CEO Rahul Sood confirmed Tabcorp’s investment in the eSports startup, which launched its platform in partnership with the gambling business this week.
Month: May 2015
Record companies harpoon Grooveshark
The settlement in a long-running legal battle with nine record companies has led the Intel-backed music service to close down.
SingTel-backed Flocations travels to Venture Republic
Singapore Telecommunications has exited travel e-commerce company Flocations, which raised almost $600,000 in 2012, through an acquisition by Venture Republic Group.
Rocana analyses $15m series B
Google Ventures led the big data analytics company’s second funding round, after backing its $4.4m series A last year.
Warby Parker sees unicorn status after $100m round
The American Express-backed eyewear manufacturer will use the proceeds from its series D round, raised at a $1.2bn valuation, to expand its brick-and-mortar stores.
Digital Garage banks on MX
The financial management software provider has raised $30m in a series A round that followed a $20m seed round secured in November 2014.
Corporates help treat Mirna to $41.8m series D
Pfizer, Celgene and Baxter were among the investors in the cancer drug developer’s latest round, boosting its funding to $93m in total.
FoodPanda chows down on $100m
Goldman Sachs led the Rocket Internet-backed online food delivery service’s series F round, increasing its overall funding to almost $320m.
Sanofi sets MyoKardia’s heart fluttering for $46m series B
US-based drug developer MyoKardia closed its series B round yesterday, raising $46m from investors including pharmaceutical company Sanofi. Casdin Capital, Cormorant Asset Management, Perceptive Life Sciences, BridgeBio, an unnamed affiliate of Cowen Group and an undisclosed public investment fund also participated in the funding round. MyoKardia is developing treatments for genetic heart diseases, and will… Continue reading Sanofi sets MyoKardia’s heart fluttering for $46m series B