Flatiron Health, a cloud-based oncology software provider, has raised a Series C round of funding worth $175 million. Roche led the round, with participation from Allen & Company, Baillie Gifford and Casdin…
Hometeam grabs $27.5m Series B round
Hometeam, a home care startup, has raised $27.5 million in Series B funding. Oak HC/FT and existing investors Lux Capital, IA Ventures and Recruit Strategic Partners in the all participated in the…
GM invests $500m in Lyft, plans to build driverless taxi fleet
Lyft, the ride-hailing app competing with Uber, has confirmed a $1 billion funding round led by a $500 million investment from General Motors. The two companies plan to develop an on-demand network…
Lyft planning $1bn funding round raise – report
Ride hailing startup Lyft is planning to raise as much as $1 billion in new funding, according to a report by Bloomberg yesterday. A Delaware state filing was cited as proof of…
WellDoc grabs $22m Series B round
Digital health startup WellDoc has completed a $22 million Series B round of financing. Samsung Ventures was the lead investor, with Merck Global Health Innovation co-lead, according to a company press release.…
Tastemade closes $40m funding round
Tastemade, a digital media company focused on food and lifestyle programming, has closed a $40 million Series D funding round led by Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division. Existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Raine…
Gap between St Petersburg and Moscow narrowing – but funding still miles away
When Pavel Durov was dismissed as CEO of VKontakte, the social media platform he had founded in 2006, last summer, Saint Petersburg’s tech community lamented the loss of its most enigmatic character,…
AeroFarms grabs $20m funding round
AeroFarms, a vertical farming startup, has closed a $20 million financing round led by Wheatsheaf Group with participation from previous backers GSR Ventures, MissionPoint Capital and Middleland Capital. AeroFarms CEO David Rosenberg…
Magic Leap reportedly raising $827m funding round
Magic Leap, the secretive augmented reality startup, is raising an $827 million Series C round, according to Forbes. The new round would bring Magic Leap’s total funding to $1.4 billion and its…
Vice valued at more than $4bn after $200m Disney investment
The Walt Disney Co. has invested another $200 million in publisher Vice Media, valuing the company at more than $4 billion, according to the Financial Times. Disney invested $200 million in Vice…