VENTURE DEALS
- Casavo, an Italy-based online real estate marketplace, raised €50 million ($55 million) in Series B funding. Greenoaks led the round.
- Satelles, Inc, a Redwood City, Calif.-based provider of secure satellite-based time and location services, raised $26 million in Series C funding. C5 Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Iridium Communications.
- Lyte Inc, a San Francisco-based event ticketing startup, raised $15 million in Series A funding. Investors include Jackson Square Ventures, Industry Ventures, Accomplice Ventures and Correlation Ventures.
- Wild Type, a San Francisco-based startup developing cultured salmon, raised $12.5 million in Series A funding. CRV led the round, and was joined by investors including Maven Ventures, Spark Capital and Root Ventures.
- BrainCheck, a Houston, Texas-based cognitive healthcare platform, raised $8 million in Series A funding. S3 Ventures and Tensility Venture Partners co-led the round.
- Codacy, a Portugal-based provider of a platform that automates and standardizes software quality, raised $7.7 million in funding. Join Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including EQT Ventures, Armilar Venture Partners, Faber Ventures and Caixa Capital.
- Shujinko, a Seattle-based provider of cloud compliance software, raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. Unusual Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Defy.
- Doorstead, a San Francisco-based operations brokerage that provides property management, raised $3.3 million in seed funding. M13 and Silicon Valley Data Capital co-led the round, and were joined by investors including Venture Reality Fund and SOMA Capital.
- Place Technology, an Austin, Texas-based maker of corporate performance management solutions, raised $3 million in funding. Geekdom Fund led the round.
- Augmenta, a Greece-based precision agriculture company, raised $2.5 million in seed funding. Hardware Club and Marathon Venture Capital co-led the round.
- Sensatek Propulsion Inc, a Daytona Beach, Florida-based provider of wireless sensors for real-time monitoring of temperature, pressure, and strain in gas turbines, raised $2 million in funding. Rhapsody Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Cloquet Capital Partners, StarterStudio and VentureWell.
- Everyware, a San Francisco-based payment processing and pay-by-text company, raised Series A funding of an undisclosed amount. TTV Capital led the round.
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES DEALS
- Adicet Bio, Inc, a New York-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of allogeneic cell therapies for cancer, raised $80 million in Series B funding. Investors include aMoon2 Fund, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC), OCI Enterprises, Inc, KB Investment Co., Ltd., Consensus Business Group, SBI JI Innovation Fund, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Handok, Inc., and DSC Investment, Inc.
- ImmunoMolecular Therapeutics, a Woburn, Massachussetts-based clinical stage company developing personalized therapies for autoimmune disease, raised $10 million in Series A funding. JDRF T1D Fund and Morningside Ventures co-led the round, and were joined by investors including the Colorado University Healthcare Innovation Fund.
PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS
- VSS and Trivest Partners made an investment in Quatrro Business Support Services, a Marietta, Georgia-based provider of tech-enabled business process outsourcing services. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
- Victor Capital Partners made an investment in Rizzo Group, a New York-based provider of building code and zoning compliance services for the commercial real estate industry. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
- Victor Capital Partners made an investment in CodeGreen Solutions, a New York-based provider of energy management and sustainability services for the commercial real estate industry. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
OTHER DEALS
- Kemberton acquired Advanced Patient Advocacy, a Columbia, Maryland-based provider of disability evaluation and advocacy services. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
IPOs
- Fangdd Network Group, a Shenzhen-based Chinese online real estate trading platform, filed for a $150 million IPO. It posted revenue of $69.4 million in 2018 and loss of $2.3 million in 2018. It plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol "DUO." Read more.
- Megvii, a China-based tech firm focused on AI said to be seeking an IPO in Hong Kong, was placed on the Trump administration's blacklist among companies implicated in repressing Muslim minorities in the nation. Goldman Sachs is now reviewing its involvement in the IPO. Read more.
EXITS
- WellSky Corporation agreed to acquire ClearCare, Inc, a San Francisco-based software provider for the home-care market, from Battery Ventures. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
- Thoma Bravo acquired IDS, a Minneapolis-based provider of asset finance software solutions, from SV Investment Partners. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
- Medal.tv acquired Megacool, a San Francisco-based mobile game clipping and sharing technology. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Megacool had raised approximately $1.5 million in venture funding from investors including Alliance Venture.
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners sold Nobles Worldwide Inc, a St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of flexible ammunition chutes, to an affiliate of Ducommun Incorporated.
- Ardian acquired a majority stake in Staci, a France-based company focused on specialty logistics, from Cobepa. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
PEOPLE
- Costanoa Ventures named Amy Cheetham as vice president and Tony Liu as an associate. It also promoted Casey Aylward to vice president and Rachel Quon to director of marketing.
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