Private Equity
Silicon Valley-based Apollo Fusion, a satellite propulsion company, has secured $10 million in Series B funding. The investor was Reid Hoffman from Greylock Partners. Reid Hoffman, also the co-founder of LinkedIn, has joined Apollo Fusion's board of directors.
1 min read · 12 July 2018
Boston-based Orig3n, a biotech research company focused on genetics and regenerative medicine, has secured Series B funding, raising a total of over $50 million to date since the firm's inception in 2014. Haitong International was the lead investor. Other investors that participated in the round included Hatteras Venture Partners, Alexandria Venture Investments, Labcorp, Spectrum Health Ventures, 180 degree capital, VECTR Ventures, KTB Ventures, DEFTA Partners, MMIC Investment Holdings and Mountain Group Partners.
3 min read · 12 July 2018
Goodwall, a professional development network for young talent, has raised $10.8 million in Series A funding. Randstand Innovation and Manixer led the round with participation from other investors that included Verve Capital Partners.
2 min read · 12 July 2018
New York-based digital wellness platform Spring Health has secured $6 million in seed funding. Redthink Impact led the round with participation from by Work-Bench, BBG Ventures, the Partnership Fund for New York City, RRE Ventures and William K. Warren Foundation.
3 min read · 12 July 2018
Radiflow, a provider of industrial cybersecurity solutions for critical infrastructure, has raised $18 million in funding. ST Engineering Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Zohar Zisapel.
4 min read · 12 July 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Compass Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, has closed its $132 million Series A financing. OrbiMed Advisors led the round with participation from other investors that included F-Prime Capital, Cowen Healthcare Investments, Thiel Capital, Biomatics Capital, Ulysses Holdings, Borealis Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments and Biomed Realty Ventures.
1 min read · 12 July 2018
Los Angeles-based Octi, an augmented video creation company leveraging machine learning and computer vision, announced that it has raised a seed round of $7.5 million with participation from Shasta Ventures, I2BF Ventures, Bold Capital Partners, Day One Ventures, Human Ventures, Live Nation and AB InBev. Joining the round are a number of individuals, including Tom Conrad, former VP of product at Snap; Shiva Rajaraman, chief product officer of technology at WeWork; Scott Belsky, chief product officer of Adobe; Abbe Raven, chairman at A&E Networks; and Joshua Kushner.
1 min read · 12 July 2018
Tel Aviv-based Arbe Robotics, which develops high-resolution imaging for use in autonomous vehicles, announced it has raised $10 million in additional capital. The investment was led by 360 Capital Partners and included existing investors Canaan Partners Israel, iAngels, Manic Mobility, OurCrowd, O.G. Tech Ventures and Taya Ventures. The company, founded in 2015, has now raised $23 million in total funding.
3 min read · 12 July 2018
Xometry, an on-demand manufacturing platform, has secured $25 million in funding. Foundry Group is the lead investor with Almaz Capital, BMW i Ventures, GE Ventures, Highland Capital Partners and Maryland Venture Fund also participating in the round. Also, Xometry has acquired MakeTime, another on-demand manufacturing company.
1 min read · 11 July 2018
UK-based food-sharing app Olio has secured $6 million in Series A funding. Octopus Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Accel and Quadia.
3 min read · 11 July 2018
