Private Equity
WellSet said July 30 that it raised pre-seed funding led by Kelly Noonan Gores and Broadway Angels. Other investors include private equity, and wellness and tech angel investors. Financial terms weren’t announced. WellSet is a booking platform for wellness seekers to discover and book practitioners.
4 min read · 30 July 2019
Sphera, a Genstar Capital portfolio company, has agreed to buy thinkstep. Financial terms weren’t announced. Thinkstep, of Stuttgart, Germany, provides software and consulting services company that specializes in corporate sustainability and product tewardship. Thinkstep raised about $31 million in VC funding from investors including Next47 and Gimv, according to PitchBook.
3 min read · 30 July 2019
Monday.com said July 30 that it raised a $150 million Series D round led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from Hamilton Lane, HarbourVest Partners, ION Crossover Partners and Vintage Investment Partners. Monday.com is a work management platform.
4 min read · 30 July 2019
Floodgate has added Shawn Xu to its investment team as a senior associate.
1 min read · 29 July 2019
Ordermark, a provider of online ordering management solutions for restaurants, has raised $18 million in Series B funding. Foundry Group led the round with participation from other investors that included TenOneTen Ventures, Vertical Venture Partners, Mucker Capital, Act One Ventures and Nosara Capital.
1 min read · 29 July 2019
nCino Inc, which is backed by Insight Venture Partners, Wellington Management, Salesforce Ventures and Bessemer Ventures, has acquired Salt Lake City-based Visible Equity, a financial analytics and compliance software company. No financial terms were disclosed. KPMG Corporate Finance LLC was the financial adviser to Visible Equity on the deal.
3 min read · 29 July 2019
Seattle-based Nutpods, a natural food brand, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. VMG Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included CircleUp Growth Partners and the Sidekick Fund.
1 min read · 29 July 2019
San Francisco-based MindTickle, which provides a sales readiness platform, announced it has raised $40 million in Series C funding led by new investor Norwest Venture Partners. Also participating in the latest round is NewView Capital and returning investors Accel, Canaan Partners and Qualcomm Ventures. As part of the funding, Scott Beechuk, a partner at Norwest, will join the company's board.
1 min read · 29 July 2019
ProteinQure, a Toronto-based software platform for computational protein drug discovery, has raised about $4 million in a seed-stage financing. U.S. venture capital firm Felicis Ventures led the round. It was joined by 8VC, Golden Ventures, Inovia Capital, Global Founders Capital and angel investor Tom Williams. Launched two years ago by CEO Lucas Siow, CTO Tomas Babej, Head of R&D Mark Fingerhuth and CSO Chris Ing, ProteinQure uses molecular simulations, machine learning and quantum computing to solve drug design challenges and deliver new protein-based therapeutics. The company will use the funds raised for new hires and to expand industry partnerships.
3 min read · 29 July 2019
BabySparks, a technology platform that helps parents engage their babies and toddlers in their early development, has raised $2 million in seed funding. Ocean Azul Partners led the round.
1 min read · 29 July 2019
