Sentences with phrase «led a funding round»

DST Global, a company that was early investors in Facebook and Spotify, led the funding round, which included other high profile venture capital firms Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital.

Until now, however, it has done so only as an institutional investor at later stages in the life cycle of companies, and has never led a funding round, Isenman told Entrepreneur.

Nikolic, who led the funding round, will join the Editas board of directors.

Sequoia's Indian arm led the funding round, making HealthEngine its first investment into an all - Australian startup.

Venture capital firm CFP & Founders Investments, advised by Corporate Finance Partners (CFP) led the funding round and is also responsible for the $ 150 mm sale of Germany's largest online shopping club Brands for Friends to eBay.

InterWest Partners led the funding round, although Series A investors Canaan Partners, e.ventures and Greycroft Partners also participated.

The Winklevoss twins helped lead a funding round for bitcoin payment processor BitInstant in 2013 — a short - lived endeavor that came to a close when the company's CEO was arrested and charged with money laundering as the result of an investigation into the dark web market Silk Road.

In March 2016, Bitmain led a funding round for Rootstock, smart contract developer designed as a sidechain operating on bitcoin's blockchain, whose aim is to expand the latter's functionality with smart contacts.

LONDON — Google led a funding round of $ 542 million about a year ago in secretive augmented - reality startup Magic Leap, and now, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is set to be the lead investor in a $ 1 billion funding round.

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Viking Global Investors and KKR led the round, and were joined by investors including Perceptive Advisors, AIG, Aisling Capital, Cormorant Capital and Janus Funds.

TTV Capital based led the round and was joined by investors including ITC Partners Fund, Kinetic Ventures, and Real Ventures.

What's more, Crypt closed a $ 6.2 million round of funding on Tuesday, led by Lerer Hippeau, NBCUniversal, Advancit Capital, and Blumhouse Productions.

Ascent Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by Delancey Street Partners and Randstad Innovation Fund.

Founders Fund led the round and was joined by investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Pantera Capital, as well as existing investors Craft Ventures, Vy Capital, and Valor Equity Partners.

Culture Trip, an online travel magazine, raised $ 88 million in a series B round of funding led by the venture arm of PPF Group, a Netherlands - based conglomerate.

In March, the company announced a $ 35 million Series B round led by VC firm Playground Global, which brings the company's total funding to $ 45 million.

«This current funding round sets the stage for us to further invest in expanding our lead in the sector in areas like automation, drones and robotics,» Richard Liu, chairman and CEO of JD.com, said in a statement Wednesday.

He emphasizes the $ 100 - million fund is just a start — that amount is merely the price of entry to lead Series A rounds, after all — and naturally, he's aiming high.

Elon Musk - led SpaceX Corp is raising $ 507 million in a new round of funding, valuing the company at around $ 26 billion, according to a filing seen by Reuters.

Harbert Growth Partners led the round and was joined by investors including TechOperators, Grotech Ventures, Idea Fund Partners, and Alerion Ventures.

• 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.

Last summer the company raised $ 4 million in an early funding round led by First Round Capital and RRE Ventround led by First Round Capital and RRE VentRound Capital and RRE Ventures.

SoftTech Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Maven Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Sound Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Core VC, Founders Fund, and Y Combinator.

Besides bringing on a new, high - profile head of engineering, Drop also closed a $ 21 million series A funding round led by New Enterprise Associates.

Temasek led the round, and was joined by investors including CITIC Private Equity Funds Management and Shunwei Capital.

In May, Soylent snagged a $ 50 million Series B financing round led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), bringing total funding to $ 74.5 million.

New Enterprise Associates led the round, and was joined by investors including the AI Fund.

Poseidon Asset Management led the round and was joined by investors including Phyto Partners, Altitude Investment Partners, Arcview Investor Network, and Arcadian Fund.

Accion Venture Lab led the round and was joined by investors including Omidyar Network, Mulago Foundation, Choiseul Africa Capital, Mercy Corps» Social Venture Fund, and several angel investors.

In May 2013 the company announced a $ 15 million VC funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Silverton Partners led the round and was joined by investors including Female Founders Fund and Lakehouse Ventures.

Sterling Partners and the State of Maryland's TEDCO fund led the round.

River Cities Capital Funds led the round, and was joined by investors including Dell Technologies Capital, Sweetwater Capital, Meritage Funds and Charterhouse Strategic Partners.

They're already convincing investors — New Millennium just received close to $ 1 million in a round of financing led by Toronto - based venture capital fund Hedgewood Inc. — and a burgeoning array of early adopters, including pioneering chefs, adventurous retailers and corporate partners that could soon include Google.

Insight Venture Partners led the round and was joined by investors including Matrix Partners, Underscore VC, and Leaders Fund.

• Wonolo, a San Francisco - based staffing platform enabling businesses to fill their immediate labor needs, raised $ 13 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital.

Bain Capital Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Cervin Ventures, Gradient Ventures and Randstad Innovation Fund.

Versant Ventures and Novartis Venture Fund led the round.

She took her concept to venture capitalists and secured a total of $ 10.4 million in two funding rounds — the first, in 2013, led by Kirsten Green's Forerunner Ventures; the second, last year, led by Thrive Capital and including Bonobos founder Andy Dunn.

Madrona Venture Group led the round, and was joined by investors including X Factor Ventures, Brilliant Ventures, The Helm, PLG Ventures, Portland Seed Fund, Founders» Co-Op, and Start It Labs.

Foundry Group led the round, and was joined by investors including Industry Ventures, Chicago Ventures, and Kickstart Fund.

Revolution Growth led the round and was joined by investors including IVP, Data Collective, Lowercase Capital, Ribbit Capital, and Female Founders Fund.

OSCAR HEALTH SURPASSES $ 3 BILLION VALUATION, DRIVEN BY EMPHASIS ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS: US - based insurtech Oscar Health secured a $ 165 million funding round led by Brian Singerman and Founders Fund, with participation from 8VC, Google's health - focused sister company Verily Life Sciences, and Fidelity, among others.

500 Startups led the round, and was joined by investors including Asahi Medialab Ventures, DG Lab Fund (of Digital Garage and Daiwa Securities Group), Mobile Internet Capital, and Septeni Holdings.

Shasta Ventures and August Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Y Combinator and Funders» Club.

Sozo Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Marc Benioff, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Social Capital, AME Cloud Partners and Rethink Impact.

Ford Motor Company led the round, and was joined by investors including Future Fund.

The Syndicate Fund, Matchstick Ventures, M25 Group, and Router Ventures led the round.

Rho Ventures led the new investment, which follows a $ 6 million funding round in November 2010.

Indian music streaming service Gaana has raised $ 115 million in a funding round led by Chinese tech giant Tencent.