Private Equity
Augmentir Inc, a provider of augmented worker software for industrial companies, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. Pritzker Group Venture Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Lerer Hippeau and HOLT Ventures.
1 min read · 16 July 2019
Ikove Capital, a venture development company, has hired Daniel Longhi as director and head of business development in Americas. Longhi is a former senior portfolio management associate at PNC Bank and ex-director of capital formation at GSEG/Focus Hospitality.
2 min read · 16 July 2019
San Francisco-based Finix, a payments infrastructure platform, has secured $17.5 million in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round with participation from Insight Venture Partners, Aspect Ventures, Visa, Homebrew, Precursor Ventures and Act One Ventures.
1 min read · 16 July 2019
Silicon Valley-based Tachyum Inc, a cloud chip startup, has named Kiran Malwankar as vice president of system engineering. His work background includes roles at Cisco, Violin Memory, Nishan Systems/McDATA and Aprius/FusionIO. Tachyum is backed by IPM Growth.
3 min read · 16 July 2019
Netherlands-based AM-Pharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a treatment for acute kidney injury, has raised $133 million in funding. LSP and Andera Partners led the round.
1 min read · 16 July 2019
UK-based AppyParking, a curbside management and mobility technology firm, has secured 7.6 million million in Series A funding. The investors included Hyundai Motor Company, Sumitomo Corporation, West Hill Capital, Aviva Ventures and Breed Reply.
1 min read · 16 July 2019
Miami-based Neocis Inc, a provider of a robot-assisted surgical platform for the dental industry, has secured $30 million in financing. The investors included Mithril Capital Management and Norwest Venture Partners. In addition to the funding, Dr. Robert Mittendorff, a partner at Norwest Venture Partners, will join the Neocis board of directors.
1 min read · 16 July 2019
Salt Lake City-based Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a next-gen biopharma company, has secured $121 million in Series C financing. Baillie Gifford’s flagship investment trust Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC led the round.
1 min read · 16 July 2019
Echo Health Ventures has named Jonathan R. Eide as chief operating officer and Karim Botros as managing partner. Prior to joining EHV, Eide was a partner at Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson while Botros worked as the chief strategy and innovation officer at Cleveland-based MetroHealth System.
3 min read · 16 July 2019
Pelion Venture Partners is seeking to raise $250 million for its seventh fund, according to an SEC filing. Based in Salt Lake City, the venture firm was founded in 1986.
1 min read · 16 July 2019
