Cidara, which issued a 7.7% stake to Seachaid Pharmaceuticals last year, floated at the top of its range, raising $76.8m in the process.
Month: April 2015
RetailNext sells corporates on $125m series E
Nokia, Qualcomm and American Express all returned for the retail analytics company’s latest round, which took its overall funding past $180m.
Skyport lands Intel-backed series B
Intel Capital has backed $30m funding round for the IT security company that is still in stealth.
Yahoo circles Foursquare in possible $900m deal
Yahoo has reportedly begun acquisition talks with the Microsoft and O’Reilly Media-backed location discovery service, which has raised almost $190m.
PolicyBazaar finds right policy to raise $40m
First reported to be in advanced talks for its series D round in February, the Info Edge and Intel Capital-backed insurance policy aggregator has raised $40m.
Etsy prices $267m IPO
The Hubert Burda-backed craft marketplace will float at the top of its range in an initial public offering that values it at roughly $1.8bn.
EIE 2015
Pitch event in Scotland
FinalCode launches with $6m of Digital Arts funding
FinalCode’s file security system is being launched in conjunction with funding from the enterprise software company.
Investors put $7m into Pocket
Google-backed Web content curation company Pocket took its total funding to $14.5m after completing a round featuring Axel Springer and Digital Garage.
Medtronic backs spinal imaging company Ortho’s series C
Ortho Kinematics secured $9.6m in the round, raised as it prepares to commercialise its radiographic spinal imaging system in Europe and the US.
GE Ventures to remain unaffected by GE Capital sale
General Electric’s recently announced divestment plan for its finance subsidiary will not include its corporate venturing unit, the company has confirmed.
KDDI puts Luxa in shopping basket
Premium goods e-commerce company Luxa has been acquired by KDDI after securing venture funding from it in 2013 and 2014.
Adallom captures $30m
Adallom will use the funds from a Hewlett-Packard-backed series C round to increase its sales and marketing efforts and continue development of its security software.
Aduro treats itself to $119m IPO
Existing shareholder Johnson & Johnson will buy $30m of stock in the cancer treatment developer as part of the offering.