Beyond Limits, which uses defense and space technology to develop artificial intelligence and cognitive computing products, has received $20m from BP Ventures.
Month: June 2017
Shotspotter shoots to IPO
The gunfire detection technology provider floated in the middle of its range in a $30.8m IPO that gave an exit to Motorola Solutions Venture Capital.
Discord brings harmony in $50m round
Discord, the Tencent and Time Warner-backed developer of a chat platform for gamers, closed the round in January at a $725m valuation pre-money.
Coursera graduates series D with $64m
Times Group-backed online education provider Coursera is reportedly valued at $800m after closing a series D round that will support its new enterprise-focused product.
Illumio lights up $125m series D
The Juniper Networks-backed cybersecurity technology producer took its total funding to almost $270m and is reportedly valued at more than $1bn.
Neuronetics relaxes with $15m series G
US-based medical device producer Neuronetics closed a $15m series G round on Tuesday backed by Pfizer Venture Investments and GE Ventures, investment subsidiaries of pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and conglomerate General Electric respectively. Ascension Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of health system Ascension, also took part, as did Accuitive Medical Ventures, Interwest Partners, Industry Ventures, Investor… Continue reading Neuronetics relaxes with $15m series G
Legend Capital pushes on to $448m
Legend Capital’s seventh Chinese fund reportedly hit its hard cap of $400m in April, but appears to have added another $48m since then.
Wavecell locks in series B funding
MDI Ventures co-led the cloud communications technology provider’s $8.15m series B round, which follows a $1.6m seed round in late 2015.
The RealReal receives $50m
Great Hill Partners supplied the cash for the Novel Group-backed luxury items consignment marketplace, taking its funding to $173m since 2011.
Trice welcomes Smith & Nephew to the family
The medical device producer joined Trice Medical’s existing investors in a $19.3m series C round that took the orthopaedic diagnostics technology provider’s overall funding above $40m.
Plume plunders corporates for $37.5m
Comcast Cable, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Presidio Ventures, Liberty Global Ventures and Shaw Ventures contributed to a round that took Plume’s total funding to $63m.
Aileron to align itself with public markets
Stapled peptide developer Aileron Therapeutics has filed for a $69m IPO that will allow Roche, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline and Eli Lilly to exit.
Pinterest pins down existing backers for $150m
The Rakuten-backed social media platform has received $150m in equity financing from its existing backers at a $12.3bn valuation.
Monoqi outlines $16.8m funding round
Monoqi, a Germany-based e-commerce platform focused on contemporary design that is backed by publisher Condé Nast, has attracted €15m ($16.8m) in funding from family office Decisive Wealth, according to Handelsblatt. Founded in 2011, Monoqi curates up to 100 new products each day sourced from designers around the world, selling the limited edition items to registered… Continue reading Monoqi outlines $16.8m funding round