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Luisa Beltran

I've been a business reporter for a while. I've covered Wall Street, venture capital and now private equity. I'm always looking for a scoop or something to talk about. I'm the eternal optimist and am still waiting for the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series. Yes, I believe.
MortgageGym said May 22 that it raised 2 million pounds ($2.6 million) in seed funding. Investors include Gaby Salem, of Wharton Asset Management, China Pacific Capital and Trifecta Capital. MortgageGym, of London, is a regulated mortgage robo-adviser.
Vesalius Biocapital said May 18 that a first close of its third fund has secured more than 65 million euros ($72.3 million) in commitment. Vesalius Biocapital III has a 150 million euro ($167 million) target. Vesalius Biocapital III will focus on later-stage European companies in drug development, medtech, diagnostics and eHealth / mHealth.
Airy3d Inc said May 15 that it raised $3.5 million in a seed round co-led by CRCM Ventures and R7 Partners. Other investors include WI Harper Group, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Nautilus Venture Partners as well as several angel investors affiliated with TandemLaunch. Airy3D, of Montreal, is developing passive single sensor solution for 3D computer vision.
EQT said May 15 that it agreed to sell Bureau van Dijk to Moody’s Corp in a deal valued at 3 billion euros ($3.3 bln). Bureau van Dijk, of Amsterdam, provides a private company dataset that covers more than 220 million companies. Quayle Munro and J.P. Morgan represented the sellers. Moody's Corp is parent of Moody's Analytics and Moody's Investors Service.
Clark Brothers Capital Corp said May 12 that it raised $1 million in new equity and boosted the size of a previously announced private placement to $5 million from $1 million. Clark Brothers said it used the $1 million to acquire and renovate fifteen properties (twenty-one units) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Clark Brothers, is a real estate investment firm also based in Grand Rapids.
Vera said May 9 that it raised $15 million in a strategic investment led by Hasso Plattner Ventures (HP-Ventures). Also participating were existing investors Battery Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, Clear Venture Partners, Amplify Partners, Capital One Ventures and Leslie Ventures. Vera, of Palo Alto, California, is a data security company.
Dropoff said May 8 it raised $8.5 million in Series B funding led by Fulcrum Equity Partners. Other participants of the round include Series A investors such as Greycroft Partners and Correlation Ventures. Dropoff, of Austin, provides same-day delivery services to businesses.
Falcon Computing Solutions said May 8 that it raised $8 million in financing led by Intel Capital. Also participating in the round were all prior Falcon investors including Baidu Ventures and Clear Ventures, as well as SV Tech Ventures and Sierra Ventures. Falcon, of Santa Clara, California, provides acceleration technology and solutions for big-data applications.
Xee said May 3 that it raised over 12 million euros ($13.1 million) in funding from Bridgestone EMEA, Total and Cofip, who join Via ID, an existing investor. Xee, of Lille, France, is a European smart car app.
Panasonic Corp said March 30 that it will launch a new company in April that will mainly invest in U.S. startups with initial investments of around $100 million. Masahiro Kinoshita will be president of Panasonic Ventures.
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