BlueVine raised another $12 million from new investors M12, Microsoft's venture fund, and the venture arm of insurance and financial services provider, Nationwide. The announcement comes eight weeks after BlueVine, a provider of online working capital financing to small and medium-sized businesses, said it had
Pfizer Inc., plans to invest $600 million in biotechnology and other emerging growth companies through Pfizer Ventures, the company’s venture investment vehicle. According to the company, Pfizer Ventures seeks to invest twenty-five percent of its available capital ($150 million) in “promising early-stage neuroscience companies.” By
According to a newly released study produced jointly by financial data company PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the U.S. venture capital industry in 2017 finished the strongest it has in decades, with a total of $84 billion invested in more than 8,000
Financial technology company Kabbage completed $200 million in financing from Credit Suisse. Kabbage is an automated technology and data platform that provides direct access to funding for small businesses and powers lending for large global banks. The company currently operates in North America and Europe, with
SeedLegals is a fintech venture capital product that offers a quick and simple way to close a startup’s first funding round. From investor agreements to articles and board minutes, SeedLegals organizes every legal step into one easy-to-manage workflow. Users can instantly create documents though a
Venture capital cryptocurrencies company CoinList, which offers an API to manage legal compliance for token sales, has created a new product that lets any founder run a legally compliant Initial Coin Offering (ICO) with full KYC/AML verification for every investor. ComplyAPI allows companies to launch
Envoy Technologies today announced that the company has been awarded $1.5 million in funding from the California Energy Commission. The grant will allow Envoy to develop and implement an Electric Vehicle Shared Mobility Program that will primarily benefit disadvantaged communities in the greater Sacramento metropolitan
Braavo Capital announced the completion of $70 million in financing, led by Mark 2 Capital. Braavo Capital’s goal is to change the way mobile entrepreneurs finance and grow their app businesses. Its technology integrates with a mobile app business’s key data systems, including app store and
Patreon announced it has raised a Series C funding round from Index Ventures. Patreon is a membership platform that makes it easy for artists and creators to get paid. Thousands of musicians, podcasters, video game developers, comic creators, and others earn salaries using Patreon. Through ongoing