Private Equity
Portugal-based Jscrambler, a web security startup, has secured more than $2.3 million in Series A funding. Sonae IM led the round with participation from Portugal Ventures.
3 min read · 05 March 2018
UK-based Owlstone Medical Ltd, a developer of a breathalyzer for disease, has raised $15 million in funding. Horizons Venture and Aviva Ventures led the round.
5 min read · 05 March 2018
Toronto industrial internet-of-things platform ThoughtWire Corp has raised $20 million in a debt and Series A financing. Yaletown Partners led the round and was joined by BDC Capital, Round13 Capital, Epic Capital and Comerica. Founded in 2009, ThoughtWire's Ambiant platform helps make buildings, cities, hospitals and workplaces smarter, safer and more energy efficient by interconnecting and orchestrating people, workflows, data and things. Led by CEO Michael Monteith, the company will use the funds raised for geographic growth and team expansion. ThoughtWire is the first Ontario investment of the recently launched Yaletown Innovation Growth Fund.
4 min read · 05 March 2018
EnsoData, a healthcare artificial intelligence company, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. Colle Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included HealthX Ventures, Sternhill Associates, Wisconsin Investment Partners and M25 Group.
4 min read · 02 March 2018
Somerville, Massachusetts-based Finch Therapeutics, a microbiome therapeutics company, has raised $36 million in Series B financing. The investors included Shumway Capital, Willett Advisors, Morgan Noble and Avenir Growth Capital.
1 min read · 02 March 2018
Ascent Technologies, a regulatory technology company, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Alsop Louie Partners led the round.
1 min read · 02 March 2018
Los Angeles-based Scalefast, a digital commerce platform, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. BGV led the round with participation from Adara Ventures, B&Y, French Partners and CIC Capital.
1 min read · 02 March 2018
German robotics startup Magazino has raised $24.8 million in funding. Körber Group led the round with participation from other investors that included Cellcom, Zalando and Fiege Logistics.
5 min read · 02 March 2018
Industry Ventures has promoted Lindsay Sharma and Ira Simkhovitch to principals on its secondary investment team. Also, the venture firm has promoted Eric Yee to senior associate.
2 min read · 02 March 2018
Panasonic Corp and Scrum Ventures have formed BeeEdge, an accelerator that "will identify technologies within Panasonic that are not fully utilized and create independent startups to commercially develop them." No financial terms were disclosed.
2 min read · 02 March 2018
