North America

HeartFlow hauls in $240 mln Series E

Redwood City, California-based HeartFlow Inc, a medical tech company, has raised $240 million in Series E financing. The investors included Wellington Management and Baillie Gifford & Company.

Sopris Capital backs Signallamp Health

Scranton, Pennsylvania-based Signallamp Health, a provider of nurse care managers to doctors across the country, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. The investor was Sopris Capital.

VC-backed Currencycloud names Arundel as North America GM

New York and London-based Currencycloud, a cross-border payments platform, has appointed Richard Arundel as general manager of Currencycloud North America. Arundel is a founding member of Currencycloud. Currencycloud's backers include GV, Sapphire Ventures and Rakuten.

Wine app Vivino raises $20 mln

Vivino, developer of a mobile wine app and operator of an online wine marketplace, announced it has raised $20 million in Series C funding. SCP Neptune International, the investment arm of Christophe Navarre, led the round. Existing investors Balderton Capital, Creandum, SEED Capital Denmark and Iconical also participated in the round. The company, which was founded in Copenhagen in 2010, but operates its U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, has now raised $57 million in total funding.

inBay Technologies wins $1 mln in pre-Series A's second tranche

Ottawa-based cybersecurity software company inBay Technologies Inc has raised an additional $1 million in the second tranche of its pre-Series A financing, bringing the total to more than $2 million. Japanese consulting and business alliance company Global Alliance Inc led the second tranche. It joins Ramphastos Investments and Tongda One Partners, which co-led the round's initial tranche. Shane Young, president and CEO of inBay, said the latest funds raised will help commercialize the company's password-less authentication solution for enterprises, idQ TaaS, and create new market opportunities in Japan.

Relay Investments rakes in $36.6 mln for sophomore fund

Boston-based Relay Investments has raised $36.6 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $50 million.

Wildcat expands team with new hire

Wildcat Venture Partners has hired Jennifer Trzepacz as chief people officer and operating partner. Previously, she was executive vice president at Rocket Fuel.

IoT platform Losant scores $5.2 mln Series A

Losant, an enterprise internet of things platform, has raised $5.2 million in Series A financing. CincyTech led the round with participation from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest seed fund, TechNexus and Vine Street Ventures.

Fitbit will buy VC-backed health coaching platform Twine Health

Fitbit will acquire Twine Health, a health coaching platform. No financial terms were disclosed. Twine Health's backers included Qiming Venture Partners USA.

RFP response solution Loopio secures $11.3 mln in Series A

Loopio Inc, a Toronto-based provider of requests-for-proposals response software, has raised $9 million in a Series A financing. The round was led by OpenView, whose partner, Ricky Pelletier, will join the board. Founded in 2014, Loopio has developed a solution that helps enterprises to streamline RFPs, requests for information and security questionnaires.