Iris Dorbian
Conexus Credit Union has closed its inaugural venture fund at $30 million. The limited partners of Conexus Venture Capital Fund include credit unions, individual business leaders and a Saskatchewan-based retail venture fund with approximately 28,000 Saskatchewan-based shareholders. The fund will invest in Saskatchewan-based technology startups.
Palo Alto, California-based Metawave Corporation, a smart radar startup, has secured an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. Denso led the round with participation from other backers that included Mirae Asset Capital, NTT DOCOMO Ventures and BOLD Capital Partners.
Daasity, a data analytics solution provider for direct-to-consumer retailers, has raised $2.3 million in funding. Okapi Venture Capital led the round with participation from Serra Ventures, Cove Fund II, 1855 Capital and Mooring Ventures LLC.
Los Altos, California-based RedMarlin, a fraud prevention company, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. Thomvest Ventures and Crosslink Capital led the round.
HomeLight, a real estate company, has raised $109 million in financing. Zeev Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Group 11, Menlo Ventures, Crosslink Capital and Stereo Capital.
DataGrail, a provider of data privacy management, has raised Series A funding. The investors were American Express Ventures, Okta Ventures, Basis Set Ventures and Cloud Apps Capital Partners. No financial terms were disclosed; however, as previously reported by PE HUB, DataGrail recently secured $5 million in funding.
South San Francisco-based Coda Biotherapeutics Inc, a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has raised a total of $34 million in funding. Versant Ventures was the lead investor in Coda's latest funding round.
San Francisco-based Senreve, a luxury handbag brand, has raised $16.75 million in Series A funding. Norwest Venture Partners led the round.
Papaya Global, a global payroll and payment management platform, has secured $45 million in funding. Insight Partners led the round with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, New Era Capital Partners and Dynamic Loop Capital.
AgFunder has raised $20 million for its new alternative protein fund. Based in San Francisco, AgFunder is a foodtech and agtech venture firm.