Private Equity
Roku, a TV streaming service, 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. Roku is planning on listing the stock on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ROKU." Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Global Markets are the lead underwriters. Roku's backers include Menlo Ventures, Fidelity, 21st Century Fox , Globespan Capital Partners and Netflix.
2 min read · 05 September 2017
New York City-based Wizer, an artificial intelligence-based consumer research company, has secured $4 million in funding. State of Mind Ventures led the round with participation from Nielsen Innovate.
3 min read · 05 September 2017
Eight Roads Ventures, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International Ltd, launched its first dedicated China healthcare fund on Tuesday, doubling down bets on the country’s rapidly growing medical sector, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 05 September 2017
Stockholm-based Aifloo, a developer of a self-learning e-health system, has secured 5.1 million euros in Series A funding. EQT Ventures led the round.
1 min read · 05 September 2017
Lilium, a German start-up with Silicon Valley-scale ambitions to develop a 5-passenger “flying taxi”, has raised a second, $90 million round of financing from top tech investors, making it one of the best-funded electric aircraft projects to date, Reuters reported.
2 min read · 05 September 2017
Canada-based Finaeo, an insurtech platform for financial advisers, has raised $2.25 million in funding. Impression Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included 500 Startups, Robo Ventures and iGan Partners.
1 min read · 05 September 2017
StageOne Ventures has closed its third oversubscribed fund at $110 million. StageOne Venture Capital Fund III's limited partners include "prominent investors" from Israel, the U.S. and Europe. StageOne focuses on B2B software and next-generation information technology infrastructure.
2 min read · 05 September 2017
Chicago-based ForeverCar, a provider of car repair protection plans, has raised $15 million in funding. The investors included CUNA Mutual Group's venture capital arm CMFG Ventures and Method Capital LLC.
1 min read · 05 September 2017
Stockholm-based Apica, a provider of products that test and monitor the performance of software applications, is raising $12 million in funding. Oxx is leading the round with participation from other investors that included Nordic VC Industrifonden, SEB Venture Capital and KTH Chalmers Capital.
1 min read · 05 September 2017
Quebec and New York City-based Classcraft, an education tech startup, has raised $2.8 million in funding. Whitecap Venture Partners led the round.
1 min read · 05 September 2017
