• Niantic, the developer of augmented-reality games such as Pokemon Go, raised $245 million in Series C funding at a valuation of approximately $4 billion. IVP led the round, and was joined by investors including aXiomatic Gaming, Battery Ventures, Causeway Media Partners, CRV, and Samsung Ventures. • Flash, a "micro-mobility" startup, raised €55 million ($62.7 million) in Series A funding. Investors include Target Global, Idinvest Partners, and Signals Venture Capital. • Zipwhip, an operator of a texting medium that adds text messaging to existing landline, VoIP and toll-free phone numbers, raised $51.5 million in Series D funding. Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing led the round, and was joined by investors including OpenView, M12, and Voyager Capital. • Bukalapak, an Indonesia-based e-commerce company, raised $50 million in Series D funding, from the Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund. • Limelight Health, a San Francisco-based provider of insurance underwriting and proposal platform for the employee benefits industry, raised $33.5 million in Series C funding. Principal Life led the round, and was joined by investors including AXA Venture Partners, MassMutual Ventures, Aflac Ventures, Transamerica Ventures, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, LaunchPadDigital Health and Wanxiang America Healthcare Investments. • HighLife SAS, a Paris-based medtech company, raised 32 million euros ($36.5 million) in Series B funding. U.S. Venture Partners and Andera Partners led the round. • HyperScience, a company that creates AI-centered enterprise solutions for automating work, raised $30 million Series B funding. Stripes Group led the round, and was joined by investors including FirstMark Capital and Felicis Ventures, as well as new investors Battery Ventures, Global Founders Capital, TD Ameritrade and QBE.
• ScaleFactor, an Austin, Texas-based intelligent finance and automated accounting platform, raised $30 million in Series B funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Canaan, Broadhaven Ventures, and Firebrand Ventures. Read more at Fortune. • Bolder Surgical, a Louisville, Colo.-based provider of surgical instruments, raised $27 million in funding. River Cities Capital Funds led the round, and was joined by investors including Westwood Management and Providence Ventures. • SeeTree, a Tel Aviv-based intelligence network for trees, raised $15 million in funding. Investors include Hanaco Ventures and Canaan Partners Israel. • Birdies, a San Francisco-based footwear brand, raised $8 million in Series A funding. Norwest Venture Partners led the round. • Netrounds, a Sweden-based provider of software-based active testing, monitoring and automated troubleshooting solutions, raised Series A funding of an undisclosed amount. Investors include Swisscom Ventures. |
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