Private Equity
Elastic has acquired San Francisco-based Swiftype, a provider of search software. No financial terms were disclosed. Swiftype is backed by Y Combinator and New Enterprise Associates.
3 min read · 10 November 2017
Del Mar, California-based ScoreStream, a crowd-sourcing platform for live local sports, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Intel Capital.
1 min read · 10 November 2017
Tampa, Florida-based DEV/CON Detect, a publisher-focused SaaS platform for detecting internal and external threats to digital advertising revenue streams, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Las Olas Venture Capital.
1 min read · 10 November 2017
Seventure Partners has sold Cambrooke Therapeutics to Ajinomoto. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in Ayer, Massachusetts, Cambrooke is a provider of medical nutrition products for patients with serious chronic unmet medical needs.
4 min read · 10 November 2017
Washington, D.C.-based Ecological Service Partners, which provides ecological restoration of wetlands, streams and habitats for endangered species, has raised $250 million in funding. The investors were not named.
3 min read · 09 November 2017
Toronto security startup studio Peloton Innovations has raised C$3 million in a seed-stage financing. The round was led by Elevate Toronto CEO Razor Suleman, Globalive Capital and TD Ameritrade CEO Tim Hockey. Peloton is focused on creating B2B and B2C products and services used in the protection industry. The funds raised will support the company’s spin out of a first security startup in early 2018. Launched last year, Peloton is majority owned by Craig Campbell, founder and CEO of Resilience Capital. Peloton’s other backers include Klass Capital and Purpose Investments CEO Som Seif.
2 min read · 09 November 2017
San Francisco-based Welkin Health, a digital health company, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. Thrive Capital led the round.
1 min read · 09 November 2017
Vade Secure, a provider of predictive email defense solutions, has raised $12 million. ISAI was the lead investor.
1 min read · 09 November 2017
San Francisco-based 1984 Ventures, led by entrepreneur and investor Ramy Adeeb, is seeking to raise $75 million for its first venture fund, according to a regulatory filing. Adeeb is the founder and CEO of Snip.it, which was acquired by Yahoo. He is also a onetime principal at Khosla Ventures, where he worked on such investments as Square and Ness Technologies, according to his bio.
1 min read · 09 November 2017
Milk Bar, a bakery and dessert brand, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. The investor was RSE Ventures.
1 min read · 09 November 2017
