Venture Capital News
Follow the money to learn what’s new in the world of venture capital. This section features companies, organizations and people involved in funding, such as seed, Series A and Series B rounds, including VC firms, angel investors, crowdfunding sites, micro-investors and startups.
Courage Therapeutics Raises $1M for Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Other Related Eating Disorders
Courage Therapeutics raised $1M towards development of treatments for eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, ARFID, BED and genetic obesity. The company is led by Dan Housman a parent of children with eating disorders. The round was led by Michigan Biomedical Ventures. Funding will be used to test Courage’s proprietary compounds in animal models of eating disorders. The technology is based on the research on MC3R at the University of Michigan from co-founder Dr. Roger Cone’s lab. - March 24, 2021 - Courage Therapeutics
Clearsense Secures $30 Million in New Funding to Fuel Growth as a Cutting-Edge Data Platform Technology
Clearsense, an advanced data management and analytics technology platform serving the healthcare industry, announced today it has closed $30 million in financing in partnership led by Health Catalyst Capital. Clearsense will use the new capital to build out its technology and advisory services to... - March 24, 2021 - Clearsense, LLC
Notice Ninja, Inc. Launches SaaS CRM for Tax Notice Compliance
Rick Pinkerman, Founder and CEO of Notice Ninja, Inc., says, “We are disrupting a $6.7B year industry with digital innovation that will transform how businesses process tax and compliance notices from any agency or jurisdiction in the World. Put simply, we make global government compliance simple.” - March 17, 2021 - Notice Ninja, Inc.
CCS Facility Services First Company in the World to Earn GBAC STAR Service Accreditation
CCS Facility Services is honored to announce that the company is the first to earn GBAC STAR™ Service accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council. - March 09, 2021 - CCS Facility Services
Franklin Templeton Partners with iGrad on New Personalized Financial Wellness Platform
Franklin Templeton and iGrad/Enrich partner to provide a personalized financial wellness platform for financial professionals to share with defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors and participants. - March 08, 2021 - iGrad
Verb(TM) Presents Speaker Series Features Roman Buhler, Esq.
Roman Buhler, Esq., National Director of the Madison Coalition and former Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, will be the Verb(TM) Presents Speaker Series’ featured guest on Thursday, March 25, 2021, 6:30 pm (Pacific Time). Moderated by Peter Coe Verbica. - March 04, 2021 - Silicon Private Wealth
GenRocket Delivers Synthetic Test Data Automation with Enterprise Scalability
New Platform Offers Self Service Provisioning of Comprehensive Synthetic Test Data to Enable the Next Level of Agile and DevOps Evolution - February 18, 2021 - GenRocket, Inc.
Seedfunders Opportunity Fund Invests in weRise
Seedfunders, the early-stage investment firm headquartered in St Petersburg, Florida has announced an investment of $50,000 in weRise through the recently developed Opportunity Fund. weRise's mission is to close the wealth gap for underrepresented groups by promoting wealth-building investment... - February 13, 2021 - Seedfunders
Vayn, Inc. and AppIt Ventures Launch Denver's First At-Home, On-Demand Beauty App
The Vayn mobile app acts as a booking and reviews tool to help users enjoy on-demand beauty and wellness services with a sense of convenience, safety, and security. - February 11, 2021 - AppIt Ventures
Spektral Investment Bank to Acquire Shares of BTCBAM
Spektral Investment Bank, a recently founded investment bank with 800 million EU paid in kind capital that is composed of exclusive licenses of pharmaceutical drug patents and valuated mining licenses have concluded an acquisition deal with BtcBam team, a renowned software company that owns 7... - February 09, 2021 - Spektral Investment Bank
BDA Advises Kim Dental on US$24M Series B Capital Raise Led by Asia Impact Investor ABC World Asia
BDA Partners is pleased to announce that its client, Kim Dental, Vietnam’s largest private dental care platform, has raised US$24m in Series B round. The investment was led by ABC World Asia, a PE fund dedicated to impact investing across Asia, seeded by Temasek. Proceeds from the round,... - February 03, 2021 - BDA Partners Ltd
Pakistani Startup RINSTRA, Valued at US $20 Million, Raising Series-A Funding of US $2 Million
Pakistan’s first digital platform for content creators receives valuation of US $20 million; has potential to become one of the fastest growing companies in the digital sphere from Pakistan. - January 29, 2021 - RINSTRA Technologies Private Limited
Kevin Sarney Joins Charles River CFO to Lead Life Sciences Practice
Charles River CFO, Inc. (CRCFO), a provider of part-time and interim CFO and accounting services, today announced Kevin Sarney has joined the leadership team as the Life Sciences Practice Leader and CFO. With over 20 years of experience in public and private life sciences companies, Kevin will lead... - January 21, 2021 - Charles River CFO
Residence Clubs International, Inc. Announces $50 Million Investment from Alfie Best, Chairman of Wyldecrest Parks
Residence Clubs International, Inc. CEO Craig Williamson is pleased to announce the sale of a portion of ResClubs® to British businessman and philanthropist Alfie Best. With the ResClubs’ innovative program patent pending, mobile app partnership with Hudini and infinitWiFi, and its one-year beta test with live members completed in 2020, the company now has its capital partner in place and is moving ahead with its expansion. - January 13, 2021 - ResClub
Bench International Launches "Bank of Women"
First of Its Kind Program Features 550+ Executive Women Leaders for Board Seats and the C-Suite - January 05, 2021 - Bench International
NuvOx Pharma Announces Appointment of Jon S. Saxe to Its Board of Directors
NuvOx Pharma today announced that Jon S. Saxe has joined its Board of Directors. Saxe brings to NuvOx many years of experience from the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and venture capital industries. He has served as a director of more than 25 companies and currently is a director of several... - December 28, 2020 - NuvOx Therapeutics
United Capital Partners Sources $10MM Equipment Lease Line
United Capital sources $10MM equipment lease line for customer in the Biotech Industry. - December 18, 2020 - United Capital Partners
Amit Sharma, Founder & CEO of FinClusive, Joins SweetGig’s Advisory Board
Amit Sharma, Founder & CEO of FinClusive is joining SweetGig's Advisory Board. Mr. Sharma’s work compliments SweetGig’s mission of making it easier for low-income, hourly workers to improve their financial well-being through employment. - December 16, 2020 - SweetGig
Digital Aerolus Elects New Independent Director
Digital Aerolus, Inc., an autonomous software developer and provider of unmanned aerial vehicles, announced today the election of Douglas Davis to the company’s Board of Directors. With thirty-five years of technology-related experience at Intel Corporation, most recently as a senior... - December 14, 2020 - Digital Aerolus
Verb(TM) Presents Speaker Series Features Bill Crowell
Bill Crowell, Partner at Alsop Louise Partners and former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, will be the Verb(TM) Presents Speaker Series’ featured guest on January 18, 2021, 12 Noon (Pacific Time). Peter Coe Verbica, JD, CFP®, Managing Director of Silicon Private Wealth,... - December 10, 2020 - Silicon Private Wealth
Knoza Achieves New Milestone with Its Revenue Recovery Software, Announces Availability on Amazon’s EU Marketplaces and the UK
Knoza announced today that its proprietary Revenue Recovery software has returned over $1 million in 2020 on behalf of over 150 clients and can now be used in all Amazon EU marketplaces and the UK. - December 10, 2020 - Knoza
Keller Manufacturing Company, Inc. Announces Purchase of TA Logistics, Inc.
Keller Manufacturing Company, Inc. has purchased 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of TA Logistics, Inc. in a cash transaction. Now, TA Logistics, Inc. is a 100% owned subsidiary of Keller manufacturing Company, Inc. - December 09, 2020 - Keller Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Barron’s Honors iGrad/Enrich for Financial Empowerment
The Enrich and iGrad financial wellness platforms have received recognition from Barron's in its "Barron's Celebrates" initiative, where organizations were evaluated based on their purpose, scalability and effectiveness. - December 08, 2020 - iGrad
Green Buoy Consulting Certified as a Woman-Owned Business
Green Buoy Consulting, a New York firm specializing in sustainability consulting, strategy and B Corp certification, is proud to announce national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women Presidents' Educational Organization - NY, a regional certifying partner of the... - December 03, 2020 - Green Buoy Consulting
GRG Announces Partnership with BPB Medica
The Global Regenerative Group and BPB Medica(TM) Italy are very pleased to announce a global consultancy relationship to further develop the distribution of BPB Medica(TM) products. - December 02, 2020 - Global Regenerative Group
Private Placement Markets to Open a Restaurant & Nightclub Venture Capital Division
Steve Muehler today announced that the Private Placement Markets is opening a Venture Capital Division solely focused on Restaurants and Nightclubs. - November 21, 2020 - Steve Muehler
Dr. Taylor Bladh to Join Total Vision
Total Vision announces the addition of Dr. Taylor Bladh to its network of optometrists. Dr. Bladh brings more than 35 years of experience operating his private practice in Diamond Bar, California. - November 18, 2020 - Total Vision
Black Book™ Moves ZyDocⓇ to #2 in Medical Transcription Clinical Services and #6 Transcription Software Solution Vendor of 2020
ZyDoc was ranked second in medical transcription services and sixth for their TrackDoc Connect enterprise cloud transcription platform in the 2020 Black Book™ Market Research vendors survey by 203 hospitals and 2,263 physician practices. - November 16, 2020 - ZyDoc
Fidelis Freight Transport Services Reports Exploding Growth with 735% Hike Year-Over-Year
Fidelis Freight is a veteran-owned freight broker and supply chain management firm. Freight Transport Services, a key division of Fidelis Freight, is an asset-based trucking company based in Jacksonville, Florida that provides business support services to capacity owners and transportation services to shippers and transportation brokers. Their team is composed of experienced industry professionals who carry out the company’s mission to take care of their clients and their community. - November 11, 2020 - Fidelis Freight
Procurement Advisors Announces Rebranding, Changes Name to Procure Analytics
Procurement Advisors LLC, North America's leading and most data-forward group purchasing organization for Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) supplies, announces its new name, logo, and website as part of a comprehensive rebranding campaign. - November 10, 2020 - Procure Analytics
The Flux Adapt: The Shoe That Won the Vote in 2020
Fully funded in just 2 hours on Indiegogo, these shoes got our vote on November 3. - November 06, 2020 - Flux Footwear
Chunker Wins 2020 Real Estate Technology Award
Chunker, the leading marketplace for short-term warehouse space, is pleased to announce that it is a Seventh Annual Real Estate Tech Awards (#RETAS) winner in the Industrial category, presented by CREtech (cretech.com), the largest event, data and content platform in the commercial real estate tech... - October 28, 2020 - Chunker
Jorjin Technologies Announcing J7EF, the Latest of Its J-Reality™ smartglasses Series & World First AR Product Built Upon Epson’s New High-Performance Optical Engine
Jorjin Technologies, a Taiwan company which started working on Augmented Reality (AR) when the technology was still in its infancy, has spent the last 12 months developing J7EF, the latest member of its J-Reality™ smartglasses family. J7EF, the world's first AR product based on Epson’s... - October 27, 2020 - Jorjin Technologies
Private Placement Markets to Expand Its Alternative Energy Operations
Steve Muehler today announced that the Private Placement Markets is committed to growing its Alternative Energy Markets Operations and Moving Away from Traditional Energy Operations. - October 24, 2020 - Steve Muehler
Former Harvard Tech Innovator Joins BILT: Wheelwright Lends 50 Years of Operations Expertise to 3D App Company
Dr. Steven Wheelwright, the former head of Harvard Business School and president of Brigham Young University-Hawaii, is joining the board of directors of BILT Incorporated. He will mentor the company as they scale to accommodate exponential growth over the next few years. The free-to-use BILT app provides 3D interactive Intelligent Instructions® for assembly, installation, set-up, and repair. - October 20, 2020 - BILT Incorporated
Volasertib, a Potential New Treatment for Rhabdomyosarcoma, Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. FDA
Oncoheroes Biosciences, a biotech focused on advancing new therapies for childhood cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to volasertib for its use in treating pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma and other rare soft tissue sarcomas. Key... - October 15, 2020 - Oncoheroes Biosciences Inc.
The Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association Announces a Strategic Partnership with Jupiter Orphan Therapeutic
Jupiter Orphan Therapeutics forms strategic partnership with The Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association. - October 15, 2020 - Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association
Private Placement Markets Commits to Staying in California
Steve Muehler today announced that the Private Placement Markets is committed to not only staying in California, but to expanding its Southern California Operations in 2021. - October 15, 2020 - Steve Muehler
Ambit Inc. Announces the Release of AmbitVPN’s Enduring Digital Privacy on Mac Desktop
As early as 2021, a technique known as Variational Quantum Factoring may enable quantum computers to begin decrypting everything on the internet. AmbitVPN is a new post quantum encryption VPN leveraging WireGuard. It's faster and more secure, protecting your privacy today and tomorrow. Even without this method, quantum computers will decrypt classically encrypted email clients, cloud solutions, and consumer/enterprise VPNs as soon as 2023. AmbitVPN prevents this coming quantum decryption crisis. - September 28, 2020 - Ambit Inc.
The World Needs Enduring Digital Privacy and Ambit Inc. Has Delivered It
As early as 2021, a technique known as Variational Quantum Factoring may enable quantum computers to begin decrypting everything on the internet. AmbitVPN is a new post quantum encryption VPN leveraging WireGuard. It's faster and more secure, protecting your privacy today and tomorrow. - September 18, 2020 - Ambit Inc.
State of the Underdog Report Shows Upside for Investors but the Gap is Widening for Underestimated Entrepreneurs to Access Capital
The 2nd Annual State of the Underdog Report 2020 shows there is tremendous potential upside for investors if the barriers faced by underestimated entrepreneurs can be overcome. Underdogs include women, Blacks, Browns, Latinx, LGBTQ, older, differently-abled, non-Ivy League graduates and all others who have been conditioned to believe that entrepreneurial success is not possible for people like them. Promise Phelon, an underdog, highlights the upside for investors and opportunity for founders. - September 10, 2020 - The Growth Warrior
Private Placement Markets to Open Its Aviation & Aerospace Market in October of 2020
Steve Muehler today announced that the Private Placement Markets will be opening its much anticipated “Aviation & Aerospace Market” in October of 2020. - September 02, 2020 - Steve Muehler
The Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association Announces a Strategic Partnership with Masterworks.io
The Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Masterworks.io. Masterworks.io is an exclusive community of fine art investors, opening up a new asset class that makes it possible to invest in blue-chip art for a fraction of the normal price. Blue-chip... - August 21, 2020 - Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association
Bench International Brings Diversity of Experience, Ethnicity and Gender with Launch of Executive Recruiting Hub in Boston
Nova Diop Joins Firm to Lead Efforts to Meet Talent Demands of Nation’s Largest Life Science Cluster. - August 17, 2020 - Bench International
Private Placement Markets to Enter the Residential Mortgage Lender Industry in January of 2021
Steve Muehler today announced that the Private Placement Markets will be entering the Residential Mortgage Lending Industry as a Nationwide Alternative Mortgage Lender. - August 15, 2020 - Steve Muehler
Private Placement Markets to Increase Its Operations in the Global Online Retail & Ecommerce Market Segments
Steve Muehler today announced that the Private Placement Markets is Going to Grow IR Operations in the Global Retail & Ecommerce Market Segments. - August 13, 2020 - Steve Muehler
Private Placement Markets to Open Offices in Sydney, Australia
Steve Muehler today announced that Private Placement Markets will open offices in Sydney, Australia late in 2020. - August 12, 2020 - Steve Muehler
Private Placement Markets to Opens Its Correspondent Banking Platform on Monday
Steve Muehler today announced that Private Placement Markets will open its Correspondent Banking Operations Nationwide on Monday, August 10, 2020. - August 08, 2020 - Steve Muehler
Christine McKay Featured in August 2020 Edition of Lemonade Legend Magazine
Christine McKay, Global Negotiation Strategist and CEO of Venn Negotiation, was featured in the August 2020 issue of The Lemonade Legend Magazine. McKay was chosen for her inspirational story of going from homeless to Harvard and beyond all while having her three daughters. Pregnant and homeless... - August 06, 2020 - Venn Negotiation
BitRoyal Exchange is Back with a Big Announcement
Indian Digital Currency is at the peak during COVID-19 and BitRoyal Exchange, an authentic US-based cryptocurrency exchange proudly announced that they are launching soon in India with a lot of additional features. Accomplishing a wide market in the US, BitRoyal’s arrival in India is making the Indian audience more curious. Here is what the CEO of BitRoyal has to say about their launching in India and about the platform. - August 05, 2020 - BitRoyal Ltd.