Startups

Online Fraud Prevention Company NS8 Closes $123 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Jun 11, 2020

Online fraud prevention company NS8 announced that it has raised $123 million in a round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and AXA Venture Partners.

Real-Time Travel Data Exchange Company Journera Closes $11.6 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 11, 2020

Real-time travel data exchange platform Journera announced it has raised $11.6 million in Series B funding.

Emergency Response Technology Company RapidSOS Secures $21 Million

By Annie Baker ● Jun 11, 2020

New York-based emergency response technology company RapidSOS announced it has raised a $21 million funding round.

Drop-In Spreadsheet Importer Flatfile Closes $7.6 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 11, 2020

Flatfile, a company known for a drop-in spreadsheet importer, announced it has raised a $7.6 million seed round of funding led by Two Sigma Ventures.

Social Video Streaming App Whatifi Raises $10 Million

By Annie Baker ● Jun 11, 2020

Whatifi, a company that provides a new way to watch movies on your phone with friends, announced it launched with $10 million in funding.

Balbec Capital Closes $1.2 Billion Fourth Global Credit Fund

By Annie Baker ● Jun 11, 2020

Balbec Capital, LP, a global alternative asset manager with expertise sourcing and investing in bankrupt and insolvent credit, announced the successful final close of InSolve Global Credit Fund IV, L.P. with total commitments of approximately $1.2 billion.

Autobahn Therapeutics Raises $76 Million To Develop Therapies For CNS Disorders

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 11, 2020

Autobahn Therapeutics announced it has completed a $76 million Series B fundraising co-led by ARCH Venture Partners and Cowen Healthcare Investments.

C2i Genomics Closes $12 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Jun 10, 2020

C2i Genomics, a company that is focused on improving cancer patient lives and outcomes with a breakthrough tumor pattern recognition approach for liquid biopsy, announced it has raised $12 million.

Career Risk Management Company Pando Closes $8 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 10, 2020

Pando (303 Holdings) — a technology company delivering a new way for managing career risk — announced it has raised over $8 million in Series A funding.

Yugabyte Secures $30 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Jun 10, 2020

Yugabyte — a leader in open-source distributed SQL databases — announced that it raised $30 million in an oversubscribed Series B round.

Wing Venture Capital Closes $450 Million Third Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 10, 2020

Wing Venture Capital has announced that it closed Wing Three, which is a $450 million pool of capital dedicated to early-stage investing and long-term company-building.

Global Life Science Company DNAnexus Raises $100 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 10, 2020

DNAnexus, a cloud-based SaaS company that is serving the global life science community, announced it closed a $100 million funding round.

Non-Invasive Robotic Platform Company HistoSonics Raises $40 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 9, 2020

HistoSonics — the developer of a non-invasive robotic platform and sonic beam therapy — announced that it raised $40 million.

MIT-Born Quaise Raises $6 Million In Round Led By The Engine To Access Geothermal Energy

By Noah Long ● Jun 9, 2020

Quaise, a company that is pioneering millimeter-wave drilling technology for accessing deep geothermal energy, announced it raised $6 million.

Jio Platforms Raises $750 Million From Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 8, 2020

India-based digital services company and Reliance subsidiary Jio Platforms has raised $750 million from Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund.

Basis Vectors Announces $50 Million Private Equity And Technology Fund

By Annie Baker ● Jun 8, 2020

Basis Vectors, a Berkshire Hathaway-style alternative investment and technology firm, announced its launch and plans to acquire B2B software companies.

Nashville-Based Petra Capital Partners Closes $208 Million For Growth Fund IV

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 8, 2020

Nashville, Tennessee-based Petra Capital Partners announced it completed fundraising on Petra Growth Fund IV (“PGF IV”) with $208 million of capital.

Travelport Raising Up To $1 Billion In Financing

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 8, 2020

Leading travel technology company Travelport Worldwide Limited announced that it received commitments for up to $1 billion from affiliates of existing owners.

Business Financial Data Company Powerlytics Raises $4 Million

By Noah Long ● Jun 8, 2020

Powerlytics, a data provider that has granular data for the 200 million adults and 30 million businesses that make up the U.S. economy, announced that it has raised $4 million in funding.

Vancouver-Based Quini Raises Funding For Its Real-Time Wine Sensory Data Platform

By Annie Baker ● Jun 8, 2020

Quini, a leader in sensory real-time data, analytics, and technology solutions for the wine industry, announced it completed a minority funding round led by OKR Financial.

TaxProper Closes $2 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2020

TaxProper, a company that helps consumers appeal the assessments around property taxes if they feel it is too high, announced it has raised $2 million in funding.

Atlas Venture Raises $400 Million For Fund XII

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2020

Leading early-stage venture capital firm Atlas Venture announced that it closed its twelfth fund at $400 million. These are the details.

Atom Power Closes $17.75 Million From ABB, Rockwell (ROK), Valor, And Atreides

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2020

Atom Power, a company that is developing circuit breakers, distribution panels, and software, announced it raised $17.75 million.

Lahore-Based B2B E-Commerce Company Tajir Raises $1.8 Million

By Noah Long ● Jun 7, 2020

Pakistan-based B2B e-commerce company Tajir announced it has raised $1.8 million in funding.

Coastal Cloud Secures Funding From Sverica And Salesforce Ventures

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 7, 2020

Coastal Cloud LLC recently announced that it raised a strategic round of funding from Sverica Capital Management LP and Salesforce Ventures.

WeWork Co-Founder Miguel McKelvey To Step Down At The End Of June

By Noah Long ● Jun 6, 2020

WeWork co-founder and chief culture officer Miguel McKelvey announced he will be stepping down from the office-sharing startup at the end of the month

Autonomous Mobile Robot Company OTTO Motors Closes $29 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Jun 5, 2020

OTTO Motors, a division of Clearpath Robotics, announced it has raised $29 million in Series C funding.

Why VMware (VMW) Is Buying Lastline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2020

Tom Gillis, SVP & General Manager at VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), announced that the company is intending to buy Lastline. These are the details.

Jio Platforms: $1.2 Billion From Mubadala Investment And $602 Million From Consortium Led By Silver Lake

By Noah Long ● Jun 5, 2020

Jio Platforms has received a ₹9,000 crore investment ($1.2 billion) from Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Investment and 45.5 billion rupees ($602 million) from a consortium led by Silver Lake. These are the details.

Mercato Partners Closes $90 Million Savory Fund I

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 5, 2020

Mercato Partners has announced a new inaugural food and beverage fund called Savory Fund I with $90 million in capital.