Private Equity
Venice, California-based Nutrition Innovation, a food and technology company focused on innovating sugar in the North American market, announced it has raised $5 million in Series A funding at a valuation of $40 million. The Series A funding was led by VisVires New Protein, as Asian foodtech fund, and includes Enerfo Group, a Singapore agtech firm.
1 min read · 07 May 2019
Hercules Capital, a specialty financing provider, has promoted R. Bryan Jadot to head of life sciences venture lending and Steve Kuo to head of technology venture lending. Prior to joining Hercules, Jadot served as vice president of the life sciences group at Silicon Valley Bank in Newton, Massachusetts while Kuo was a strategic member of Lightcross.
3 min read · 07 May 2019
San Francisco-based Trusted Health, a career platform for modern nurses to work, connect and grow, has secured $20 million in Series A funding. Craft Ventures led the round with participation from Felicis Ventures and Founder Collective.
1 min read · 06 May 2019
Sentons Inc, a provider of advanced touch and force sensing solutions, has named Jess Lee as president and CEO. Lee's work background includes roles at InVisage, Apple, OmniVision and Silicon Graphics. In addition to this appointment, Dr. Forest Baskett, a general partner at New Enterprise Associates, will join Sentons' board of directors. Sentons' is backed by New Enterprise Associates and Northern Light Venture Capital.
4 min read · 06 May 2019
Carta, which helps companies manage their equity, has raised $300 million in Series E funding, according to a blog post on its site. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from other investors that included Lightspeed Venture Partners and Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments. In conjunction with the funding, Marc Andreessen is joining Carta's board.
1 min read · 06 May 2019
Thunes, a payments startup, has secured $10 million in Series A financing. GGV Capital led the round.
1 min read · 06 May 2019
SendBird, a chat and messaging API service for mobile and web applications, has raised a total of $102 million in Series B funding. The investors included ICONIQ Capital and Tiger Global Management.
1 min read · 06 May 2019
New York City-based Noom, a mobile wellness firm, has raised $58 million in funding. Sequoia Capital led the round.
1 min read · 06 May 2019
Crusoe Energy Systems Inc, a technology driven flare mitigation provider, has secured $4.5 million in seed financing round. Bain Capital Ventures and Founders Fund Pathfinder led the round with participation from Wicklow Capital, Winklevoss Capital and Dragonfly Capital Partners.
1 min read · 03 May 2019
Immortals, an esports organization, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. The investors included AEG, Lionsgate, the Milken Family, Steve Kaplan, Meg Whitman and March Capital Partners. Also, Immortals has acquired Gamers Club, a Brazilian game matchmaking platform for an undisclosed sum. And, Immortals has rebranded to Immortals Gaming Club.
1 min read · 03 May 2019
