Iris Dorbian
Birdies, a maker of home slippers, has secured $2 million in funding. Forerunner Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Slow Ventures, Graph Ventures and Social Capital.
San Francisco-based YayPay, a fintech startup, has secured $5.3 million in funding. QED Investors, Birchmere and Fifth Third Capital led the round with participation from 500 Fintech Fund, Aspect Ventures, Gaingels, Techstars and Zelkova.
Swrve, a provider of mobile marketing automation, has raised $25 million in Series D financing. The investors included Summit Bridge Capital.
Boston-based LifeMine Therapeutics, a drug discovery platform provider, has raised $55 million in Series A financing. WuXi Healthcare Ventures led the round with participation from Foresite Capital, GV, Arch Ventures, Boyu Capital, Blue Pool Capital, Merck Ventures and Alexandria Venture Investments.
Livonia, Michigan-based Ushr Inc, a provider of mapping technology and software for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. Forté Ventures led the round with participation from EnerTech Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures and GM Ventures.
SimpleFinance, a lender for small and medium-sized businesses in Russia, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was the SBI FinTech Fund.
Ellevest, a digital investment platform for women, has secured $34.6 million in funding. Rethink Impact led the round with participation from other investors that included PSP Growth, Salesforce Ventures, CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund, LH Holdings, SK Impact Fund, LLC, Morningstar, Khosla Ventures, Mellody Hobson, Ulu Ventures, Contour Venture Partners and Astia Angels. In addition to the funding, Jenny Abramson, Rethink Impact’s founder and managing partner, will join Ellevest's board.
San Francisco and Tel Aviv-based Panoply, a smart data warehouse provider, has secured $5 million in funding, raising its total Series A tally to $13 million. The investor was C5 Capital. In addition to the funding, Panoply has named Michael Canon as vice president of worldwide sales and Paul Friesen as vice president of marketing. And, Moisey Uretsky, co-founder and chief product officer at Digital Ocean, has joined Panoply's advisory board.
Washington, D.C.-based Dharma, a software-as-a-service data platform, has secured an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. The Rise Fund, which is managed by TPG Growth, led the round.
Indianapolis-based Costello, a deal management platform provider, has raised $1 million in funding. Dundee Venture Capital led the round with participation from Elevate Ventures, M25 Group and Service Provider Capital.