Private Equity
Squelch Inc, a provider of real-time customer experience optimization for customer support and customer success teams, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The investors were Shasta Ventures and Correlation Ventures. The capital will be used to further product development and expand sales and marketing.
1 min read · 07 May 2018
Smart traffic intersection technology provider Miovision has secured a $15 million convertible note, which it said is a precursor to a "significantly larger" financing. MacKinnon, Bennett & Co, Miovision's largest shareholder, co-led the note with McRock Capital. BDC Capital and HarbourVest Partners also invested. McRock Managing Partner Whitney Rockley has joined the board as a result. Founded in 2005, Kitchener, Ontario-based Miovision develops traffic intersection solutions that enable real-time adaptive traffic control and infrastructure communication with connected cars, other vehicles and pedestrians. It will use the funds raised to accelerate global growth.
5 min read · 07 May 2018
San Francisco-based Mesosphere, provider of a cloud computing platform, announced it has raised $125 million in Series D funding. T. Rowe Price Associates Inc and Koch Disruptive Technologies co-led the round with participation from ZWC Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority and Disruptive Technology Advisers. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Two Sigma Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Hewlett Packard Enterprise also participated in the round. The company, founded in 2013, as now raised about $250 million in total funding.
4 min read · 07 May 2018
Redpoint eventures has set out to raise a $130 million venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 04 May 2018
Ubtech Robotics, a provider of intelligent humanoid robots, has secured $820 million in Series A funding. Tencent led the round with participation from other investors that included CDH Investments, ICBC, Haier, Minsheng Securities, Telstra, Easyhome Furnishings, Chia Tai Group, China Minsheng Bank, Sichuan Railway Investment Group, Green Pine Capital Partners, Whale Capital and Shenzhen JinFuZi Network Technology.
4 min read · 04 May 2018
OncoSynergy, an oncology therapeutics spin-out from UCSF, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. Connecticut Innovations led the round with participation from other investors that included NLabs Inc and Korea Information & Communication Co. Ltd.
1 min read · 04 May 2018
San Francisco and New York-based StratiFi Technologies, a provider of solutions for investment advisers, has raised $7 million in Series A funding. Anthemis Group led the round with participation from other investors that included Wolverine Holdings, Cboe Global Markets, HOF Capital and AngelList.
1 min read · 04 May 2018
San Francisco-based early-stage venture firm Yes VC is seeking to raise $50 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing. Yes VC was formed by Jyri Engeström, a former entrepreneur in residence at True Ventures and Caterina Fake, a founding partner at Founder Collective.
1 min read · 04 May 2018
Waltham, Massachusetts-based Carbon Black, a provider of next-generation endpoint security solutions, has raised $152 million for its IPO after pricing its 8 million shares at $19 per share. The stock began trading May 4, 2018 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CBLK." Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan are the lead underwriters. Carbon Black's pre-IPO backers include Atlas Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and .406 Ventures.
2 min read · 04 May 2018
Freeda Media, an Italian media brand that targets millennial women, has secured $10 million in funding. Alven led the round.
3 min read · 04 May 2018
