Bertelsmann-backed Mo9 raised an eight-figure dollar round from undisclosed backers.
Month: August 2014
China Life Insurance invests $250m in TPG
The state-owned insurer will take a stake in the firm, which runs two venture capital units, sized at between 2% and 5%.
Line forms $100m gaming fund
The instant messaging company announced the fund at the same time as it took a 10% stake in game developer Gumi.
OpenSignal tracks $4m for series A round
OpenSignal, which allows mobile phone users to find the best signal providers in their area, has raised $4m in a Qualcomm and O’Reilly Media-backed series A round.
Memblaze stores $20m in series C funding
Memory card producer Memblaze has raised $20m in a series C round featuring the Asia-focused investment arm of publisher Bertelsmann.
Vectra Networks arms itself with $25m
Intel and Juniper Networks participated in the round as new investors, taking the cybersecurity company’s overall funding to approximately $43m.
Schematic Labs in Rhapsody after acquisition
Softbank, Google and AOL all exited the music recommendation app after it was bought by online radio service Rhapsody for an undisclosed sum.
Sinagpore Press makes Smaato decision for $25m series E
The mobile advertising platform provider Smaato has now raised $40m in total and will invest the funds in improving its automated advertising system.
Bitglass fills up with $25m series B
SingTel was among the backers for the data protection company’s series B round, which lifted its total funding to $35m.
OPT chooses to invest $146m in corporate venturing
OPT plans to invest in adtech, edtech, e-commerce and cloud services start-ups over three years as it grows its portfolio to 100 companies.
Roche acquires pharmaceutical company Santaris for $450m
Santaris, which is developing drugs based around locked nucleic acid technology, has been bought for $450m, providing an exit to investors including Novo.
Intel mobilises Navita funding
Intel Capital has made its first investment in Brazil this year, purchasing a stake in mobile management platform Navita for an undisclosed fee.
Start-ups in Telstra accelerator secure additional funding
Three start-ups in the inaugural Muru-D accelerator programme have received funding from SYD Ventures to go with the capital supplied by Telstra.
Taboola finds the perfect fit for advertisers with acquisition
Taboola acquired the Comcast and Tribune-backed marketing software company in order to include advertisements alongside its current content discovery platform.