North America

SAY amasses $8 mln seed

SAY, a technology platform for open communication between companies and their owners, has raised $8 million in seed financing. Point72 Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Quiet Capital, Struck Capital and Core Innovation Capital.

Crosslink Capital leads Series A round for Great Jones

New York City-based Great Jones, a residential property management company, has closed $8 million in Series A financing. Crosslink Capital led the round.

PeerStreet inks $29.5 mln Series B

California-based PeerStreet, a platform for investing in real estate backed loans, has raised $29.5 million in Series B funding. World Innovation Lab led the round with participation from other investors that included Andreessen Horowitz, Thomvest, Colchis Capital, Felicis Ventures and Navitas Capital.

UK small biz lender Liberis secures funding

UK-based Liberis, a small business lender, has raised 57.5 million pounds in funding, according to a blog post. The investors were British Business Investments, Paragon Bank, BCI Finance and Blenheim Chalcot.

Indonesian ride-hailing platform GO-JEK snaps up $35 mln

Indonesia-based GO-JEK, a ride-hailing platform, has secured $35 million in funding. The investor was Allianz X, Allianz Group's digital investment unit.

VR social network vTime collects $7.6 mln Series A

UK-based vTime, a virtual reality social network, has raised $7.6 million in Series A funding. Deepbridge Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included MSIF.

RubrYc nets $10 mln

RubrYc Therapeutics Inc, a biotherapeutics discovery business, has secured $10 million in funding. Third Point Ventures led the round with participation from Paladin Capital Group and Vital Venture Capital.

Crayon pulls in $5 mln

Crayon, a market and competitive intelligence platform company, has secured $5 million in funding. Steve Anderson of Baseline Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Eric Paley of Founder Collective and Maia Heymann at Converge.

iNovia brings on former Google, Blackberry execs as GPs

Canadian venture capital firm iNovia Capital has hired Patrick Pichette and Dennis Kavelman as general partners. Among the new GPs’ former financial and operational roles, Pichette served as senior vice president and CFO at Google LLC, while Kavelman served as CFO and COO at Blackberry Ltd. Additionally, Montréal-based iNovia said it is expanding into Europe by opening an office in London, where Pichette will be based. Kavelman will operate from the firm’s Toronto-Waterloo office. INovia said it is also adding team members to its San Francisco location. Finally, iNovia said it plans to expand its market strategy to include growth equity investing.

Kidney care company Somatus procures $11 mln Series B

Somatus, a kidney care company, has secured $11 million in Series B funding. Flare Capital Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Inova Health System.