Private Equity
Foster City, California-based Agari, a cybersecurity company, has raised $40 million in funding. Goldman Sachs Growth Equity led the round with participation from other investors that included Norwest Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Greylock Partners, First Round Capital and Alloy Ventures. In addition to the funding, Olga Kaplan, a vice president in Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division, will join Agari’s board of directors.
1 min read · 21 June 2018
World Innovation Lab has raised $521 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The Palo Alto, California-based venture firm invests in consumer and enterprise technology companies.
1 min read · 21 June 2018
Fantom, a blockchain platform, has raised $40 million in funding. The company's investors included Hyperchain Capital, Signum Capital, 8Decimal, Arrington XRP Capital, Bibox Fund, Link VC, Nirvana Capital and JRR Crypto.
3 min read · 21 June 2018
Houston, Texas-based Liongard, a provider of unifying and maintaining system documentation for MSPs, has raised $1.25 million in seed funding. The investors included Station Houston Ventures, the venture arm of Station Houston, Gestalt Cybersecurity, members of the Houston Angel Network, TiE Houston and UH Cougar Venture Fund.
4 min read · 21 June 2018
Renoviso, a service that helps homeowners complete renovation projects, has raised $7 million in funding. Corigin Ventures led the round with participation from return backers Bessemer Venture Partners, NextView Partners and FJ Labs.
1 min read · 21 June 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Avrobio, a developer of gene therapies for rare diseases, has raised $99.7 million for its IPO after pricing its over 5.2 million shares at $19 per share. The stock began trading June 21, 2018 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AVRO." Morgan Stanley, Cowen and Wells Fargo Securities are the lead underwriters. Avrobio's pre-IPO backers include Cormorant Asset Management, Surveyor Capital, Aisling, Brace Pharma Capital, Eventide Asset Management, Morningside, Atlas Venture, SV Health Investors and Clarus Ventures.
2 min read · 21 June 2018
Aptinyx Inc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for neurologic disorders, has debuted its IPO after pricing its near 6.4 million shares at $16 per share. The stock began trading June 21, 2018 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "APTX." J.P. Morgan, Cowen, Leerink Partners and BMO Capital Markets are the lead underwriters. Aptinyx's pre-IPO backers include Bain Capital Life Sciences, Adage Capital, Nan Fung Life Sciences, Rock Springs Capital, New Leaf Venture Partners, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Osage University Partners, Adams Street Partners and Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company.
3 min read · 21 June 2018
Urban Airship, a digital growth company, has raised $25 million in Series F funding. Foundry Group led the round with participation from True Ventures, August Capital, Intel Capital, Verizon Ventures, QuestMark Partners and Franklin Park Associates.
1 min read · 21 June 2018
San Diego-based Truepic, a digital photo authentication platform, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. The investors in the round included Dowling Capital Partners.
1 min read · 21 June 2018
Silexica, a developer of the SLX programming tools, has raised $18 million in Series B financing. EQT Ventures led the round with participation from Merus Capital, Paua Ventures, Seed Fonds Aachen and DSA Invest.
1 min read · 21 June 2018
