The data protection company has now secured about $130m in total, adding Siemens and Massachusetts Mutual to investors already including GE Pension Trust.
Month: December 2015
LoopMe ties up $7m
Holtzbrinck Ventures was among the investors in a round closed by the mobile video advertising company as it announced it has reached profitability.
2015 round up: Tencent
The internet portal invested heavily in food delivery, ride hailing and ticketing as it seeked to build out the services linked to its extremely popular WeChat messaging app.
Kaiser Permanente records Vidyo investment
Kaiser Permanente has invested $10m in the communications platform as part of a $15m round that lifted its total funding to $163m.
Corporates connect to $21m Luxembourg ICT fund
Satellite provider SES has signed an agreement with the Luxembourg government to establish a €19.2m ($21m) seed fund aimed at the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Post Capital, the investment unit of conglomerate Post Luxembourg, telecommunications firm Proximus, financial services firms BIL and SNCI, law firm Arendt & Medernach and financial technology hub BHS… Continue reading Corporates connect to $21m Luxembourg ICT fund
Yunjiazheng sweeps up $12m
China-based home cleaning services provider Yunjiazheng has closed a $12m series B round led by SIG China, the local subsidiary of trading and technology firm Susquehanna International Group, China Money Network reported yesterday. SIG was joined in the round by venture capital firm Blue Run Ventures. Founded in 2010, Yunjiazheng has built a platform that… Continue reading Yunjiazheng sweeps up $12m
AmEx verifies $15m Trulioo series B
Trulioo, a US-based developer of identify verification software, has raised $15m in a series B round featuring payment processing service American Express’ corporate venturing subsidiary American Express Ventures. BDC Capital, the investment vehicle of state-owned financial services firm Business Development Bank of Canada, and venture capital firms Blumberg Capital and Tenfore Holdings also participated in… Continue reading AmEx verifies $15m Trulioo series B
Housejoy makes itself at home with $22m
Amazon has led a $22.5m series B round for Housejoy that included Qualcomm, and which followed $4m of series A funding in June.
Bastien fortifies Siemens Venture Capital
Peter Bastien has left Toyota Tsusho USA where he oversaw strategy and business development to become principal at Siemens’ corporate venturing unit.
Slack to communicate with startups through $80m fund
The messaging platform has provided more than half the funding, with the rest coming from its investors, and aims to build up an ecosystem around its app.
Logistics startup Holisol picks up $10m
Financial services firm CLSA provided fresh funding for DataVision Systems-backed Holisol, which will help the logistics company open additional warehouses.
Video subscription platform iFlix targets $150m
The Southeast Asian company aims to follow a $30m PLDT-backed round with $150m in growth funding and could target other telecoms investors.
2015 round up: SoftBank
SoftBank is winding down corporate venturing vehicle SoftBank Capital in favour of fewer, bigger investments as it looks to replicate its Alibaba investment.
Infosys discusses 500 Startups funding role
VC firm 500 Startups is currently in the process of raising $200m for its fourth global fund, and could secure IT services provider Infosys as a limited partner.