Private Equity
Hong Kong-based Qupital, an online, small and medium enterprise trade financing platform, has closed its Series A round at $15 million. CreditEase FinTech Investment Fund led the round with participation from the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund and MindWorks Ventures.
1 min read · 27 March 2019
Talkoot, a cloud-based content production platform for global brands, has secured $1.65 million in seed funding. Seven Peaks Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Cascade Angels and Willamette Valley Capital.
1 min read · 27 March 2019
San Antonio, Texas-based FunnelAI, an artificial intelligence-focused marketing and sales platform, has raised $1.5 million in funding. Active Capital led the round.
1 min read · 27 March 2019
Alpha Foods said March 26 that it raised $7 million in funding co-led by New Crop Capital and AccelFoods. AlphaFoods makes plant-based meals that aims to make it convenient for consumers to choose a meatless life or a meatless Monday.
4 min read · 27 March 2019
MineralTree said March 27 that it closed a $50 million growth equity investment led by Great Hill Partners. Existing investors .406 Ventures and Eight Roads Ventures participated. MineralTree is an accounts payable and payment automation solution provider.
3 min read · 27 March 2019
Teraki said it raised $2.3 million from Hong Kong-based Horizons Ventures and American Family Ventures, a $200 million fund backed by American Family Insurance.
1 min read · 27 March 2019
Vlocity said it raised $60 million of Series C capital in a round led by Sutter Hill Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, and joined by new investor Bessemer Venture Partners and existing investors Accenture and New York Life. The new round puts the company's valuation above $1 billion.
1 min read · 27 March 2019
Sayata Labs said March 26 that it raised $6.5 million in seed funding led by Elron. Sayata, of Tel Aviv, Israel, provides software for the cyber insurance industry.
4 min read · 26 March 2019
Innoviz Technologies said it raised $132 million of Series C capital in a round backed by new investors China Merchants Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group and New Alliance Capital. Also in the round were Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services, and Phoenix Insurance Company.
1 min read · 26 March 2019
TerViva said March 26 that it raised another $20 million in its first close of its Series D round led by a diversified agricultural family office, Evans Properties, The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust, and a group of Florida agricultural family offices. Existing investors Elemental Excelerator, the Yield Lab, Astia Angels, Allotrope Ventures and Howard Fischer of Gratitude Railroad participated in the round. TerViva is an agriculture technology firm that is seeking to commercialize resilient pongamia trees.
4 min read · 26 March 2019