Private Equity
Houston, Texas and Orange County, California-based OspreyData, a provider of machine-learning-based predictive analytics platform for the oil and gas sector, has secured $5 million in Series A financing. Houston Ventures led the round.
1 min read · 15 May 2018
Berlin-based Simpleinsurance, a smart insurance services platform provider, has secured $24 million in Series C funding. Allianz was the lead investor with participation from other investors that included Rheingau Founders and Rakuten Capital. Drake Star Partners was the financial adviser to Simplesurance on the transaction.
4 min read · 15 May 2018
MemSQL said it raised $30 million of Series D capital in a round backed by new investors GV and Glynn Capital, and joined by existing investors, Accel, Caffeinated Capital, Data Collective, and IA Ventures.
3 min read · 15 May 2018
BrainQ, an Israeli digital therapeutics company, has raised $8.8 million in funding. The investors included Qure Ventures, OurCrowd.com, Norma Investments and IT-Farm.
1 min read · 15 May 2018
Austin-based Silverton Partners has closed its fifth fund at $108 million. Among the companies Silverton have backed include Convio, WP Engine, SpareFoot, SailPoint, Silicon Labs, TurnKey, Restream.io and SourceDay.
2 min read · 15 May 2018
Alameda, California-based Saildrone, a provider of ocean data, has secured $60 million in Series B funding. Horizons Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Technology Impact Fund, Lux Capital, Social Capital and The Schmidt Family Foundation.
1 min read · 15 May 2018
Unusual Ventures, a new seed-stage venture firm, has closed its inaugural fund at $160 million, according to a post on its site. Jyoti Bansal and John Vrionis are the co-founders.
1 min read · 15 May 2018
Beautiful.AI, which leverages artificial intelligence to automate the visual design process, has raised $11 million in Series B funding. Trinity Ventures led the round with participation from return backers Shasta Ventures and First Round Capital. In addition to the funding, Karan Mehandru, a general partner at Trinity Ventures, will join Beautiful.AI’s board of directors.
1 min read · 15 May 2018
Choosy, an on-demand social shopping platform, has secured $5.4 million in seed funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from other investors that included Forerunner Ventures, Innovation Global Capital, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, XFactor Ventures and Supernode Ventures.
1 min read · 15 May 2018
Thryve, a provider of microbiotics and microbiome testing, has secured $1.4 million in funding. The investors included PivotNorth Capital, Unilever Ventures, Darling Ventures, Candela Paramount, Abstract Ventures and Joyance Partners.
1 min read · 15 May 2018
