Private Equity
San Francisco-based Unison Home Ownership Investors, a provider of home ownership investments, announced it has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding. F-Prime Capital led the funding, joined by Citi Ventures and Royal Bank of Canada. As part of the round, David Jegen, a partner at F-Prime Capital, will join the company's board. The company was founded in 2004.
1 min read · 26 June 2018
Boston-based Catalog, which develops DNA data storage technology, announced it has raised $9 million in funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Also participating in the round are OS Fund, Day One Ventures, messaging app Line, Data Collective, Green Bay Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Industry Ventures and others. The company was founded by MIT scientists Hyunjun Park and Nathaniel Roquet.
1 min read · 26 June 2018
Andreessen Horowitz has named Kathryn Haun its first female general partner. The firm also unveiled a $300 million crypto fund.
1 min read · 25 June 2018
Highland Capital Partners has raised $170.7 million toward a $300 million tenth venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 25 June 2018
RRE Ventures has raised a $265 million seventh venture-capital fund, according to a news report on TechCrunch.
1 min read · 25 June 2018
Fifth Wall Ventures has raised $100.8 million for its second fund, according to an updated SEC filing. The target is $400 million.
1 min read · 25 June 2018
Silicon Valley-based Vium, a living informatics platform, has raised $24 million in Series B funding. Lux Capital and Data Collective led the round with participation from Dolby Family Ventures, Founders Fund and Future Shape LLC.
1 min read · 25 June 2018
UK-based NodThera, a developer of next generation NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors for the treatment of diseases driven by chronic inflammation, has raised $40 million in Series A funding. Sofinnova Partners and 5AM Ventures led the round with participation from Epidarex Capital and F-Prime Capital Partners.
1 min read · 25 June 2018
New York City and Tel Aviv-based BigID Inc, a provider of enterprise data protection and privacy solutions, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. Scale Venture Partners led the round with participation from return backers ClearSky Security, Comcast Ventures, BOLDstart Ventures, Information Venture Partners and the SAP.iO Fund.
1 min read · 25 June 2018
China’s Meituan Dianping, an online food delivery-to-ticketing services platform, is bringing its initial public offering (IPO) to Hong Kong, where it aims to raise over $4 billion, sources told Reuters.
3 min read · 25 June 2018