Osseon Therapeutics, a Santa Rosa, CA-based company that develops and commercialize medical devices for minimally invasive treatments for degenerative bone and joint disease, including the treatment of vertebral compression fractures, raised $14m in equity financing. The round was led by an unnamed private investor. The company intends to use the capital to expand its VCF...
Read More →Aratana Therapeutics, a Kansas City, KS-based biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines for cats and dogs, closed a $12m Series C financing. Backers include unnamed existing and new investors. The company intends to use the proceeds for the continued expansion of its pipeline of products. Led by Steven St. Peter , M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer,...
Read More →Ivantis, an Irvine, CA-based company focused on developing innovative solutions for glaucoma, raised $27m in funding in the first closing of its Series B round. The investment was led by Ascension Health Ventures (AHV), with participation from existing investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Delphi Ventures, as well as new investors MemorialCare Innovation Fund. Established...
Read More →Amman, Jordan-based Oasis500, MENA region early stage investment firm and technology start-up accelerator program, has launched a new initiative targeting established businesses. Created to complement its seed and early-stage activity, the new investment track focuses on companies that have been operating in the market for over 1-2 years and need capital to accelerate their product...
Read More →Wolfpack Chassis, a Kendallville, IN-based manufacturer of chassis and chassis components for the RV and manufactured housing markets, raised $755k in seed funding. Backers included Elevate Ventures, which contributed $125k via its Indiana Angel Network Fund (IANF), and private investors in Northeast Indiana. With the company is using the funds to lease a facility to start...
Read More →musiXmatch, a Bologna, Italy- and London, UK-based provider of an app that features a large lyrics catalog, raised $3.7m in funding. Backers included existing investors Micheli Associati and Paolo Barberis, the founder of Dada. The company intends to use the funding to open offices in NYC and in Asia. Led by Max Ciociola, CEO &...
Read More →A new accelerator was launched in Kansas City, Mo. SparkLabKC will select 10 early-stage Internet startup companies from across the region each year for a 90-day accelerator program that provides: - seed capital of up to $18k - more than 80 mentors - free workspace - legal, accounting, financial and human resources advisory services - a...
Read More →Aduro BioTech Inc., a Berkeley, CA-based developer of therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines based on proprietary recombinant strains of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, closed a $6.5m equity financing. According to a written statement, backers included primarily current investors. Nothing more was disclosed. The company intends to use the capital to expand its targeted immunotherapy development efforts....
Read More →Adyoulike, a Paris, France-based ad network, raised € 1,2m in funding from Banexi Ventures Partners. The company intends to use the capital to grow in France and Europe. Led by Julien Verdier, CEO, Adyoulike started offering a solution that turned old classic Captchas into advertising Captchas asking users to retype brand messages instead of illegible characters. Now,...
Read More →LiveSchool Inc., a Nashville, Tenn.-based developer of an application that tracks student behavior, has raised $1.65m in funding. Backers included Nashville Capital Network’s Tennessee Angel Fund, Solidus Company, Rick Theobald, former COO at KIPP Nashville, and Steve Butler, a technology executive and a former board member at STEM Prep Academy in Nashville. The company intends...
Read More →Fulcrum Equity Partners, an Atlanta, GA-based growth equity firm, closed its second fund, at $93m. Fulcrum Growth Fund II, LLC, which focuses on investing in growing companies in a wide variety of industries with an emphasis on information technology, healthcare and technology enabled operating companies, has already invested in eight new portfolio companies. The firm...
Read More →FlexMinder, a Seattle, WA-based startup that aggregates and automates the reimbursement process for healthcare flexible spending accounts (FSAs), closed a $1.4m Series AA financing. Backers included WRF Capital, Founder’s Co-op and other angel investors. The company intends to use the capital to complete functionality focused on increasing revenue, scale operations and broaden its national presence....
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