Private Equity
Sensome, a French developer of micro-sensor technology for smart medical devices, has secured 4.6 million euros in financing. Kurma Partners led the round.
1 min read · 11 June 2018
McKesson Ventures has invested in Propeller Health, adding to the $20 million funding round announced last week. Financial terms weren’t revealed. Propeller is a digital therapeutics company.
3 min read · 11 June 2018
Wave Capital has raised $53.2 million toward a $60 million maiden venture fund, according to a regulatory filing. The latest filing is an increase of the total offering amount for the fund, which was $35 million, according to a previous filing in February 2018.
1 min read · 08 June 2018
Workday Ventures said it brought on Brittany Skoda as a vice president of investments, according to a blog post.
1 min read · 08 June 2018
QED Investors has set out to raise a $150 million fifth venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
1 min read · 08 June 2018
Rakuten has acquired Silicon Valley-based Curbside, a mobile ordering and pickup startup. according to a news announcement posted by Rakuten. No financial terms were disclosed. Curbside's backers include Sutter Hill Ventures, Index Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures.
1 min read · 08 June 2018
Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company, has doubled its venture fund to $200 million. Lockheed Martin will focus the additional capital on early-stage companies in the areas of sensor technologies, autonomy, artificial intelligence and cyber.
2 min read · 08 June 2018
MeiraGTx Holdings plc, a gene therapy company, has raised $75 million for its IPO after pricing its 5 million shares at $15 per share. The stock began trading June 8, 2018 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MGTX." BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Evercore ISI are the lead underwriters. MeiraGTx's pre-IPO backers include Essex Bio-Technology, according to Crunchbase.
2 min read · 08 June 2018
Silicon Valley-based Nextinput, a provider of MEMS-based force-sensing solutions, has raised $13 million in Series B financing. The investors included Sierra Ventures, Cota Capital and UMC Capital.
1 min read · 08 June 2018
Seattle-based JetClosing, a provider of digital real estate title and settlement transactions, has secured $20 million in Series A funding. The investors included funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc, PSL Ventures, Imagen Capital Partners, Trilogy Equity Partners and Maveron.
1 min read · 08 June 2018
