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Seattle-based Adaptive, a biotech company, has raised $300 million for its IPO after pricing its 15 million shares at $20 per share. The stock began trading June 27, 2019 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ADPT." Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch are the lead underwriters. Adaptive's pre-IPO backers include Viking Global Matrix Capital Management Celgene, Foresite Capital and Alexandria Venture Investments.
Skubana, a commerce operations platform, has secured $5.4 million in Series A funding. Defy Partners led the round with participation from Advancit Capital and FJ Labs.
Menlo Park, California-based Calysta, an alternative protein producer, has secured $30 million in funding. The backer was BP Ventures.
Spain and San Diego-based Sanifit, a biopharmaceutical company focused on treating progressive vascular calcification disorders, has raised $80.9 million in funding. Caixa Capital Risc led the round.
Torch Capital has raised over $57.8 million for its inaugural fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $60 million. The venture firm invests in consumer startups.
WeGift, a digital rewards platform, has secured 4 million pounds in Series A funding. Fred Destin of Stride.vc led the round with participation from other investors that included the SAP.iO Fund and Unilever Ventures.
Homeroom, a platform for after-school enrichment programs, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Forerunner Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Felicis Ventures, Precursor Ventures and Kapor Capital.
Austin, Texas and Irvine, California-based Restaurant365, a provider of cloud-based restaurant accounting software, has raised $88 million in funding. ICONIQ Capital led the round. In addition to the funding, Will Griffith, a partner at ICONIQ, will be joining Restaurant365's board of directors.
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a fusion energy startup, has raised $115 million in Series A funding. The investors included Future Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lowercase Capital, Moore Strategic Ventures, Safar Partners, Schooner Capital and Starlight Ventures.
Montreal-based C2RO has secured C$2.25 million in funding. Fonds Innovexport led the round with participation from other investors that included GCI Capital Inc, Harbor Street Ventures, Tandemlaunch and Ministere de Economie et L'Innovation. The capital infusion will be used to accelerate the commercialization of C2RO's enterprise grade cloud A.I. services. C2RO is a high-tech software start-up that was incubated at Tandemlaunch Inc.