Private Equity
Durham, North Carolina-based Cereius Inc, a biotechnology company focused on treating solid tumor brain metastases, has raised $6.75 million in financing. The investors included BioInnovation Capital.
1 min read · 25 July 2018
Jakarta-based FinAccel, a financial tech company, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. Square Peg Capital led the round with participation from MDI Ventures, Atami Capital, Jungle Ventures, Openspace Ventures, GMO Venture Partners, Alpha JWC Ventures and 500 Startups.
1 min read · 25 July 2018
Aaptiv Inc, a provider of digital health and wellness content, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Bose Ventures.
1 min read · 25 July 2018
Montreal-based Inversago Pharma Inc, a biotech firm, has secured $7 million in Series A financing. Genesys Capital and Amorchem led the round with participation from other investors that included JDRF T1D Fund, Accel-Rx, Anges Québec Capital, Anges Québec and Tarnagulla Ventures.
1 min read · 25 July 2018
South San Francisco-based Alector Inc, a biotechnology company focused on developing therapies that harness the immune system to cure neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, has raised $133 million in Series E financing. The investors included Deerfield Management, AbbVie Ventures, Federated Kaufmann Fund, Section 32, Euclidean Capital, Foresite Capital, Lilly Asia Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners, Polaris Partners, OrbiMed, MRL Ventures, GV and the Dementia Discovery Fund.
1 min read · 25 July 2018
Early-stage investor Ignition Partners announced that Preeti Rathi and Kellan Carter have each been promoted to partner. Rathi joined the firm in 2016 as a principal with a focus on machine learning and artificial intelligence Previously, she was a principal at Opus Capital. Carter joined the firm in 2013 as an associate, working on business development, staffing and strategy for portfolio companies. Previously, he was in investment banking at Mooreland Partners.
1 min read · 25 July 2018
Denver-based Guild Education, a provider of an education benefits platform for working adults, announced it has raised $40 million in Series C funding. Felicis Ventures led the round, with additional investment from Salesforce Ventures, Workday Ventures, Rethink Impact & Education and Silicon Valley Bank. Existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Harrison Metal and Cowboy Ventures also joined the round. The company, founded in 2015, has now raised $71.5 million in total funding. As part of the latest round, Wesley Chan, managing director at Felicis, has joined the board.
1 min read · 25 July 2018
LoginRadius said it raised $17 million of Series A capital in a round led by ForgePoint Capital and M12, Microsoft’s venture fund. The round was joined by existing investors, including Real Ventures, BDC Capital, and Yaletown Venture Partners.
3 min read · 25 July 2018
Impraise said July 25 that it raised $10.6 million in Series A funding led by Keen Venture Partners. Existing investor, HenQ, also participated. Impraise, of New York, provides feedback and performance software and is an alumnus of Y Combinator.
4 min read · 25 July 2018
Raine Ventures led the $2 million funding round for San Francisco-based Knock Knock, a developer of chat-native games and technologies. Other investors included London Venture Partners and Ludlow Ventures.
3 min read · 24 July 2018
