Merak Ventures launches a $100 million debut fund to back early-stage startups
According to Manu Rikhye and Sheetal Bahl, creators of the sector-agnostic, early-stage venture capital (VC) firm, Merak Ventures is raising its first fund with a target corpus of $100 million. In the next three to four years, the fund will invest in 18 to 20 firms. Merak will provide seed funding to business-to-business (B2B) and […]
Spacetech Startup Pixxel raises Undisclosed funding from Accenture
Indian space-tech startup Pixxel has received an undisclosed strategic investment from Accenture Ventures, the investment arm of the multinational IT services company. After Canadian firm Radical Ventures led Pixxel’s $25 million Series A fundraising round, which was revealed in March 2022, Accenture Ventures is now the second global fund to have invested in an Indian […]
OneSignal Raises $50M in Series C Funding
OneSignal, a San Mateo, CA-based customer engagement platform provider, raised $50M in Series C funding. The funding, which brought total funding since founding to more than $80m, was led by BAM Elevate, an investment division of Balyasny Asset Management, with participation from Nimble Partners and existing investors SignalFire and Zach Coelius. They will join OneSignal’s other […]
Learnsoft Closes USD16.7M Series A Funding
Learnsoft, a San Diego, CA-based technology leader meeting the training needs of highly regulated service industries, raised USD16.7M in Series A funding. The round was led by Elsewhere Partners. Michele Perry, an Elsewhere Partners operating advisor, will take on the role of Board Chair, alongside Chris Pacitti and Sloane Child of Elsewhere Partners, who will […]
Indonesia’s KLAR Smile bags $4.55M pre-series A funding co-led by AC Ventures and East Ventures
Klar Smile, an oral wellness startup in Indonesia, announced Wednesday that it has raised a $4.5 million pre-series A funding round co-led by AC Ventures and East Ventures. Other participating investors included Venturra Discovery, and several angel investors, Klar Smile said in a statement. As Klar Smile’s seed investor in 2021, AC Ventures decided to […]
Singapore’s iPiD secures $3.3M seed funding to grow industry support and senior hire
Singaporean FinTech start-up iPiD announced Wednesday a $3.3 million seed funding round by strategic investors Rapyd Ventures, Jungle Ventures, 1982 Ventures, Resolution Ventures, Saison Capital, the XA Network and Wing Vasiksiri. “We are delighted that Rapyd Ventures, Jungle Ventures and several fintech-focused Venture Funds can see the potential of iPiD’s solution in the creation of […]
Fairmatic Raises 42M in Series A Funding
Fairmatic, a New York and Bangalore, India and Tel Aviv, Israel-based commercial auto insurtech company, raised $42M in Series A funding. The round was led by Foundation Capital, along with Aquiline Technology Growth. The company is also backed by Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang; Israeli-American investor Oren Zeev; Hippo Insurance co-founder Assaf Wand; and entrepreneur and […]
iQure Pharma Raises $600K in Early Closing of Series A
iQure Pharma, a Princeton, NJ-based biotech company, raised $600K in Early Closing as part of its Series A funding. The round was led by Keiretsu Mid-Atlantic, together with business angels associated with Keiretsu’s Accelerator Fund and the Keiretsu North-West chapter. The company intends to use the funds for research into neuropathic pain compounds. Led by […]
Landa Launches With $33M in Venture Funding; $62M in Debt
Landa, a NYC-based real estate investing company, raised $25m in Series A funding. The funding was led by investors including NFX, 83North, and Viola Ventures. The round brought total equity raised to $33m with the inclusion of a previously raised $8m seed round. The company has also raised $62m in debt financing. Founded by Yishai […]
Alloy Enterprises Raises $3M in SAFE Funding
Alloy Enterprises, a Somerville, MA-based Digital Aluminum Fab, closed a $3M SAFE financing round. The SAFE round, which brings the total raised to over $10M, was led by Lockheed Martin Ventures (LMV), who was joined by existing investors, including Congruent Ventures. Led by CEO Alison Forsyth Alloy provides novel technology that allows for production of […]