Archivio Categoria: series A

USA – Fortis Therapeutics, Inc., a San Diego, CA-based immuno-oncology biotech company, closed a $40m Series A financing. Backers included Avalon Ventures, Bregua Corporation, Lilly Asia Ventures, Osage University Partners, and Vivo Capital, as well as new investors, the Myeloma Investment Fund, the venture philanthropy fund of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), and Fulcrum […]

UK – Intelligent Power Generation, a British climate-tech company, raised £2 million in the first close of its Series A funding round. The round was led by a consortium of experienced angel investors.A further £1-2.5m will be raised before final close.The company intends to use the funds for the continued development of its turbine technology […]

UK – Enthuse, a UK-based donations, fundraising and events platform, secured £3.5m in Series A funding. The round, which brought total funding raised to date to £7.5m, was led by Praetura Ventures. Praetura Ventures’ investment manager Sim Singh-Landa will join the Enthuse board as a non-executive director and David Foreman, managing director of Praetura Ventures, […]

USA – ixlayer, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of technology-based solutions for diagnostic testing, raised $75m in Series A funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst with participation from PearVC, Signatures Capital’s Bobby Yazdani, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki, MBX Capital’s Zeshan Muhammedi and Prologis CEO Hamid Moghadam.Led by Pouria Sanae, CEO, ixlayer provides innovative solutions for […]

USA – AcreTrader, a Fayetteville, Ark.-based farmland investing platform, raised $12m in Series A funding round. The round, which brought the total amount of funds raised to $18m, was led by Jump Capital with participation from Narya Capital, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, and existing investors RZC Investments and Revel Partners. In addition to […]

USA – Cowbell Cyber, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based AI-powered cyber insurance provider for small to medium enterprises (SMEs), closed a $20M Series A funding. The round was led by Brewer Lane Ventures with participation from Pivot Investment Partners, Avanta Ventures, Markel Corporation, and existing investors ManchesterStory, Tri-Valley Ventures, and Holmes Murphy. In conjunction with the funding, Martha Notaras, […]

USA – Section4, a NYC-based business upskilling platform, raised $30m in Series A funding. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Learn Capital and GSV Ventures. Larry Bohn and Paul Sagan will join the board of Section4 representing General Catalyst along with independent director Katherine Dillon. Total funding to date is now $37m, including previous investments by […]

ISRAEL – retrain.ai, a NYC-based provider of a talent intelligence platform that uses AI and Machine Learning to help organizations upskill, retrain and place professionals in new roles, closed a $9M Series A funding round. Square Peg made the investment, following their $4M seed round in September 2020, led by Hetz Ventures, with TechAviv and .406 Ventures participating. The company […]

USA – Eirion Therapeutics, Inc., a Woburn, Mass.-based aesthetic dermatology company, raised $40M in Series A funding. The company closed a deal with Shanghai Haohai Biological Technology Ltd., that will result in a $32m Series A Preferred Stock investment into Eirion along with exclusive licenses that will be for all of Eirion’s products for the territory of China in […]

USA – Cube, a NYC-based Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) platform for modern Finance teams, raised $10m in Series A funding. The round was led by Mayfield, with participation from Bonfire Ventures and Operator Collective.  Founded in 2018 by Christina Ross, CEO, Cube provides a real-time FP&A platform that combines SaaS with the flexibility and familiarity of […]