The baby and maternal product platform, a spin-out from e-commerce company Mizhe, has closed a second IDG-backed round in less than six months.
Month: January 2015
Jabbar jumps into Hopscotch series B
The babycare and children products online retailer has raised $11m in a round featuring Jabbar Internet Group.
Kaminario increases series E capacity
The round, already oversubscribed when it first closed in December 2014 at $53m, has been expanded to $68m.
Xiaomi tunes into Lizhi.fm’s series C
Lizhi.fm, the China-based developer of an online radio and podcasting app, has secured $20m in a series C round backed by smartphone maker Xiaomi, China Money Network reported on Friday. Venture capital firms Shunwei Capital, Matrix Partners and Morningside Ventures also participated in the round. Matrix and Morningside previously invested in Lizhi’s $10m series B… Continue reading Xiaomi tunes into Lizhi.fm’s series C
Big Deal: SpaceX rockets to $1bn
The space exploration company raised $1bn from a Google-backed round that it closed in the same week as rounds from satellite companies OneWeb and Planet Labs.
News round-up 27 January 2015
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Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 19-23 January 2015
E-commerce company Alibaba made a series B investment in Visualead, an Israel-based developer of scannable QR codes for everyday objects, on Tuesday reported to be $5m by Geektime. Visualead previously received $1.6m in 2013 from Kaedan Capital and Entrée Capital, after Kaeden has supplied a reported $750,000 for Visualead’s seed round. China-based online travel community… Continue reading Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 19-23 January 2015
Lockheed Martin funds UK cybersecurity hub
The aerospace company has provided $375,000 for the project, which will help develop the UK’s cybersecurity startup sector.
Orange forms $23m corporate venturing fund
Orange Digital Ventures will fund early-stage companies in the telecommunications and digital technology sectors.
Innovent pulls in $100m
Legend Holdings joined existing backers including Eli Lilly, Fidelity Biosciences and Fidelity for drug developer Innovent’s series C
Harman sees Red Bend in $170m acquisition
Financial services firm Poalim has exited the connected device software provider after audio equipment producer Harman bought it in a cash and share deal.
ARM exits Annapurna Labs in $370m acquisition
Amazon has reportedly agreed to buy the ARM-backed semiconductor technology developer, which was still in stealth, to boost its Amazon Web Services division.
Box to raise $175m from long-awaited IPO
The corporate-backed online content management company will float above its range today, after raising nearly $600m in venture capital.
Fastback goes forward with $15m series C
Juniper Networks has made its third investment in Fastback, contributing to a series C round that took its total funding to $41m since 2011.