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Footwear brand Thursday Boot Company snags Series A

Thursday Boot Company, a footwear brand, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. Blue Scorpion Investments L.P led the round with participation from other investors that included actress Rosario Dawson and NBA All-Star Baron Davis.

Fortuna Fix takes in $25 mln Series B

Fortuna Fix, a Canadian regenerative medicine company, has raised $25 million in Series B financing. The investors included Amgen Ventures.

Tricida fetches $57.5 mln Series D

South San Francisco, California-based Tricida, Inc, a developer of oral drug therapies, has raised $57.5 million in Series D financing. The investors were Wellington Management Company LLP, Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, Cormorant Asset Management, OrbiMed, Longitude Capital, Sibling Capital Ventures, Limulus Venture Partners and Vivo Capital.

TrackStreet locks in $2 mln seed

Santa Barbara, California-based TrackStreet, an automated SaaS-based ecommerce monitoring platform, has raised $2 million in seed funding. Okapi Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Stage Venture Partners and SaaS Capital.

VC-backed Zenefits taps Wiley as CFO

San Francisco-based Zenefits, a digital human resources platform for small and medium-sized businesses, has named Shaun Wiley as chief financial officer. Previously, Wiley was CFO of CoreHR. Zenefits' backers include Andreessen Horowitz, TPG Growth, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures and Insight Venture Partners.

Landlords' management platform No Agent lands $1.1 mln

UK-based No Agent, a management platform for landlords, has secured $1.1 million in funding. The investors included Nick Hynes and Carl Uminski.

Yotpo attracts $51 mln

Yotpo, a user-generated content marketing platform, has closed $51 million in financing. Access Industries led the round with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Marker LLC, Vintage Partners, Blumberg Capital, Rhodium, 2B Angels and Vertex Ventures. In addition to the funding, Daniel Shinar, Access Industries' head of Israeli tech investments and ClalTech CEO, will join Yotpo's board of directors.

Leanplum picks up $47 mln Series D

San Francisco-based Leanplum, a provider of mobile engagement solutions, has raised $47 million in Series D funding. Norwest Venture Partners led the round with participation from return backers Canaan Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Shasta Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Scott Beechuk, a partner at Norwest, will join the Leanplum board of directors.

Equalum nets $5 mln Series A

Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv-based Equalum, a provider of an enterprise data beaming platform, has raised $5 million in Series A financing. The investors included Innovation Endeavors and GE Ventures.

Erytech Pharma sets IPO pricing terms

Erytech Pharma, a French biopharmaceutical company, has priced its IPO of up to 4.26 million shares at between $23 and $24 per share. Erytech plans on listing the stock on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “ERYP.” Jefferies and Cowen & Company are among the underwriters. Erytech’s backers include Auriga Partners.