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Rakuten has acquired Silicon Valley-based Curbside, a mobile ordering and pickup startup. according to a news announcement posted by Rakuten. No financial terms were disclosed. Curbside's backers include Sutter Hill Ventures, Index Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures.
Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company, has doubled its venture fund to $200 million. Lockheed Martin will focus the additional capital on early-stage companies in the areas of sensor technologies, autonomy, artificial intelligence and cyber.
MeiraGTx Holdings plc, a gene therapy company, has raised $75 million for its IPO after pricing its 5 million shares at $15 per share. The stock began trading June 8, 2018 on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MGTX." BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Evercore ISI are the lead underwriters. MeiraGTx's pre-IPO backers include Essex Bio-Technology, according to Crunchbase.
Silicon Valley-based Nextinput, a provider of MEMS-based force-sensing solutions, has raised $13 million in Series B financing. The investors included Sierra Ventures, Cota Capital and UMC Capital.
Seattle-based JetClosing, a provider of digital real estate title and settlement transactions, has secured $20 million in Series A funding. The investors included funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc, PSL Ventures, Imagen Capital Partners, Trilogy Equity Partners and Maveron.
San Diego-based Metacrine, a developer of therapies for patients with liver, gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases, has raised $65 million in Series C financing. Venrock Healthcare Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Franklin Templeton Investments, Deerfield Management, Arrowmark Partners, Invus, Lilly Asia Ventures, Vivo Capital, Arch Venture Partners, venBio, Polaris Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Alexandria Venture Investments.
San Francisco-based iBeat, a health tech company, has secured an investment of "seven figures" from SCOR Life & Health Ventures and Transamerica Ventures. The capital infusion will be used to advance product marketing and expansion for its Heart Watch, a heart monitoring device.
San Francisco-based Homebase, a provider of scheduling and time-tracking tools for businesses, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Baseline Ventures, Cowboy Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
Seattle-based startup studio Madrona Venture Labs has named Ben Elowitz as managing director. Elowitz is the co-founder of Blue Nile and Wetpaint.
New York City-based Obligo Inc, a real estate-focused fintech company, has secured $5 million in financing. The lead investor in this round was 83 North.
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