Luisa Beltran
Edison Partners said Sept. 18 that it led a $4 million round for Sigstr. Sigstr, of Indianapolis, provides a SaaS platform for employee email signature marketing.
GSR Ventures has closed its new fund on $400 million, Bloomberg reported. GSR Fund VI will focus on early stage tech investments, the story said.
Apprentice.io said Sept. 18 that it raised $8 million in series A funding led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital. The Venture Reality Fund and GFR Fund joined the round as new investors. Also participating were existing investors, Silverton Partners and Hemi Ventures. Apprentice.io, of Jersey City, New Jersey, provides an enterprise AR for the pharma/biotech industries and, by extension, lab, line and suite environments.
Tera Ventures said Sept. 13 that its second fund clinched a first close of 21 million euros ($24.4 million). The target of fund II is 55 million euros ($64 million). Tera aims to invest in 25 to 30 seed-stage tech startups located in tech hubs in Estonia, (including eligible e-residents), Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic.
Scibids said Sept. 11 that it raised 2.2 million euros ($2.5 million) in a Series A round. Iris Capital invested in the round. Scibids, of Paris, provides AI-based programmatic bid management technology that aims to automate digital advertising campaigns.
Treez said Sept. 10 that it raised a $11.5 million Series A round led by Intrinsic Capital Partners. AFI Capital Partners and Welcan Capital took part in the round. Intrinsic invested $10 million of the round. Treez, of Oakland, California, provides point of sale software for the legal cannabis industry.
Biodesy Inc said Sept. 10 that it raised $20 million Series C financing led by Alexandria Venture Investments and supported by existing investors 5AM Ventures, Pfizer Ventures and Roche Venture Fund. Ariel G. Notcovich has also joined Biodesy, a biomolecule characterization company, as CEO. Notcovich previously held scientific leadership positions at Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Line GmbH said Sept. 10 that it raised 8.2 million euros ($9.5 million) in Series B funding led by Capital-E. Other investors include LRM, Munich Venture Partners and Unixtar. Silicon Line GmbH, of Munich, develops and provides power optical link technology for the consumer electronics as well as commercial and industrial markets.
Evaneos SA has raised $80 million in financing from investors including Partech Partners, Level Equity Management and Quadrille Capital. Evaneos, of France, provides a marketplace for long-haul vacations. Arma Partners provided financial advice to Evaneos.
Black Bear has raised 11 million euros ($12.8 million) in funding. Investors include ING Sustainable Investments, 5square, Social Impact Ventures and SCG. Black Bear, of the Netherlands, has developed a carbonization process to transform used tires into recovered Carbon Black.