Private Equity
German early-stage tech venture firm Capnamic Ventures has named Christian Knott as a partner. Also, the firm has named Sebastian Schüller as an investment manager and Frederik von Bossel as an analyst.
2 min read · 20 February 2018
Ezaki Glico Co Ltd said Feb. 20 that it agreed to buy TCHO Ventures Inc. Financial terms weren’t announced. TCHO, of Berkeley, California, is a craft chocolate company that is majority owned by Emil Capital Partners and Tengelmann Group.
2 min read · 20 February 2018
New York accelerator Quake Capital is targeting a $30 million second fund to be deployed over two years, the firm said.
1 min read · 19 February 2018
London-based re:infer, a cognitive automation provider, has raised $3.5 million in funding. Touchstone Innovations led the round with participation from Crane Ventures, Seedcamp and Dr. Jason Kingdon.
3 min read · 19 February 2018
Emeryville, California-based LumiGrow, a smart horticultural lighting company, has closed $5.1 million in bridge financing. Ecosystem Integrity Fund led the round with participation from ValueAct Spring Master Fund LP and Greenhouse Capital.
1 min read · 19 February 2018
Pasadena, California-based Miso Robotics, a developer of robotics and artificial intelligence technology for restaurants and food providers, announced it raised $1o million in Series B funding. Acacia Research Corporation led the funding, which included Levy, the sports and entertainment hospitality company, OpenTable’s Chief Technology Officer Joseph Essas, and founding investor Cali Group, as well as six members of Cali Group’s management team and its subsidiary company, CaliBurger. The company said it will use the funding to develop its burger-flipping robot Flippy. Miso, founded in 2016, says that it will debut Flippy at CaliBurger’s Pasadena location and will roll out the autonomous robotic kitchen assistant to more than 50 CaliBurger restaurants worldwide by the end of 2019.
1 min read · 16 February 2018
Holmdel, New Jersey-based Vydia, a video tech startup, has raised $7 million in Series A funding. Vocap Investment Partners led the round with participation from Newark Venture Partners. In addition to the funding, Vinny Olmstead, a managing director at Vocap, will join Vydia's board of directors.
3 min read · 16 February 2018
Deciens Capital is seeking to raise $80 million for its 2018 fund, according to an SEC filing. The San Francisco-based venture firm focuses on financial tech investments.
1 min read · 16 February 2018
RIS News, a publication for retail executives and Consumer Goods Technology, a multimedia brand, are launching the Genesis Awards to recognize and support analytic technology startups. The awards will be announced April 25, 2018, at an executive summit in Chicago. The winners will receive editorial promotion and live presentation exposure. Among the top companies registered at the summit are Walmart, Coca Cola, 7-Eleven, Procter & Gamble, Hershey, Kimberly-Clark, Hallmark Cards, Mondelez, True Value, PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson and Crate & Barrel. To find out about how to enter the contest as well as eligibility, visit this link.
4 min read · 16 February 2018
Celularity, a provider of an allogeneic placental cell platform, has raised $250 million in funding. The investors included Celgene,United Therapeutics, Sorrento Therapeutics, the Dreyfus Family Office, Section 32 and Heritage Group.
1 min read · 16 February 2018
