Iris Dorbian
Tyche Partners is seeking to raise $100 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The San Jose, California-based venture firm invests in early and early growth stage companies with disruptive technologies.
Roku, a TV streaming service, has filed for an IPO. The number of shares that will be sold as well as the stock's pricing terms have yet to be set. Roku is planning on listing the stock on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ROKU." Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Global Markets are the lead underwriters. Roku's backers include Menlo Ventures, Fidelity, 21st Century Fox , Globespan Capital Partners and Netflix.
New York City-based Wizer, an artificial intelligence-based consumer research company, has secured $4 million in funding. State of Mind Ventures led the round with participation from Nielsen Innovate.
Stockholm-based Aifloo, a developer of a self-learning e-health system, has secured 5.1 million euros in Series A funding. EQT Ventures led the round.
Canada-based Finaeo, an insurtech platform for financial advisers, has raised $2.25 million in funding. Impression Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included 500 Startups, Robo Ventures and iGan Partners.
StageOne Ventures has closed its third oversubscribed fund at $110 million. StageOne Venture Capital Fund III's limited partners include "prominent investors" from Israel, the U.S. and Europe. StageOne focuses on B2B software and next-generation information technology infrastructure.
Chicago-based ForeverCar, a provider of car repair protection plans, has raised $15 million in funding. The investors included CUNA Mutual Group's venture capital arm CMFG Ventures and Method Capital LLC.
Stockholm-based Apica, a provider of products that test and monitor the performance of software applications, is raising $12 million in funding. Oxx is leading the round with participation from other investors that included Nordic VC Industrifonden, SEB Venture Capital and KTH Chalmers Capital.
Quebec and New York City-based Classcraft, an education tech startup, has raised $2.8 million in funding. Whitecap Venture Partners led the round.
Waltham, Massachusetts-based Entasis Therapeutics, a developer of anti-infective products, has raised $31.9 million in funding. The investors were Pivotal bioVenture Partners, Sofinnova Ventures and TPG Biotech. In conjunction with the funding, Dr. Tracy Saxton, managing partner at Pivotal, Dr. Heather Behanna, a principal at Sofinnova, and Dr. Heather Preston, a partner at TPG, have been added to the Entasis board of directors.