Private Equity
Crowdfunding has raised close to $600 million for Israeli startups since 2012, more than the $413 million earmarked for startups in the United Kingdom and the $224 million raised for companies in the remainder of Europe.
1 min read · 14 September 2017
New York City-based Call9, an emergency medicine provider, has secured $24 million in Series B funding. Redmile led the round with participation from other investors that included Index Ventures, Refactor, Y Combinator and Western Technology Investment.
3 min read · 14 September 2017
New York City-based Clinch, a video ad personalization firm, has closed $3 million in Series A financing. The investors included Richard Gati, head of BXR Partners' Singapore office. In addition to the funding, Clinch has named Boaz Cohen as chief product officer and head of business development.
1 min read · 14 September 2017
San Francisco-based Augment, an artificial intelligence startup, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. The investors were Silicon Valley Data Capital and JAZZ Venture Partners.
1 min read · 14 September 2017
San Francisco-based Carrot Fertility, which offers egg freezing and in-vitro fertilization as a workplace benefit, has secured $36 million in seed funding. SoftTech Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Maven Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Sound Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Core VC, Founders Fund and Y Combinator.
1 min read · 14 September 2017
San Francisco-based Eaze, a cannabis delivery company, has raised $27 million in funding. Bailey Capital led the round with participation from DCM Ventures, Kaya Ventures and FJ Labs. In addition to the funding, James Bailey has joined Eaze's board of directors.
1 min read · 14 September 2017
New York City-based Skywire Networks, a wireless broadband provider, has raised $23 million in financing. The investor was Metropolitan Partners Group.
1 min read · 14 September 2017
Israel’s StoreDot, which is developing fast-charging battery technology, said on Thursday it raised $60 million in a third round of financing led by the truck division of Germany’s Daimler (DAIGn.DE).
1 min read · 14 September 2017
Swedish social robotics startup Furhat Robotics has secured $2.5 million in seed funding. The investors were Balderton Capital and LocalGlobe. In addition to the funding, Daniel Waterhouse, a partner at Balderton, has joined Furhat Robotics' board.
4 min read · 14 September 2017
San Francisco-based Piper, a STEM education company, has raised $7.6 million in Series A funding. Owl Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Reach Capital, Stanford’s StartX fund and Charles Huang, co-founder of Guitar Hero.
1 min read · 14 September 2017
