Editas Medicine, a genome editing company aiming to translate technology for turning disease-causing genes on or off into human therapeutics, raises $43m series A financing with participation of Partners Innovation Fund.
Month: November 2013
August unlocks Maveron funding
Smart lock and virtual key maker August raises $8m in series A funding led by Maveron.
Hammer & Chisel nails down $8.2m
Tablet-focused gaming company Hammer & Chisel raises $8.2m series A funding led by Benchmark Capital and including Time Warner and IDG Capital Partners.
HDmessaging receives $3m
HDmessaging, a developer of messaging and chat applications, has raised $3m in a series A round from IDG Ventures, GrandBank Capital, Nexit Ventures and Lighthouse Capital Partners.
Signpost leads to $10m
Signpost, a Google-backed mobile marketing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, raises $10m series B funding.
Mustbin closes on $4.5m
Mustbin, an app designed to organise and store personal data, which can later be shared securely, has launched with a $4.5m series A round led by DAG Ventures and including Northgate Capital.
Ripple sources $3.5m seed round
Ripple Labs, developer of the Ripple protocol, has raised $3.5m in seed funding from IDG Capital, Core Innovation Capital, Venture 51 and Camp One Ventures.
Solicore surges with $4m A1 round
Battery manufacture Solicore closes a $4m round of funding led by New Science Ventures.
Nokia plays with MAG
Nokia Growth Partners continues to expand its media and entertainment portfolio, investing $6m into word game developer MAG
Xangati raises the bar
Performance management software startup Xangati has raised $11m in a series C funding round led by HighBar Partners with participation from Citrix Systems.
LittleBits puts together $11.1m
LittleBits, a US-based technology company which makes electronic construction kits for children and “non experts of all ages”, has raised $11.1m series B funding led by venture capital firms True Ventures and Foundry Group and includes new investors Two Sigma Ventures, a division of Two Sigma Investments, and venture capital fund Vegas Tech Fund; also… Continue reading LittleBits puts together $11.1m
Yub spins out from TrialPay
Yub, a US-based marketing technology company which enables rewards identified online to be earned by shoppers when making card-based purchases at bricks and mortar retailers and restaurants, has been launched with $12m funding from credit card company Visa Inc and venture capital firms Atomico, Battery Ventures, DAG Ventures, DFJ Growth, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, T.… Continue reading Yub spins out from TrialPay
Tengelmann backs Westwing’s spread
Online shopping club Westwing receives backing from German retailer Tengelmann with ambitions for it to lead the ‘Home and Living’ retail sector.
Argos Therapeutics extends E round
Personalised immunotherapy developer Argos Therapeutics, backed by Genechem, extends series E financing from $42.5m to $60m.