Private Equity
Toast, a restaurant management platform, has secured $115 million in Series D funding. T. Rowe Price Associates Inc led the round with participation from other investors that included Tiger Global Management LLC.
4 min read · 10 July 2018
San Francisco-based Moogsoft, a provider of artificial intelligence for IT operations, has named Will Cappelli as chief technology officer EMEA and global vice president of product strategy. Cappelli is a former research vice president at Gartner. Moogsoft’s backers include Goldman Sachs, HCL, Northgate Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Singtel Innov8, STTelemedia and Wing VC.
2 min read · 10 July 2018
Barcelona-based Lodgify, a vacation rental software startup, has secured $5 million in Series A funding. The investors were Nauta Capital, HOWZAT Partners, Business Angels and Intermedia Vermögensverwaltung.
1 min read · 10 July 2018
CapLinked Inc, a developer of proprietary information control software, has raised $2.5 million in funding. The investors were Alphabit Fund, Translunar One, Kenetic Capital, NextProtocol Ventures and BKCM.
1 min read · 10 July 2018
ShooWin Inc, an online ticketing reservation marketplace, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. Cuneo & Co. and Bellnote Partners LLC led the round.
1 min read · 10 July 2018
Chicago-based Higi, a population health enablement company, has secured $21.3 million in Series C funding. The investors included Flare Capital Partners and 7wireVentures.
1 min read · 10 July 2018
Sofinnova Partners has sold ReCor Medical to Otsuka Holdings. No financial terms were disclosed. ReCor Medical is a medical device company focused on treating hypertension.
5 min read · 10 July 2018
MTech Capital said July 10 that the firm’s insureTech venture fund has raised $75 million in an initial close from three investors. They include CNA Financial Corp, NN Group, and an insurance company. The fund, which has a $150 million target, is focused on technology-enabled investment opportunities with the potential to transform the insurance industry.
3 min read · 10 July 2018
Benchmark has added another investor to its roster with the addition of Chetan Puttaguntais as general partner. Puttaguntais was previously a GP at New Enterprise Associates, where he led investments in MuleSoft, MongoDB and Elastic, among others.
1 min read · 09 July 2018
San Mateo, California-based Lime, operator of a fleet of lime-green colored bicycles and electric scooters, announced on Monday it has raised $335 million in a round led by GV that reportedly values the company at $1.1 billion. Also participating in the round is strategic investor Uber and new investors Alphabet, IVP, Atomico and Fidelity Management and Research Company. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, Fifth Wall and GIC also participated in the round.
1 min read · 09 July 2018