His challenges
included capital raising, recruitment of talent and development of a comprehensive and thoughtful business plan.
Perth - based Swan Gold Mining has completed a one - for - 10 share consolidation as part of a restructuring of the company that it proposes
including a capital raising of up to $ 20 million and debt to equity conversion of more than $ 29 million.
Duo Security, a Mich. - based cybersecurity startup whose tools help companies manage people's digital identities, said it raised $ 70 million at a $ 1.17 billion valuation (
including the capital raised) this week.
Represented a manager of litigation finance investments in all aspects of its business,
including capital raising and portfolio acquisitions.
Established in 1983, the firm specialises in all aspects of corporate and commercial law
including capital raising, listings, corporate and trade finance, competition law, banking and financial services, M&A, bonds and other debt or capital instruments, rights issues, marketable investment instruments, listed securities, mining and resources, energy, tax, privatisation and public private partnerships.
Coinbase, a brokerage that established itself as one of the biggest brands in a now - booming cryptocurrency market, has raised $ 100 million at a private valuation of $ 1.6 billion that
includes the capital raised, the company tells Fortune.
Not exact matches
Redux had
raised approximately $ 5 million in venture funding from investors
including Arie
Capital.
Investors in Bugcrowd's latest round of funding have privately valued the company at $ 115 million,
including the new funds
raised, according to data provided by Pitchbook, a site that tracks venture
capital deals.
For the past five years, venture
capital firms have pumped 25 percent to 100 percent more than they've
raised into a diverse array of investments,
including clean energy technology, health care, and pharmaceuticals.
• Elsen, a Boston - based platform - as - a-service company for large financial institutions,
raised $ 2.4 million in a seed extension round led by Hyperplane Venture
Capital and was joined by investors
including Accomplice and Launch
Capital.
• Finnish companies
including Canatu OY, a maker of 3D formable and stretchable films; Grundium OY, a creator of a portable digital microscope scanner; and TactoTek OY, a injection molded structural electronics maker, have
raised over 24 million euros ($ 28.5 million) from Ascend
Capital Partners.
• Nubank, a Brazil - based financial startup,
raised $ 150 million in funding.DST Global Investment Partners led the round, and was joined by investors
including Founders Fund, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit
Capital LP and QED.
Virtuo, a Paris - based mobile car leasing company,
raised $ 7.5 million in funding ($ 8.9 million) from investors
including Balderton
Capital.
The company, which developed a hair quiz that has been taken 1.5 million times, has
raised $ 12.2 million from venture capitalists,
including Y Combinator and GGV
Capital.
IvyMark had
raised approximately $ 2.9 million in funding from investors
including Pitango Venture
Capital, NFX and Disruptive VC.
• Stateless, a Boulder, Colo. - based firm allowing network functions to be consumed through the «as a service» model,
raised $ 1.4 million in a seed round led by Speedinvest and was joined by investors
including Techstars, EVO Venture Partners, PV Ventures, and Service Provider
Capital.
Weebly had
raised approximately $ 35.7 million in venture funding from investors
including Sequoia
Capital, Tencent Holdings, Baseline Ventures, Floodgate, and SV Angel.
Lytro had
raised about $ 215.8 million in venture funding from investors
including Blue Pool
Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Qualcomm Ventures, and NEA.
The potential global market helped Vollmar, CEO, and Koch, CTO,
raise $ 15 million in venture
capital,
including a $ 10 million Series B round funded last winter.
Slacker Radio
raised more than $ 70 million in venture funding from investors
including Centennial Ventures, Rho
Capital Partners, Austin Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds.
RedOwl had
raised more than $ 21 million in venture funding from investors
including In - Q - Tel, Blackstone, Conversion
Capital, Allegis
Capital, and TCP Venture
Capital.
Green helped Weiss
raise $ 2 million in seed funding, which she used to assemble a small team,
including creative director Helen Steed, a beauty industry vet who'd helped build Bumble & Bumble, and COO Henry Davis, who came from the London office of venture
capital firm Index Ventures.
Moving into the nonprofit incubator CommonWealth Kitchen, which houses 50 food ventures, helped, and Leife has
raised undisclosed funds from investors
including Fresh Source
Capital.
By the end of the year, he and Raider had also gotten their seed backer, Thrive
Capital, along with five other investors, to help
raise $ 122.5 million,
including $ 35 million in debt.
Lots of positive feedback on this column, but the most common criticism went something like, «Actually, you're not
including startups that failed before they could
raise venture
capital!
Unomy had
raised more than $ 2 million in venture funding from investors
including AltalR
Capital, Janvest
Capital Partners, LETA
Capital, and ValueShine Ventures.
• Mozilla acquired Read It Later, the San Francisco startup behind the popular app Pocket, which
raised $ 14.5 million from investors
including GV, Foundation
Capital, and Axel Springer Digital Ventures.
Veracode
raised more than $ 110 million in VC funding from investors
including Wellington Management, Founders Circle
Capital, and Starvest Partners.
Pirch has
raised a total of $ 127 million in venture
capital,
including $ 62.8 million from L Catterton, who also previously invested in Restoration Hardware.
The Flatiron School
raised approximately $ 14.5 million in venture funding from investors
including Thrive
Capital, CRV, BoxGroup, and Matrix Partners.
The startup has
raised a total of $ 110 million from investors
including Institutional Venture Partners, Maveron, Learn
Capital Venture Partners and others according to the Wall Street Journal.
The company has
raised $ 231 million in venture
capital since its start - up in 2007,
including a round for $ 150 million in October.
The startup has
raised a total of $ 110 million from investors
including Institutional Venture Partners, Maveron, Learn
Capital Venture Partners and others
Prior to going public, GrubHub had
raised about $ 84 million from venture and private equity firms
including Warburg Pincus Private Equity, GS
Capital Partners, and Benchmark
Capital Partners.
All told, Stripe has
raised nearly $ 300 million from prominent investors,
including PayPal founders Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, as well as gold - plated VC firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, and Sequoia
Capital.
NEW FUNDING: CoinList, a San Francisco - based token sale platform which spun out of AngelList,
raised $ 9.2 million in funding from investors
including Polychain
Capital, Blockchain
Capital, Accomplice, FBG
Capital, Libertus
Capital, Digital Currency Group, and CoinFund.
Transport and logistics company McAleese Group has announced a recapitalisation deal with its financiers and a Hong Kong investments group, which
includes de-listing from the ASX and undertaking a $ 26 million
capital raising.
Since its 2012 launch, the Toronto - based «virtual garage sale» site had
raised more than US$ 34 million,
including from heavyweight American funds such as Sequoia
Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
The company has
raised $ 195.2 million to date from venture funds,
including Union Square Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Andreessen Horowitz and Spark
Capital.
Amid a difficult funding climate, the four - year - old startup managed to
raise $ 33 million, from investors
including Thrive
Capital and Bain
Capital Ventures.
And funding has gotten easier: To date, Mixpanel has
raised $ 77 million from investors that
include big names like Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia
Capital.
To date, 3D Robotics has
raised $ 159 million in venture
capital,
including a $ 53 million Series D round earlier this year.
It had
raised approximately $ 90 million from investors
including Black Hole
Capital, Sinovation Ventures, and Elex Technology.
The company's backers
include Horizons Ventures, and it has so far
raised $ 2.7 million in seed
capital.
Rigontec had
raised approximately $ 34 million in venture funding from investors
including Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, Forbion
Capital Partners, High - Tech Gründerfonds, MP Healthcare Venture Management, NRW.BANK, Sunstone
Capital and Wellington Partners Life Sciences.
Today, Discord has
raised more than $ 150 million in venture
capital, counting money Citron had
raised for the previous startup, from Silicon Valley's top firms,
including Benchmark and Greylock.
AnyMeeting
raised approximately $ 2.6 million in venture funding from investors
including Canyon Creek
Capital, Pasadena Angels, and Aslanoba
Capital.
Shop.ca
raised $ 27.4 million ahead of its launch in July 2012, a round led by Torstar Corp. and
including capital from Slaight Communications.
Mentions of «cryptocurrency» (digital currencies not tied to any country's legal tender) and related terms
including «bitcoin» and «ethereum» (the two most popular cryptocurrencies), «blockchain» (the technology underlying these currencies), and «initial coin offering» (or ICO, which lets companies
raise capital through the creation of a new cryptocurrency) have skyrocketed over the last seven years, according to data from Sentieo, a financial research firm.
Joyus
raised approximately $ 67.4 million in funding from investors
including Marker
Capital, InterWest Partners, Accel Partners and Time Warner Investments.