Private Equity
San Mateo, California-based Notable Health, an artificial intelligence-powered healthcare company that automates and digitizes physician-patient interactions, has raised $13.5 million in Series A funding. F-Prime Capital Partners and Oak HC/FT led the round with participation from return backers Greylock Partners and Maverick Ventures. F-Prime Capital Partners’ General Partner Carl Byers will join Notable Health’s board of directors while Oak HC/FT Managing Partner Annie Lamont will serve as a board observer.
1 min read · 06 September 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Twentyeight-Seven Therapeutics, a biotech firm focused on modulating non-coding RNA biology to develop treatments for cancer and other diseases, has closed $65 million in Series A financing. MPM Capital and Novartis Venture Fund led the round with participation from other investors that included Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., Vertex Ventures HC, Longwood Fund and Astellas Venture Management.
1 min read · 06 September 2018
Berlin-based Crosslend, a digital marketplace for loans, has raised 14 million euros in financing. The investors were Earlybird Venture Capital, ABN AMRO’s Digital Impact Fund, solarisBank, Luxembourg Future Fund and Lakestar.
3 min read · 06 September 2018
Salt Lake City-based Strata Fund Solutions, a provider of fund service administration services for venture, private equity and other asset managers, announced it has raised a growth equity investment from FTV Capital. As part of the transaction, FTV Capital Managing Partner Brad Bernstein and Partner Kyle Griswold have joined board.
1 min read · 06 September 2018
Black Bear has raised 11 million euros ($12.8 million) in funding. Investors include ING Sustainable Investments, 5square, Social Impact Ventures and SCG. Black Bear, of the Netherlands, has developed a carbonization process to transform used tires into recovered Carbon Black.
4 min read · 06 September 2018
Los Angeles-based Factual, provider of a location-data platform, announced it has raised $42 million from Upfront Ventures, Felicis Ventures and other new and existing investors. The company, founded in 2008, has now raised $104 million in total funding.
1 min read · 06 September 2018
Redwood City, California-based AnchorFree, a provider of mobile privacy and security solutions, has raised $295 million in funding. WndrCo led the round with participation from other investors that included Accel, 8VC, SignalFire and Green Bay Ventures.
1 min read · 05 September 2018
San Mateo, California-based Roblox, an online entertainment platform for kids and teens, has secured $150 million in Series F financing. Greylock Partners and Tiger Global Management led the round with participation from other investors that include Altos Ventures, Index Ventures and Meritech Capital Partners.
1 min read · 05 September 2018
Lagos-based Tizeti, an internet service provider that builds and operates solar-powered towers in Nigeria, has raised $3 million in Series A funding, according to a post. The lead investor was 4DX Ventures. Other participants in the round were Y Combinator Continuity, Lynett Capital, Social Capital, Western Technology Investment, Friále and Golden Palm Investments.
1 min read · 05 September 2018
SynapseFi, a banking platform for fintech companies, has secured $17 million in Series A funding, according to a blog post on its site. Trinity Ventures and Core Innovation Capital led the round.
1 min read · 05 September 2018