carrick Capital Partners has raised $10 million for its new co-investment fund, according to an SEC filing. The San Francisco-based private equity and venture capital firm invests in companies that provide tech-enabled services.