Private Equity
Buckingham Partners LLC, an affiliate of Buckingham Cos, has closed its first real estate fund on $175 million. Investors of Buckingham Multifamily Fund I include North American public and private institutions. Buckingham seeks to buy multifamily and mixed-use properties located in dynamic and fast growing secondary markets throughout the Midwest and Southeast U.S. Evercore served as placement agent for the fund. Goodwin Procter served as legal counsel to Buckingham.
2 min read · 14 May 2018
Acousia Therapeutics said May 14 that it raised 10 million euros ($11.9 million) in a Series B round led by LBBW Venture Capital and joined by new investors Creathor Ventures and Bregua Corp. Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau also participated in the round. Acousia, of Tubingen, German, is developing therapies for inner ear-related diseases and pathologies.
3 min read · 14 May 2018
3 min read · 14 May 2018
Grishin Robotics, which invests in robotics and hardware, has added Nuno Goncalves Pedro to its team as venture partner. Firm founder Dmitry Grishin wrote in a Medium blog post that Pedro will "provide leadership to the existing Grishin Robotics fund and contribute to the firm’s expansion." Pedro was the co-founder and managing partner of Strive Capital, an early-stage venture firm that backed KeepSafe and App Annie, among others.
1 min read · 12 May 2018
New York-based VidMob, provider of a video creation platform, announced it has raised an additional $6.4 million extension to its previously announced $7.5 million Series A round last year. Existing investors Manifest Growth, Interlock Partners, Acadia Woods and Macanta Investments participated in the round with new investor You & Mr Jones. The company, which was founded in 2014 and has opened a London office, has now raised $20 million in total funding.
3 min read · 11 May 2018
Bi-coastal venture firm CRV announced it has raised $600 million for its 17th fund. The firm raised near $400 million for its previous fund, which closed in 2014. The new vehicle will invest in early-stage tech, but with an additional mandate for growth investing. Fund XVII will focus on the enterprise, consumer and bioengineering sectors. Source: Medium blog post
1 min read · 11 May 2018
The newly merged companies of PhishLabs and BrandProtect secured an undisclosed amount of funding. LLR Partners led the round with participation from Alerion Ventures. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, the combined company will provide threat intelligence and mitigation solutions.
3 min read · 11 May 2018
Atlanta-based Rubicon Global, a technology platform for waste and recycling, has secured $65 million in funding. The investor was NZ Super Fund.
1 min read · 11 May 2018
Seattle-based Upbound, a cloud-native computing company, has raised $9 million in Series A financing. GV led the round.
1 min read · 11 May 2018
Baltimore-based Protego, a security solution provider for the serverless, has secured $2 million in seed funding. The investors included Ron Gula of Gula Tech Adventures and Glilot Capital Partners.
1 min read · 11 May 2018
