Private Equity
Bolt Mobility has raised 3 million euros in funding via the equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Based in Amsterdam, Bolt Mobility is a maker of electric scooters.
4 min read · 18 October 2017
Prescient said Oct. 17 that Sunil Ghatnekar was named CFO. Ghatnekar is a longtime executive with The Coca-Cola Co.
5 min read · 18 October 2017
Charity Checkout has raised $1 million in funding led by Chris Hulatt and Simon Rogerson, founders of Octopus Group. The round also included four existing investors. Charity Checkout, of the U.K., is an online fundraising platform.
2 min read · 18 October 2017
Magic Leap, a well-funded and secretive startup, said on Tuesday it has raised $502 million in a new capital funding round led by Temasek Holdings , an investment firm owned by the government of Singapore.
1 min read · 17 October 2017
EnCap Flatrock Midstream has sold Gravity Midstream Corpus Christi LLC to Pin Oak Corpus Christi LLC. No financial terms were disclosed; however, Pin Oak's owners Dauphine Midstream LLC and Mercuria Energy Group Ltd provided the financing for the deal.
3 min read · 17 October 2017
AskBio and Columbus Venture Partners have formed Viralgen, a gene therapy joint venture. In addition to funding from AskBio and Columbus Venture Partners, Viralgen, which will be based in San Sebastián, Spain, has secured a "significant" commitment from the Basque Government. No financial terms were disclosed.
3 min read · 17 October 2017
New York-based Imaginary Ventures is seeking $100 million for its debut, according to a regulatory filing. The firm will reportedly invest in the e-commerce space, including retail, fashion, lifestyle and beauty. The firm is led by Natalie Massenet, who in 2015 resigned from luxury e-tailer Net-A-Porter that she founded, and Nick Brown, who most recently was a partner at 14W Venture Partners in New York.
1 min read · 17 October 2017
San Francisco-based Blockchain Capital has raised $59,720,000 of a targeted $75 million fourth fund, according to a regulatory filing. The firm is led by brothers Brad and Bart Stephens and focuses on investments into blockchain technologies. Thus far, 76 investors have committed to the fund, according to the filing. In April, the firm raised $10 million of its third fund through an initial coin offering, or ICO, VCJ previously reported.
1 min read · 17 October 2017
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Cydan, an orphan drug accelerator, has raised $34 million in funding. The investors were Longitude Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Pfizer Venture Investments, Alexandria Venture Investments and Lundbeckfond Ventures.
1 min read · 17 October 2017
Boston-based Renew Energy Partners, a provider of financing for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, has raised $40 million in funding. Rollins Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Proficio Capital Partners.
3 min read · 17 October 2017
