Private Equity
Oakland, California-based Even, a financial platform for working people, has raised $40 million in funding. Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Valar Ventures, Allen & Company, Harrison Metal, Ron Conway, Silicon Valley Bank and BCVP.
1 min read · 20 July 2018
Galvanize, a technology workforce educator, has secured $32 million in Series C funding. Catalyst Investors led the round with participation from New Markets Venture Partners, ABS Capital Partners, University Ventures and the Colorado Impact Fund. In addition to the funding, Tyler Newton from Catalyst Investors will join the Galvanize board of directors. In addition to the funding, Galvanize is acquiring San Francisco-based Hack Reactor, an operator of immersive coding programs. No financial terms were disclosed.
1 min read · 20 July 2018
Israel-based AnyVision, a developer of artificial intelligence and computer vision technology, has secured $28 million in Series A financing. The lead investor was Bosch.
2 min read · 20 July 2018
San Francisco-based mortgage startup LoanSnap has raised $8 million in Series A financing. True Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Baseline Ventures, Virgin Group, Core Innovation Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, OVO Fund and Transmedia Ventures.
1 min read · 20 July 2018
Ashland, Oregon-based HerdDogg, a provider of precision livestock and remote animal health, has secured $2.3 million in seed financing. Serra Ventures led the round. As part of the transaction, Rob Schultz from Serra Ventures and Tom Trone, a former John Deere executive, have joined HerdDogg’s board of directors.
1 min read · 20 July 2018
Hemper, a cannabis accessories and lifestyle brand, has raised $1 million in seed funding. The investor was Evolution Corporate Advisors.
1 min read · 20 July 2018
Singapore-based Points, a blockchain data collaboration protocol for better credit scoring and inclusive finance, has raised $8 million in funding. The investors included DHVC, Cherubic Ventures, Ce Yuan, Ontology Foundation, Nest.Bio Ventures and Zhong Cheng Xin Credit Technology.
1 min read · 20 July 2018
Ursa Space Systems, a provider of geospatial intelligence solutions, has secured $5.7 million in funding. RRE Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included S&P Global and Paladin Capital Group.
1 min read · 20 July 2018
Laurel Venture Capital has acquired Alpine Immune Sciences' S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase assets. No financial terms were disclosed. Seattle-based Alpine is focused on discovering and developing protein-based immunotherapies to treat cancer, autoimmune/inflammatory illnesses and other diseases.
3 min read · 20 July 2018
Late-stage venture IVP announced it has promoted Alex Lim to vice president. Lim joined the firm in 2015 and focuses on high growth consumer and enterprise companies. The firm said he was involved in sourcing its investments in Cyence, Discord, Hims and Qubole, and also worked on investments in Qadium, SteelBrick, Snap, TuneIn, Walker and Company and Zerto. Prior to IVP, he worked at Credit Suisse.
1 min read · 19 July 2018
