Venture Capital

Nerd Street Gamers Raises $12 Million To Build eSports Facilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2019

Esports infrastructure company Nerd Street Gamers announced it raised $12 million in Series A funding led by retailer Five Below.

Energy Labor Marketplace Company RigUp Raises $300 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Oct 14, 2019

RigUp, a marketplace for on-demand services and skilled labor built for the energy industry, announced it raised $300 million in Series D funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Blue Canoe Secures $2.5 Million In Funding To Help People Learn The English Language

By Noah Long ● Oct 14, 2019

Blue Canoe, a company that helps non-native English speakers improve their spoken English, announced it raised $2.5 million in funding.

Lattice: $25 Million Funding And Approximately $200 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2019

People management platform Lattice announced recently that it raised $25 million in a Series C round of funding led by Tiger Global.

Telemedicine Company Parsley Health Raises $26 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Oct 14, 2019

Parsley Health, a leading national provider of holistic personalized medicine designed to reverse chronic illness, announced it raised $26 million.

Melinda Gates Is Donating $1 Billion To Expand Women’s Power And Influence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2019

Melinda Gates recently announced she is investing $1 billion to invest in gender equity over the next 10 years. These are the details.

Strigo: This Customer Training Cloud Company Has Raised $2.5 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 12, 2019

Customer training management (CTM) company Strigo has raised $2.5 million in a seed round of funding.

Steph Curry Invests In Guild Education To Provide Debt-Free College Degrees As A Company Benefit

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2019

Guild Education, a company that partners with employers to offer debt-free education as a benefit, announced it raised funding from NBA star Steph Curry.

Tenaya Therapeutics Raises $92 Million In Funding To Deliver Curative Heart Disease Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2019

Tenaya Therapeutics, a company aiming to discover and develop curative therapies that target the underlying causes of heart disease, has raised $92 million.

Industrial Automation Software Company OSARO Raises $16 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2019

Industrial automation software leader OSARO announced it has raised $16 million in Series B funding.

CVC Funds Acquires Minority Stake In ironSource For Over $400 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2019

CVC Funds announced it bought a minority stake in ironSource for over $400 million. These are the details around the deal.

International Venture Capital Firm 83North Raises $300 Million For Fifth Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2019

International venture capital firm 83North (formerly Greylock IL) announced it raised $300 million in oversubscribed funding for 83North V.

Celigo: This Next-Generation Integration Platform Company Just Raised $20 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 10, 2019

Next-generation integration platform as a service (iPaaS) provider company Celigo has raised $20 million in Series B funding.

No-Code Application Platform Unqork Raises $80 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2019

No-code application enterprise platform Unqork announced it raised $80 million in Series B funding led by CapitalG.

Escalate Capital Partners Achieves First Close Of Fourth Fund With $282 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2019

Austin, Texas-based Escalate Capital Partners announced the first close of Escalate Capital IV, LP with $282 million of capital from returning and new limited partners.

Insurance Tech Company Gradient AI Raises $6 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 10, 2019

Gradient AI, a leading enterprise software provider of AI solutions, announced it raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Forte Ventures and Sandbox.

Fertility Product Company Natalist Secures $5 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2019

Natalist, a company founded by Halle Tecco, announced it raised $5 million in funding from a group of prominent investors.

Greylock Hires AppDynamics CEO David Wadhwani As Venture Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2019

Greylock announced recently that it hired David Wadhwani as a venture partner. Wadhwani is coming to Greylock from AppDynamics where he was the CEO.

Next Insurance: $250 Million Series C Funding And Over $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2019

Leading digital Insurtech company Next Insurance announced it raised $250 million in Series C at a valuation of more than $1 billion.

Keystone Solutions Group Raises Funding From Charter Growth Capital Fund

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 10, 2019

The Charter Growth Capital Fund (CGCF) announced it invested in its first portfolio company: Keystone Solutions Group.

How Northwestern University Spin-Out Surgical Innovation Associates Is Driving Medical Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 8, 2019

Surgical Innovation Associates, a medical device spin-out from Northwestern University, announced recently that it raised $4 million in a Series A round.

Hydrogel Platform Company AmacaThera Raises $3.6 Million In Seed Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 8, 2019

AmacaThera, a hydrogel platform for sustained drug release, announced recently that it raised $3.6 million in seed funding.

These Salesforce And Microsoft Vets Launched A New Startup Studio To Fund Enterprise Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 8, 2019

Startup studio company Super{set} recently announced that it raised $65 million to launch, fund, and build enterprise tech companies.

Geneoscopy To Advance Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Platform With New Funding Round

By Noah Long ● Oct 8, 2019

Life sciences company Geneoscopy announced that it raised an oversubscribed $6.9 million Series A round of funding.

Enterprise-Class Distributed GRC Software Company X1 Raises $5.1 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Oct 8, 2019

Enterprise-class distributed GRC and eDiscovery software leader X1 announced recently that it raised $5.1 million in Series B funding.

Rally Ventures Names Justin Kaufenberg As Partner

By Noah Long ● Oct 8, 2019

Early-stage investor firm Rally Ventures announced it named Justin Kaufenberg as a partner at the firm.

Intelligent Integration Platform SnapLogic Raises $72 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 8, 2019

Intelligent Integration Platform company SnapLogic recently announced that it raised $72 million in growth financing.

How Atom Finance Is Building A Next-Gen Investment Research Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2019

Brooklyn-based FinTech company Atom Finance announced recently that it raised $10.6 million in funding. Here's how it works.

True Passwordless Security Company HYPR Raises $18.3 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 7, 2019

True Passwordless Security provider HYPR announced recently that it closed $18.3 million in Series B funding.

Trivest Partners Strengthens Its Team With Several New Hires

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 7, 2019

Trivest Partners recently announced it hired nine people to the firm in various positions. Here is an overview.