Private Equity
500 Startups Japan announced that it has raised its next fund under the new brand name of Coral Capital. The $45 million fund will involve the same people and continue to invest in seed-stage startups in Japan. The firm raised an oversubscribed $35 million fund for its inaugural effort in 2017 under the 500 Startups name. Founding Partner and CEO James Riney said in a blog post that the new fund was raised in less than three months.
1 min read · 05 March 2019
Salesforce Ventures, the corporate investment arm of Salesforce, announced it has launched the Australia Trailblazer Fund, a $50 million fund to back Australian startups. This is the CVC's third regional fund in the last year year, following the launch of a Canada Fund in May and a Japan Fund in December of last year.
1 min read · 05 March 2019
Seraphim Capital has named Candace Johnson as a partner. She is president emeritus of the European Business Angel Network and is the founding partner of the VATM.
4 min read · 04 March 2019
Pennsylvania-based MacuLogix, a medical device company in the optometry and ophthalmology industry, has secured $38.7 million in Series D round of financing. Vivo Capital led the round with participation from return backers Fisk Ventures, Roche Venture Fund, Berwind Private Equity and Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania.
1 min read · 04 March 2019
CLEARAS Water Recovery, a provider of water treatment technologies, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The backer was Montcalm Capital.
1 min read · 04 March 2019
Tagomi, a electronic brokerage for digital assets, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors included Paradigm, a Yale and Sequoia-backed fund and Pantera.
1 min read · 04 March 2019
Scytale Inc, a provider of identity management solutions, has secured $5 million in funding. The investors were Capital Ventures, TechOperators, Work-Bench and Bessemer Venture Partners.
1 min read · 04 March 2019
Boulder Food Group, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage innovative and socially conscious food, beverage, and supplemental brands, raised over $103 million towards its second fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 04 March 2019
Peter Thiel-backed FF Miruvor Management has raised $84.3 million for a venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 04 March 2019
ForgePoint Capital, a cybersecurity-focused venture firm, has promoted Andrew McClure to principal. Currently, McClure represents ForgePoint as a board observer at two cybersecurity companies: CyberCube Analytics and BehavioSec.
3 min read · 04 March 2019
