Private Equity
Denver-based Guild Education, an edtech company, has raised $157 million in Series D financing. General Catalyst led the round.
1 min read · 13 November 2019
Total Server Solutions, a hybrid cloud and edge solutions company, has secured $35.5 million in funding. Crestline Investors provided a $27.5 million credit facility while Layer 7 Capital provided a $8 million Series B equity facility.
1 min read · 13 November 2019
DroneDeploy, an enterprise-grade drone software solution, has raised $35 million in Series D funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round. In addition to the funding, David Cowan, a partner at Bessemer, will join DroneDeploy's board.
1 min read · 13 November 2019
Concord Health Partners and American Hospital Association have launched a $50 million venture fund. The fund will invest in early-stage healthcare companies.
3 min read · 13 November 2019
Conservation Labs Inc, a maker of smart water monitors, has raised $1.7 million in seed funding. IrishAngels led the round with participation from the Amazon Alexa Fund, Serra Ventures, Mountain State Capital and Innovation Works.
1 min read · 13 November 2019
Merck has acquired Calporta Therapeutics, a portfolio company of COI Pharmaceuticals, which is backed by Avalon Ventures. The purchase price was $576 million. Calporta is developing selective small molecule agonists of TRPML1.
3 min read · 13 November 2019
Xpeng Motors, a Chinese electric vehicle company, has secured $400 million in Series C funding. The investors included Xiaomi Corporation.
1 min read · 13 November 2019
Risalto Health, a digital health services company focused on musculoskeletal care, has raised $7 million in funding. The investor was Health Catalyst Capital Management.
1 min read · 13 November 2019
La Jolla, California-based Avidity Biosciences, a biotechnology company, has secured $100 million in Series C financing. RTW Investments led the round. In addition to the funding, Dr. Roderick T. Wong, a managing partner of RTW Investments, will join Avidity Biosciences’ board of directors.
1 min read · 13 November 2019
Salt Lake City-based Sera Prognostics Inc, a health diagnostics company, has secured $36 million in Series D funding. Blue Ox Healthcare Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Domain Associates, InterWest Partners, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Catalyst Health Ventures and Chione Ltd.
5 min read · 13 November 2019
