Private Equity
Leafwire, a cannabis business network, has raised $1 million in seed funding. The investors included Network Ventures, Silverleaf Venture Partners, KEY Investment Partners and One East Partners.
2 min read · 25 July 2019
OSF Ventures has raised $75 million for its second venture fund. The fund will invest in new technology, devices and services that offer improved and more cost efficient health care.
3 min read · 25 July 2019
Salt Lake City-based Health Catalyst, a provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, has raised $182 million for its IPO after pricing its 7 million shares at $26 per share. The stock began trading July 25, 2019 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HCAT." Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and William Blair are the lead underwriters. Health Catalyst's pre-IPO backers included OrbiMed, Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sands Capital Ventures, UPMC Enterprises and Kaiser Permanente Ventures.
3 min read · 25 July 2019
Friendswood, Texas-based Castle Biosciences Inc, a dermatological cancer company, has raised $64 million for its IPO after pricing its 4 million shares at $16 per share. The stock began trading July 25, 2019 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CSTL." SVB Leerink and Baird are the lead underwriters. Castle Biosciences' pre-IPO backers included Industry Ventures, HealthQuest Capital and Mountain Group Partners.
2 min read · 25 July 2019
Athens, Georgia-based ArunA Bio Inc, a developer of neural exosomes for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, has raised $13 million in financing. The backers included Eshelman Ventures.
1 min read · 25 July 2019
Iowa-based VIDA Diagnostics Inc, which is focused on transforming pulmonary care through intelligence, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was UnityPoint Health Ventures.
1 min read · 25 July 2019
Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv-based BGV, an early-stage venture firm, has closed its opportunity fund at $70 million. BGV invests in enterprise 4.0 opportunities in global markets.
3 min read · 25 July 2019
Alpharetta, Georgia-based Ciox Health, a health tech company, has secured $30 million in funding. Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and New Mountain Capital led the financing.
1 min read · 25 July 2019
Medford, Massachusetts-based Agrivida, an agricultural biotech firm, has raised $8 million in funding. The investors included Open Prairie, ARCH Venture Partners, Batios Holdings Limited, Cultivian Sandbox, Syngenta Ventures, Maschhoff's Agricultural Holdings and Middleland Capital.
1 min read · 24 July 2019
Seattle-based SoundCommerce, a operations data platform provider, has named Meredith Han as chief operating officer. Her work background includes a tenure at Amazon.com where she helped launch the health and personal care business. SoundCommerce's backers included Defy Partners, Voyager Capital, Stage Venture Partners and Kick-Start Partners.
3 min read · 24 July 2019
