REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
DocuSign, Inc.., a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a digital transaction management platform, received a strategic equity investment from Dell and Intel Capital. The investments brought the company’s Series F round of funding to more than $278m. DocuSign has now raised more than $500m from Dell, Intel Capital, Google Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, VISA, Salesforce Ventures, […]
Brilliant Bicycle Co., a New York and Los Angeles, CA-based Bike startup, raised $1.5m in seed funding. The round was led by former colleagues from both RRE Ventures and Bonobos, with individual participation from four general partners RRE as well as Andy Dunn (Founder, Executive Chairman Bonobos) and Bryan Wolff (CFO DogVacay, former CFO Bonobos). […]
CitizenShipper, an Austin, TX-based people to people online shipping marketplace, closed $500k funding. Backers included Marvel Venture Partners. Led by Richard Obousy, CEO, CitizenShipper is an online shipping marketplace that utilizes a peer-to-peer, auction-style platform to connect people in need of shipping services with drivers, haulers and transporters throughout the United States and Canada. Launched […]
Virgin Pulse, a Framingham, MA-based habits focused well-being company part of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, raised $92m in funding. The round was led by Insight Venture Partners with participation from existing investor Virgin Group. As part of the transaction, Nikitas Koutoupes, managing director, and Anika Agarwal, vice president at Insight Venture Partners, will join […]
Lystable, a London, UK-based startup for companies to connect with freelancers, businesses and services, secured $1.5m in funding. The round was led by Valar Ventures, the US-based venture fund backed by Peter Thiel with participation from Backed, Playfair Capital, Mark Evans, Richard Fearn, Guy Podjarny, Courtney Grant and Leila Rastegar Zegna. The company, which has […]
Bartendr, an Oakland, CA-based social drinking app providing the beverage industry with a look at consumer behavior data for millennials, raised an additional $1m in seed funding. The round was led by members of the New York Angels with participation from Menlo Park-based Band of Angels, which led Bartendr’s $1.3m initial funding earlier this year. […]
DJI, a global leader in developing and manufacturing innovative camera technology for commercial and recreational use, and Accel Partners, a global venture capital firm, have teamed up to launch a fund dedicated to stimulating the UAV developer ecosystem. Pased in Palo Alto, CA, SkyFund will invest in early-stage companies across the categories of robotics and […]
jobandtalent, a Madrid, Spain-based job recruitment platform, secured an additional $25m in Series A funding.
Tegile Systems, a Newark, Calif.-based provider of flash-driven storage arrays for databases, virtualized server and virtual desktop environments, closed a $70m funding round. Backers included new investors Capricorn Investment Group, Cross Creek Advisors and Pine River Capital Management and existing investors August Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, Western Digital and SanDisk. The company, which has now […]
Calimmune Inc., a Tucson, Arizona-based clinical-stage gene therapy company, completed a $15m Series B financing round. The led was by a large pharmaceutical company with participation from Alexandria Venture Investments and existing investors RA Capital Healthcare Fund LP and Translational Accelerator LLC. The company will use the funds to progress its ongoing HIV/AIDS clinical trials, […]
MatterFab, a San Francisco, CA-based metal 3D printer manufacturing company, completed its $5.75m Series A financing round. Backers included GE Ventures and the Innovate Indiana Fund. The company intends to use the funds to complete the design and development of its first commercial industrial 3D metal printer. Founded by Matt Burris and Dave Warren, MatterFab […]
Synapse Information Ltd., Birmingham, UK-based business spreadsheet collaboration company, has been awarded an Innovate UK ‘Smart Grant’ of close to £250k. The company intends to use the funds for research and development costs for “Cloud CFO”, its new technology that will enable the group finance function to automate the consolidation process at both entity and […]
Rockaway Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investing and building Internet companies in emerging markets, entered the U.S. market with its first office in San Francisco’s SOMA district. Led by Jakub Havrlant, CEO, the firm has invested $28M in seed stage startups across e-commerce, B2B SaaS, Fintech, and travel/transportation and has additional access to […]
Intendu, a Herzliya, Israel-based startup developing technology to improve cognitive rehabilitation of people with brain dysfunction, received an equity investment from Impact First Investments (IFI). The amount of the funding was not disclosed. The company will use the funds to continue conducting clinical trials to measure the effect of training with its software. Led by […]
Rani Therapeutics, a San Jose CA-based developer of a novel approach for the oral delivery of large drug molecules, closed a Series C round of funding of undisclosed amount. Participants included Novartis, Google Ventures, InCube Ventures, VentureHealth, The Stevanato Group, Crystal Horizon Investments, Pinemount Investments, Pacific Venture Opportunity Fund, and Buttonwood Funds. The company intends […]