Private Equity
San Antonio, Texas-based Silverback, an oil and gas exploration company, has hired Matthew Alley as chief financial officer. Previously, Alley worked at Palomar Natural Resources where he was CFO and president of finance. Silverback is backed by EnCap Investments LP.
2 min read · 17 October 2017
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Gemini Therapeutics, a new precision medicine company , has closed $42.5 million in Series A financing. Atlas Venture, Lightstone Ventures and OrbiMed led the round.
1 min read · 17 October 2017
Bain Capital Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz have participated in the pre-sale of a new crypto-currency called basecoin, the companies have confirmed.
1 min read · 16 October 2017
Hong Kong-based delivery platform Pick-Up has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors were Axis Capital Partners, Metroworks Equity, Sage 42 Apps and Shanghai Bestway Enterprise Development Company.
1 min read · 16 October 2017
Tamarisc Ventures is seeking to raise $30 million for its second fund, according to an SEC listing. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based early-stage venture firm invests in real estate technology companies.
1 min read · 16 October 2017
Chope, an Asia dining discovery and reservation app, has raised $13 million in funding. Square Peg Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included C31 Ventures, Moelis Australia, NSI Ventures, Susquehanna International Group, DSG Consumer Partners and SPH Ventures.
1 min read · 16 October 2017
New York City-based Butterfly, an employee intelligence and management coaching software, has secured $2.4 million in seed funding. Daphni led the round with participation from other investors that included Tectonic Capital and Precursor Ventures.
1 min read · 16 October 2017
San Francisco-based Illumina Ventures, an early-stage venture firm, has raised $230 million for its debut fund. Illumina invests in early-stage companies focused on genomics and precision medicine.
2 min read · 16 October 2017
Irvine, California-based Militus Inc, a provider of advanced cybersecurity solutions, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. The investor was CyberSEC3.
1 min read · 16 October 2017
TPG Growth has led a Series C funding round for Vision Credit, a Chinese consumer finance provider. No financial terms were disclosed.
3 min read · 16 October 2017
