Remento, a Los Angeles, CA-based company dedicated to capturing and preserving family stories, raised $3M in Seed funding. The round was led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from Brooke Hammerling, Chuck Davis, Dan Nova, Emmy Rossum, Sam Esmail, and Sarah Harden. The company intends to use the funds to expand hiring and extend current research and development efforts. Led by CEO …
TigerEye, a San Francisco, CA-based stealth-mode technology company building sales software, raised $35M in funding. This included a $30m Series A round co-led by Initialized Capital and Next47, and a previously secured $5m seed funding raised from SV Angel, Sterling Road and Y Combinator. With the Series A round, TigerEye added Garry Tan from Initialized Capital to its board of directors, and Ching-Yu …
Innervace, a NYC-based regenerative medicine company developing an implantable biofabricated neural pathway to restore brain circuitry, raised up to $40 million in Series A financing. The new round was led by Deerfield Management with participation from founding investor IP Group, Inc., in addition to Penn Medicine, WARF Ventures, and BioAdvance. The company intends to use …
MetaWeb Ventures, a global venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in crypto start-ups, announced today the launch of its first fund (“Fund I” or “the Fund”), with total capital commitments of $30 million USD. LPs in the Fund include NEAR Foundation, Sequoia Capital, Dragonfly Capital, GSR Markets, Octopus Network, SevenX, Mentha Partners, …
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Muck Rack, a Miami, FL-based provider of a Public Relations Management (PRM) platform for organizations to find the right journalists to pitch, report on media coverage, and prove the value of their work, raised $180M in Series A funding. The minority investment was made by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE). This is the first institutional capital …
Cour Pharmaceuticals, a Chicago, IL-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel immune-modifying nanoparticles (COUR NanoParticles or CNPs) designed to reprogram the immune system in treating autoimmune disorders, raised $30M in funding. The round was led by Alpha Wave Ventures. As part of the financing, Chris Dimitropoulos, Managing Director, Biotechnology at Alpha Wave Global, will join COUR’s Board …
Code First Girls, a London, UK-based business that supports women into coding education and employment, raised £4.5M in Series A funding. Backers included Active Partners, and female angels such as Michelle Kennedy, Former Director at Bumble and CEO and Founder at Peanut Rona Ruthen, Co-Founder and COO at Stealth and Former VP at Monzo Clare …
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wi-Q, a Manchester, UK-based digital payments startup, raised £3m in funding. The round was led by Praetura Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to enhance its product offering and expand its international presence. Founded in 2014 and led by Patience Tucker, CEO, wi-Q provides mobile ordering and payment solutions to the hospitality and …
LiveScore Group, a London, UK-based media and technology company focused on real-time sports scores, received a £50M investment from Ringier AG. The investment values LiveScore Group’s gaming and media business at £500m. Following the investment, Stilian Shishkov will join the Supervisory Board of LiveScore Group. Shishkov is currently Senior Partner of the Ringier Sports Media Group, …
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PolyAI, a London, UK-based provider of enterprise voice assistants, raised $40M in Series B funding. The round was led by Georgian with participation from Twilio Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth and expand operations. Founded in 2017 by Nikola Mrkšić, Tsung-Hsien Wen and …
