Iris Dorbian
Taunt, an esports startup, has secured $1.75 million in seed financing. Foundry Group led the round with participation from other backers that included Vulcan Capital.
Rhine, a smart alternative to security deposits, has raised $1.94 million in seed financing. The lead investor was ff Venture Capital. Also, Lakehouse Ventures, Picus Capital, FJ Labs and Red Dog participated in the round.
Guru, a provider of coaching solutions for support and sales teams, has raised $9.3 million in Series A funding. Emergence Capital led the round with participation from return backers FirstMark Capital and MSD Capital.
Notable Labs, a provider of personalized cancer treatments, has secured $10 million in Series A financing. Builders VC led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Jim Kim, a founding member and general partner of Builders VC, joined Notable’s board of directors.
Montage, a provider of video and voice interviewing solutions for top brands, has raised $8 million in funding. Plymouth Growth Partners led the round with participation from previous backers Baird Capital, Beringea and GCI. In addition to the funding, Montage has acquired Costa Mesa, California-based GreenJobInterview, a video interviewing platform.
Tabula Rasa Healthcare has acquired SinfoníaRx, a provider of medication therapy management technology and services for Medicare, Medicaid and commercial health plans. No financial terms were disclosed. Signal Hill advised SinfoníaRx on the transaction. Tabula Rasa’s backers included Originate Ventures, Radius Ventures and Emerald Stage2 Ventures.
California and Israel-based Airobotics, a provider of automated industrial drones, has closed $32.5 million in funding. The investors included BlueRun Ventures China, Microsoft Ventures and OurCrowd.com.
NS1, an intelligent DNS and traffic management provider, has raised $20 million in funding. GGV Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Salesforce Ventures, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, Flybridge Capital Partners, Sigma Prime Ventures, Telstra Ventures and Two Sigma Ventures. In addition to the funding, GGV Capital's Glenn Solomon will join NS1's board.
Santa Clara, California-based Gridtential Inc, a provider of energy storage technologies, has closed $11 million in funding. The investors included 1955 Capital, East Penn Manufacturing, Crown Battery Manufacturing, Leoch International and Power-Sonic Inc. In conjunction with the funding, Andrew Chung, 1955 Capital founder and managing partner, will join Gridtential's board of directors.
New York City and Paris-based Steamroot, a provider of OTT video optimization technologies for content publishers, network service providers and enterprise customers, has secured $3.2 million in funding. The investors included Partech Ventures, Techstars Venture Capital Fund, Verizon Ventures and R/GA.