Private Equity
BitPesa, a Kenya-based bitcoin remittance platform, has secured Greycroft as a lead investor in its follow up to its Series A funding round. The total tally is now $10 million.
1 min read · 30 August 2017
Bethesda, Maryland-based BrainScope Company Inc, a medical neurotechnology company, has closed $16 million in financing. The investors included DBL Partners,Revolution LLC, ZG Ventures and Maryland Venture Fund.
1 min read · 30 August 2017
Montreal-based UNLTD, a virtual and augmented reality content studio, has raised C$1.1 million in seed funding. The investors included Richard D. Adler of Interdomus, David Reckziegel of Rex Media Capital and Senvest Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Adler and Stuart Cobbett of Rex Media Capital will join UNLTD's board.
1 min read · 30 August 2017
Boston-based Gamer Sensei, a competitive coaching platform, has raised $4 million in funding. Accomplice and Advancit Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Origin Ventures, CRCM Ventures, Kiwi Ventures, aXiomatic, Abstract Ventures and Subversive Capital.
1 min read · 30 August 2017
Solana Beach, California-based Hookit, a sponsorship analytics and valuation platform, has raised $16 million in funding. Arrowroot Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Bialla Ventures and Social Starts.
1 min read · 30 August 2017
Taiwan-based Appier, an artificial intelligence company, has secured $33 million in Series C funding. The investors were SoftBank Group Corp., LINE Corporation, NAVER Corporation, EDBI and AMTD Group.
1 min read · 30 August 2017
Cologne, German-based Homelike, a European online B2B booking platform for furnished long-term housing, has raised 4 million euros in Series A funding. Cherry Ventures led the round with participation from Coparion.
4 min read · 30 August 2017
Kik Interactive, the Ontario, Canada-based creator of the global chat platform Kik, valued at $1 billion, said on Tuesday it will launch in two weeks the sale of its own crypto currency which is expected to raise $125 million.
2 min read · 30 August 2017
Indianapolis-based Upper Hand, a provider of sports software, has secured funding, bringing its total tally to $2.4 million. The investors included Elevate Ventures.
1 min read · 30 August 2017
Saskatoon, Canada-based 7shifts, a provider of employee scheduling software for restaurants, has secured $3.5 million in funding. The investors were Tandem Capital and Relay Ventures.
1 min read · 30 August 2017
