Private Equity
Chinook Therapeutics has raised US$65 million in Series A financing. Versant Ventures led the round with participation from Apple Tree Partners and Samsara BioCapital. Based in Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, Chinook is a developer of precision medicines for kidney diseases.
1 min read · 22 August 2019
SpotHero, a digital parking reservation service, has raised $50 million in Series D funding. Macquarie Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Union Grove Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Global Founders Capital, OCA Ventures and AutoTech Ventures.
1 min read · 22 August 2019
Uncork Capital, a backer of unicorns Poshmark and Postmates, has raised $100 million for its sixth main early-stage fund and $100 million for its second opportunity fund to back existing portfolio companies. Regulatory filings for the main fund and the opportunity fund, called Uncork Plus II, indicate a small amount of capital has yet to be raised, but a source said the funding is wrapped for each at $100 million.
1 min read · 22 August 2019
CropX, a provider of a farm management platform, has raised $10 million in funding. The investors included Sumitomo, Armada Capital, TaL Capital, Finistere Ventures, Germin8 Ventures, GreenSoil Investments, Innovation Endeavors and OurCrowd.
1 min read · 21 August 2019
Icelandic Glacial, a spring water brand from Iceland, has raised $66 million in financing. Included in that amount is $35 million in funding from BlackRock's U.S. private credit team and $31 million in equity from unnamed investors.
2 min read · 21 August 2019
Austin, Texas-based Yotta, an energy storage company, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. The investors were not named. UPDATE: According to Yotta's CEO and co-founder Omeed Badkoobeh, the funding round was made up of various angel investors and the SWAN Impact Investment Group.
3 min read · 21 August 2019
Seattle-based Vulcan Capital, an investment firm that was founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, has opened its first office in Singapore. Also, the firm will invest $100 million in Southeast Asia startups.
3 min read · 21 August 2019
TapClicks, a provider of marketing intelligence, analytics, reporting, workflow and orders management, has raised $10 million in funding. The investor was Boathouse Capital.
1 min read · 21 August 2019
JRNI, a customer engagement platform for omnichannel conversion, has secured a $6 million extension in its Series C financing. PeakSpan Capital led the round with participation from Downing Ventures and Somerston Group.
1 min read · 21 August 2019
Intrinsic Health Partners has raised almost $47 million for its new fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $125 million.
1 min read · 21 August 2019
