Angela Sormani
Gousto has secured a 5 million pounds ($8.3 million) Series A round led by Unilever Ventures with existing investor MMC Ventures. Gousto is a recipe box delivery company.
Granite Hall Partners has held a first closing of $10 million on its fifth alternative investment vehicle. The firm is seeking to raise $50 million for the fund to invest in six to eight distressed and alternative credit managers.
New York-based direct lending company Abacus Finance Group has added four new investment professionals to its team. The firm has appointed Aized Rabbani as senior vice president, Brian Green as associate, Rafal Rydzewski as analyst and Joseph Lee as an analyst.
NewLeaf Symbiotics has closed a $17 million Series B round of financing. Otter Capital led the round and was joined by existing investors RockPort Capital, Open Prairie Ventures and Pangaea Ventures. The company is a St Louis, Missouri-based agricultural bio company focused on the commercialization of beneficial plant bacteria.
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Mobile gaming startup Chobolabs has secured a $1.3 million round of funding. The investment was led by Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors with participation from Maurice Werdegar, XG Ventures, Jim Ellis, Joel Peterson, Bill Meehan, John Kobs, Mac Harman and other angel investors.
The Riverside Company has added Protexer to its team technologies platform. The Knoxville, Tennessee-based business distributes and assembles shoe cover dispensers, removers and shoe covers. GE Capital led the financing for the transaction. Riverside was advised by Jones Day and KPMG.
Semmle has secured a $8 million series A investment, led by Accel Partners. Semmle provides a business analytics platform to manage the software development process.
Docker has raised $40 million in series C funding. Sequoia has backed the business. Docker is an open platform for developers and system administrators to build, ship, and run distributed applications.
Z Capital Partners has expanded its investment team. Thomas P. Wicky has been appointed managing director and operating partner and Matthew D. Kane has been named director and deputy general counsel.