Daily funding roundup - September 7th, 2018

Kristin Karaoglu · September 7, 2018 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/4c11

Scipher Medicine raised $10M led by Khosla Ventures; Allogen Therapeutics raised $120M


Pani Systems: Based in Austin, Pani Systems is building smart-home appliances that help utilities and consumers measure, monitor, and repurpose water. Fusing innovative hardware, software, big data and machine learning, Pani Systems help people become more mindful consumers of water and increase water resiliency through behavioral and technological innovation. Pani Systems has raised $1M in seed round financing. Read more »

Allogene Therapeutics: Allogene Therapeutics is a biotechnology company with a mission to catalyze the next revolution in cancer treatment through the development of allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy directed at blood cancers and solid tumors.  Allogene Therapeuticshas raised $120M to develop the next generation of CAR-T therapies. Read more »

Scipher Medicine: Scipher Medicine, a four-year-old, Waltham, Ma.-based developer of a molecular technology platform that can predict if a patient will respond to a particular drug therapy, has raised Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures. The company has now raised $10 million altogether. Read more »

SkyX: SkyX is a Canadian company that builds vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles. The SkyX Unmanned Aircraft System is the ideal platform for capturing data – ranging from infrastructure inspection to detecting hydrocarbon leaks – with great accuracy and at a reduced cost relative to manned aircraft. SkyX raises $9.5M in Almond Tree-led Series B round. Read more »

Pani Systems: Based in Austin, Pani Systems is building smart-home appliances that help utilities and consumers measure, monitor, and repurpose water. Fusing innovative hardware, software, big data and machine learning, Pani Systems help people become more mindful consumers of water and increase water resiliency through behavioral and technological innovation. Pani Systems has raised $1M in seed round financing. Read more »

MarketDial: MarketDial offers retail companies the ability to create and analyze A/B tests. , Salt Lake City, Ut.-based cloud-based software company has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding led by Crosslink Capital. Read more »

Twentyeight-Seven: Twentyeight-Seven develops small molecules that can modulate levels of miRNAs by targeting proteins that interact with these miRNAs. Twentyeight-Seven Therapeutics Launches with a $65 Million Series A funding. Founding investor MPM Capital and Novartis Venture Fund co-led the financing. Read more »

Jammber: Jammber provides music technologies, simplifying paperwork and payment processes without encroaching on the creative process. Chicago based company raised $2.3Mon September 7, 2018. Read more »

Lumen: Lumen is the first ever app-only dating platform for over 50s. They have a big focus on safety and honesty, because Lumen know that those are things which users value, but equally they understand that they are still active and fun. London based startup raised £3.5M in seed funding. Read more »

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