Private Equity
ScribbleChat, a messaging app, has raised $2.75 million in funding. The investors were Broadway Angels, The Perkins Fund, BBG Ventures, Halogen Ventures, Golden Seeds Angels and actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
3 min read · 10 October 2017
Carrick Capital Partners is seeking to raise $400 million for its third venture fund, according to an SEC filing. In February 2015, the San Francisco-based firm closed its second fund at $275 million.
1 min read · 09 October 2017
ImaginAb, an immuno-oncology imaging company, has secured $8 million in funding. Adage Capital led the round.
1 min read · 09 October 2017
Erytech Pharma, a French biopharmaceutical company, has filed for an IPO. The number of shares that will be sold as well as the stock's pricing terms have yet to be set. 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.
3 min read · 09 October 2017
GitLab, an open core collaboration platform for developers, has raised $20 million in Series C funding. GV led the round. In addition to the funding, Matt Mullenweg has joined GitLab's board of directors.
1 min read · 09 October 2017
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Spero Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for bacterial infections, has filed for an IPO. The number of shares that will be sold as well as the stock's pricing terms have yet to be set. The company is planning on trading the stock on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SPRO." BofA Merrill Lynch, Cowen and Stifel will serve as lead underwriters. Spero's backers include GV, RA Capital Management, Rock Springs Capital, Atlas Venture, MRL Ventures Fund, Lundbeckfonden Ventures, The Kraft Group and Osage University Partners.
2 min read · 09 October 2017
New Jersey-based PanOptica Inc, a developer of ophthalmology therapies, has secured $11 million in Series B funding. The investors were Third Rock Ventures and SV Health Investors.
1 min read · 09 October 2017
Mountain View, California-based Zume Pizza, a pizza delivery startup, has raised $48 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. The target is $50 million. So far, nine investors participated in the financing, as reported in the document.
1 min read · 09 October 2017
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Harmony Biosciences LLC, a biopharmaceutical company, has closed $270 million in funding. The investors included Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, HBM Healthcare Investments, Vivo Capital, venBio Partners, Novo Holdings and Nan Fung Life Sciences.
1 min read · 09 October 2017
Menlo Park, California-based Sight Sciences Inc, an ophthalmic medical device company, has raised $10 million in Series C financing. Allegro Investment Fund led the round.
1 min read · 09 October 2017
