Private Equity
UK-based TickX, a search engine and discovery platform for events and attractions tickets, has secured 3 million pounds in Series A funding. BGF Ventures led the round with participation from Ministry of Sound and 24Haymarket.
3 min read · 02 March 2018
Hercules Capital has agreed to provide a $100 million venture debt facility to South San Francisco-based Tricida Inc, a pharmaceutical company focused on treating metabolic acidosis. Armentum Partners provided financial advice to Tricida on the transaction while Sidley Austin LLP was legal adviser.
2 min read · 02 March 2018
TigerWit, a fintech firm, has secured $5 million in funding. The backer was Susquehanna International Group.
1 min read · 01 March 2018
Perfect Day, a producer of animal-free dairy proteins, has raised $24.7 million in Series A funding. Temasek led the round with participation from other investors that included Horizons Ventures, Continental Grain, Iconiq Capital and Lion Ventures.
1 min read · 01 March 2018
San Francisco-based Woebot Labs Inc, a mental health chatbot creator, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. The investors were New Enterprise Associates and Andrew Ng’s newly launched AI Fund.
1 min read · 01 March 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Rubius Therapeutics, a creator of cellular therapies, has closed $100 million in funding. The investors in this round were not named.
1 min read · 01 March 2018
Helix, a provider of DNA-powered products, has raised $200 million in Series B financing. DFJ Growth led the round with participation from other investors that included Illumina, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mayo Clinic, Sutter Hill Ventures and Warburg Pincus. In conjunction with the funding, Barry Schuler, a partner at DFJ Growth and former chairman and CEO of America Online, will join the Helix board of directors.
1 min read · 01 March 2018
DoorDash, an on-demand restaurant delivery service, has raised $535 million in Series D funding. SoftBank led the round with participation from return backers Sequoia Capital, GIC and Wellcome Trust. In addition to the funding, SoftBank's Jeffrey Housenbold and GIC's Jeremy Kranz will join DoorDash's board of directors.
1 min read · 01 March 2018
San Francisco-based Bugcrowd, a crowdsourced security platform, has secured $26 million in Series C funding. Triangle Peak Partners led the round. In addition to the funding, Dain DeGroff, co-founding partner and president of Triangle Peak Partners, will join Bugcrowd’s board.
3 min read · 01 March 2018
Ontario Capital Growth Corp (OCGC), a venture capital agency of the Ontario government, said it plans to launch a venture capital fund focused on giving local life sciences companies the financing they need to scale up and reach global markets. OCGC has issued an expression of interest to identify fund managers to collaborate with other institutional investors, such as corporations, banks and pension funds. The Ontario government has pledged to commit up to $50 million to venture capital funds specializing in investments in life sciences sectors.
3 min read · 01 March 2018
