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…
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…
Platfora secures $30m funding round
Platfora, a big data analytics company, has raised $30 million in financing from HSBC and Harmony Partners. Previous backers including Allegis Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Citi Ventures, Cisco, Sutter Hill Ventures…