Private Equity
Bain Capital Ventures said it named Sarah Smith as a partner. Smith will focus on early-stage investments across business and consumer technologies and marketplaces. Smith was most recently an investor at Graph Ventures and has served in executive roles at Facebook and Quora.
3 min read · 16 May 2018
Next 10 Ventures said it has raised $50 million of financing. Its fund will focus on content creators and the firm is founded by Benjamin Grubbs, formerly global director of top creator partnerships at YouTube.
2 min read · 16 May 2018
Mynd said it raised $20 million of Series B capital in a round led by Lightspeed Ventures and joined by existing investors Canaan Partners and Jackson Square Ventures. The company has now raised $36 million.
2 min read · 16 May 2018
Provo, Utah-based Tracking First, an enterprise data governance platform, has raised $4 million in funding. Silverton Partners led the round with participation from Kickstart Seed Fund.
1 min read · 16 May 2018
California-based Metawave Corp, a wireless tech company, has secured $10 million in funding. Denso led the round with participation from other investors that included Toyota AI Ventures, Hyundai Motor Company, Asahi Glass, Motus Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Autotech Ventures, Bold Capital, SAIC Capital, Western Technology Investment and Alrai Capital.
1 min read · 16 May 2018
PegEx Inc, a provider of hazardous waste removal and disposal solutions, has raised $8 million in funding. Plymouth Growth Partners led the round with participation from Capital Midwest Fund and WISC Partners.
1 min read · 16 May 2018
McLean, Virginia-based RunSafe Security, a provider of a patented cyberhardening process for vulnerable embedded systems and devices across critical infrastructure, has raised $2.4 million in seed funding. The lead investor was Alsop Louie Partner.
3 min read · 16 May 2018
San Francisco-based Parsable, a provider of a connected worker platform, has secured $40 million in Series C funding. Future Fund led the round.
1 min read · 16 May 2018
Boulder, Colorado-based BDS Analytics, a provider of insights and consumer research for the cannabis industry, has secured $750,000 in funding. The investor was CanopyVentures. UPDATE: According to another news release, this funding was part of a larger round in which BDS Analytics raised $3.5 million in Series B funding. CanopyVentures and Altitude Investment Management were the lead investors.
1 min read · 16 May 2018
San Francisco-based Chronicled Inc, a technology company leveraging blockchain and IoT, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Broadway Angels.
1 min read · 16 May 2018
