North America

Jedox garners funding

Germany-based Jedox, an enterprise performance management company, has raised 20 million euros in funding. The investors were Iris Capital, eCapital and Wecken & Cie.

Farmwise rakes in $4.5 mln

Boston-based Farmwise, a developer of healthier food alternatives, has raised $4.5 million in financing. Cleveland Avenue LLC, the venture capital firm founded by Don Thompson, former president and CEO of McDonald's Corp, led the round.

Sensoro attracts Series C funding

Seattle-based Sensoro, an internet of things technology service provider, has secured "multi-million dollar" Series C financing. Baidu Ventures, Northern Light Venture Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Chaos Investment led the round.

Wurk fetches $3.2 mln

Denver-based Wurk, a workforce management company for the cannabis industry, has secured $3.2 million in funding. Poseidon Asset Management led the round with participation from Phyto Partners, Altitude Investment Partners, Arcview Investor Network and Arcadian Fund.

DemandJump takes in $6 mln Series A

Indianapolis-based DemandJump, a marketing customer acquisition platform, has closed $6 million in Series A funding. The investors include Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Flyover Capital, Cultivation Capital, 4G Ventures, Bob Davoli and Hyde Park Venture Partners.

TravelPerk snags $21 mln Series B

Barcelona, Spain-based TravelPerk, a business travel booking and management platform, has raised $21 million in Series B funding. Target Global and Felix Capital led the round with participation from Spark Capital, Sunstone and Amplo.

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.

Acton leads funding in sneaker startup Koio

New York-based Koio, maker of luxury leather sneakers, announced it has raised $3 million in Series A funding. Acton Capital Partners led the round with other institutional and private investors, including Brand Foundry Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, actor Miles Teller and director and producer Simon Kinberg. The company was founded in 2015 by Wharton graduates Chris Wichert and Johannes Quodt.

Veerum nabs $3.9 mln in Brick & Mortar-led seed round

Veerum has raised $3.9 million in a seed-stage financing. The round was led by U.S. venture capital firm Brick & Mortar Ventures. It was joined by Blackhorn Ventures, Creative Ventures and several unidentified strategic investors in Alberta. Founded in 2014 by CEO Steve Fisher, COO Scott Benesh and Product and Strategy Manager Amit Varma, Calgary-based Veerum develops digital technologies to help manage capital projects. It plans to use the funds raised to expand into the United States and adapt solutions tested in the energy industry to other, large-scale industrial projects, such as facility construction and mining.

Conductive Ventures raises $100 mln fund for expansion stage investing

Conductive Ventures said it raised $100 million for a maiden venture capital fund aimed at expansion stage investing in hardware and enterprise software.