Private Equity
Berkeley Lights Inc, a digital cell biology company, has closed $95 million in funding. Nikon led the round with participation from Sequoia Capital, Walden-Riverwood Ventures, Black Diamond Ventures, Paxion Capital, Cota Capital, KTB Network, Atinum Investment, Shangbay Capital, AJS BioTree Healthcare Fund and Varian.
1 min read · 15 October 2018
Indianapolis-based PERQ, a provider of online consumer engagement and shopping behavior solutions, has secured $4 million in funding. Elevate Ventures led the round.
3 min read · 15 October 2018
UK and Raleigh, North Carolina-based TRI, a provider of risk-based monitoring solutions for clinical trials, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Octopus Investments, a subsidiary of the Octopus Group.
1 min read · 15 October 2018
Glilot Capital Partners, an Israeli venture firm focused on early-stage startups, has closed its third fund at $110 million. As with the previous funds, Glilot III will invest in Israeli early-stage startups in artificial intelligence, big data and cyber security.
2 min read · 15 October 2018
Waltham, Massachusetts-based Yottaa Inc, a SaaS platform for accelerating ecommerce, has raised $11 million in funding. DN Capital led the round. In addition to the fundraising, Yottaa has appointed Jim Morrone as new vice president of worldwide sales.
1 min read · 15 October 2018
UK-based Garrison, a provider of ultra-secure web browsing technology, has raised $30 million in funding. Dawn Capital led the round.
1 min read · 15 October 2018
San Francisco-based Qordoba, a UX content management platform, has raised $11.5 million in Series B funding. Aspect Ventures led the round with participation from Upfront Ventures, Rincon Ventures, Broadway Angels and Michael Stoppelman, the co-founder of Yelp.
1 min read · 12 October 2018
Roblox has acquired San Mateo, California-based PacketZoom, a mobile networking platform provider, according to a blog post on the former company's site. No financial terms were disclosed. As part of the deal, PacketZoom’s founder and CTO Chetan Ahuja, along with the PacketZoom engineering team, will join Roblox. PacketZoom was backed by Baseline Ventures, First Round Capital, Tandem Capital and Arafura Ventures.
1 min read · 12 October 2018
San Francisco-based Allbirds, a maker of eco-friendly wool shoes, has raised $50 million in Series C funding. T. Rowe Price Investment Management led the round with participation from Fidelity Management & Research Company and return backer Tiger Global.
3 min read · 12 October 2018
Rhythm Venture Capital has launched Rhythm Fund X, a new fund. Rhythm Fund X has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in its first closing. The fund is seeking to make its initial investment by the end of the first quarter of 2019. Rhythm Venture Capital focuses on digital health, healthcare services, biotech and life sciences.
1 min read · 12 October 2018
