Private Equity
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Ultivue, a provider of tissue biomarker identification and quantification assays for translational and pathology research labs, has secured $22 million in Series C funding. Northpond Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included ARCH Venture Partners, 6 Dimensions Capital, Yonghua Capital and Applied Ventures.
1 min read · 27 June 2019
New York-based Manhattan Venture Partners, a merchant bank focused on the secondary market for late-stage, pre-IPO companies, has tapped Andrea Lamari Walne as partner. She will lead the firm's San Francisco regional office and help build its West Coast presence.
1 min read · 27 June 2019
Lincoln, Nebraska-based Opendorse, an athlete marketing platform, has secured $3.125 million in funding. Previous backers Serra Ventures and Flyover Capital led the round.
4 min read · 27 June 2019
Seattle-based Adaptive, a biotech company, has raised $300 million for its IPO after pricing its 15 million shares at $20 per share. The stock began trading June 27, 2019 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ADPT." Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch are the lead underwriters. Adaptive's pre-IPO backers include Viking Global Matrix Capital Management Celgene, Foresite Capital and Alexandria Venture Investments.
3 min read · 27 June 2019
Skubana, a commerce operations platform, has secured $5.4 million in Series A funding. Defy Partners led the round with participation from Advancit Capital and FJ Labs.
1 min read · 27 June 2019
Menlo Park, California-based Calysta, an alternative protein producer, has secured $30 million in funding. The backer was BP Ventures.
1 min read · 27 June 2019
Spain and San Diego-based Sanifit, a biopharmaceutical company focused on treating progressive vascular calcification disorders, has raised $80.9 million in funding. Caixa Capital Risc led the round.
1 min read · 27 June 2019
Dfuse, a Montréal-based blockchain application programming interface platform, has closed a seed-stage financing, raising about $3.5 million. U.S. cryptofund Multicoin Capital and Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of U.S. chip maker Intel Corp, led the round. Diagram Ventures, which co-founded dfuse, BoxOne Ventures, Panache Ventures and White Star Capital also invested. Launched in 2018 by Marc-Antoine Ross, Richard Reiner, Alexandre Bourget and Mathieu Boulianne, dfuse has created a range of products to help developers build effective blockchain applications.
4 min read · 27 June 2019
Torch Capital has raised over $57.8 million for its inaugural fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $60 million. The venture firm invests in consumer startups.
1 min read · 27 June 2019
WeGift, a digital rewards platform, has secured 4 million pounds in Series A funding. Fred Destin of Stride.vc led the round with participation from other investors that included the SAP.iO Fund and Unilever Ventures.
1 min read · 27 June 2019
