Private Equity
UK-based Playfair Capital has raised $32 million for its second fund. The fund will invest in early-stage companies with a focus on deep tech, B2B SaaS and marketplaces.
5 min read · 07 March 2019
San Francisco-based Transposit, provider of an API composition platform that helps developers compose disparate APIs, announced it raised $12.2 million in a Series A round led by Sutter Hill Ventures. SignalFire and Unusual Ventures also participated in the round.
1 min read · 07 March 2019
Tufin Software Technologies Ltd, a cybersecurity software provider, has filed for an IPO. The company plans on listing the stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "TUFN." J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc and Jefferies LLC are serving as the lead underwriters. Tufin is backed by Catalyst Investments and Marker.
3 min read · 07 March 2019
Contrary Capital has set a $35 million target for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. Contrary is a university-focused venture firm.
1 min read · 07 March 2019
Betterworks, an enterprise HR software for continuous performance management, has secured an additional $27 million in funding, extending the company's Series B round to $51 million. The company's total funding is now more than $65 million. Betterworks' investors included investors included Emergence Capital and Kleiner Perkins.
1 min read · 07 March 2019
Barcelona-based drug developer SOM Biotech has secured 7 million euros in funding. The lead investor was " a holding company belonging to a European family with a long tradition in the pharmaceutical sector."
1 min read · 07 March 2019
Samsung SDC has made an investment in Israel-based Iguazio, a data platform. No financial terms were disclosed. Iguazio is backed by Pitango Venture Capital, Verizon Ventures, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, CME Ventures, Magma Venture Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital.
2 min read · 07 March 2019
OurCrowd, an Israel-based crowdfunding platform, has launched a $50 million medtech fund. The fund will focus on on medical devices, therapeutics, medical robotics and new developments in the medical industry.
4 min read · 07 March 2019
StrongBlock, a blockchain startup, has secured $4 million in seed funding. The investors included Pangea Blockchain Fund and Copernicus Asset Management SA.
1 min read · 06 March 2019
Acorn Bioventures has set out to raise a venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 06 March 2019
