Iris Dorbian
Victress Capital has named Madeline Keulen as a vice president. She first joined the women-led early-stage consumer-focused venture firm in January 2018 as an MBA associate.
Mindset Ventures has launched its third fund. The target is $50 million. The fund will invest in early-stage B2B companies mainly in the areas of healthcare, fintech, agriculture and cyber security. Mindset has offices in Sao Paulo, San Francisco and Tel-Aviv.
Entelo has acquired ConveyIQ, a provider of candidate engagement Software-as-a-Service solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Entelo's backers include Battery Ventures, Shasta Ventures, USVP, 3TS Capital Partners, SC Ventures and StarVest Partners.
Presight Capital has closed its first fund at $80 million, beating its $50 million target. Presight Global Venture Opportunities Fund's limited partners include Apeiron Investment Group. Presight Capital is the international venture arm of Apeiron Investment Group, the family office of German entrepreneur and investor Christian Angermayer.
Cultivation Capital has raised $74.1 million for its third tech fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $75 million. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, the venture firm invests in early-stage technology, software and life sciences companies.
Chicago-based CardX, a payment technology company, has secured $2 million in financing. The investor was Pace Financial Group.
Datadog, a monitoring and analytics platform for developers, IT operations teams and business users, has filed for an IPO. The company plans on trading the stock on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "DDOG." Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are serving as the lead underwriters. Datadog's backers include ICONIQ Capital, Index Ventures, OpenView Ventures, Amplify Partners and Contour Ventures.
Atonarp, a molecular diagnostics company, has raised $33 million in Series C funding. The investors included Japan Post Investment Corporation, SBI Investment Co., Ltd, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, INCJ Ltd and Innovative Venture Fund Investment Limited Partnership.
Ario Technologies, a provider of an augmented reality software-as-a-service platform, has secured $2 million in funding. NRV led the round.
Array Analytics, the technology subsidiary of Array Architects, has secured $2 million in financing round. The investors were not named.