Could Valo Health become one of Flagship Pioneering’s biggest companies yet?
The investment firm Flagship Pioneering has incubated a lot of life sciences companies since it was founded in 2000. In fact, while a general partner with Flagship Pioneering over the last 15 years, David Berry has started more than 30 companies, five of which trade publicly right now: Seres Therap
Fueled by the pandemic, Daily raises $15M Series A for its real-time video platform
Daily, the makers of a developer platform for real-time audio and video, has been booming in recent months — in part, due to the pandemic’s impact on remote work, virtual events, telehealth and more. Over the past year, Daily saw around a 20x increase in the number of paying customers a
Pegasus Tech Ventures and Japanet launch new $50M fund to bring global startups to Nagasaki
Pegasus Tech Ventures, a firm that helps corporations launch startup investment funds, announced a new partnership with Japanet today. Japanet, one of Japan’s largest television shopping companies, and Pegasus have established a $50 million venture fund to invest in startups from around the w
Preply raises a $35 million Series B as demand for language learning grows
Preply, a tutoring marketplace for language learning, has raised a $35 million Series B co-led by Full In Partners and Owl Ventures, an edtech fund that has backed Byju's and Newsela. The raise comes nearly a year after the company landed a $10 million Series A. Investors in Preply include Poin
This Pipe-ing hot startup just raised $50M to be the ‘Nasdaq for revenue’
"speakable-summary" dir="ltr">A little over one year ago, Pipe raised a $6 million seed round led by Craft Ventures to help it pursue its mission of giving SaaS companies a funding alternative outside of equity or venture debt.
The buzzy startup's goal with the money was to give SaaS companies a
M1 Finance raises another rapid-fire round after scaling its AUM to more than $3.5B
Months after raising a Series C worth $45 million, Chicago-based M1 Finance announced a new round of capital today. A Series D, the new $75 million investment was led by Coatue, with two prior investors — Left Lane Capital and Clocktower Technology Ventures — also taking part.
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Cube raises $10M more to help companies plan their financial future
This morning Cube, a startup that builds FP&A software for the mid-market, announced that it has raised a $10 million Series A. The company previously raised a $5 million seed round that technewss covered last August. Mayfield led its Series A, which saw participation from Operator Collective
Ibex Medical Analytics raises $38M for its AI-powered cancer diagnostic platform
Israel-based Ibex Medical Analytics, which has an AI-driven imaging technology to detect cancer cells in biopsies more efficiently, has raised a $38 million Series B financing round led by Octopus Ventures and 83North. Also participating in the round was aMoon, Planven Entrepreneur Ventures and Del
Tackle nabs $35M Series B to help companies navigate cloud marketplaces
Each of the big three cloud vendors — Amazon, Microsoft and Google — has a marketplace where software vendors can sell their wares. It seems like an easy enough proposition to throw your software up there and be done with it, but it turns out that it’s not quite that simple, requi
Leading VC funds club together to offer remote office hours for 250+ European women founders
In the wake of International Women's Day, a group of leading VC funds are grouping together to offer remote office hours for 250-plus women founders from across Europe on May 6th this year. Women founders who want to apply can see more information here and apply for the opportunity here.
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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities
The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment.
That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. The country makes far too much money from oil, giving it one of the world
Taipei-based Influenxio gets $2M from DCM Ventures for its ‘microinfluencer’ marketing platform
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“Microinfluencers” are gaining clout among marketers. Though they may have as little as a thousand followers,
PUBG Mobile-developer invests $22.4 million in India's Nodwin Gaming
Krafton, the developer of popular gaming title PUBG Mobile, has invested $22.4 million in Indian esports firm Nodwin Gaming, the two firms said Tuesday as the South Korean firm looks to maintain some presence in what was once its key overseas market.
Nodwin Gaming, a subsidiary of local gaming gian
Zapier buys no-code-focused Makerpad in its first acquisition
Zapier, a well-known no-code automation tool, has purchased Makerpad, a no-code education service and community. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
technewss has covered Zapier often during its life, including its first, and only, fundraising event, a $1.2 million round back in 2012 that tapped