Series A backer Cisco returned for the real-time network control software developer’s series B round, which will support global growth.
Month: February 2016
Corporate-backed MassChallenge launches Swiss accelerator
MassChallenge, the US-based startup accelerator backed by partners including food and flavouring product manufacturers Nestlé, Givaudan and Bühler, has expanded into Europe with the launch of a Switzerland-based program. Building on experience across Boston, the UK, Israel and Mexico, MassChallenge is inviting startups from Switzerland, across Europe and the rest of the world to enter… Continue reading Corporate-backed MassChallenge launches Swiss accelerator
Simplex processes $7m for series A
The bitcoin payment processing startup has received funding from investors including bitcoin miner Cumberland and bitcoin hardware producer Bitmain.
Label Insight packages up $10m
KPMG’s corporate venturing unit led Label Insight’s series B round, which included Dunhummby and which took the product data provider’s total funding to $14m.
Bristow lands on Sky-Futures for $5.7m series B
Helicopter services firm Bristow invested $4.2m in the round as part of a partnership agreement, taking the drone inspection company’s funding to $9.5m in the past year.
Payleven racks up $10m in series D round
The mobile payment platform has now raised $51m in total, with Rocket Internet, Smart Communications and Holtzbrinck Ventures among its backers.
Waterline to rise with $16m
Data discovery platform developer Waterline Data has closed a series B round that included $4m from strategic partner Infosys.
DataRobot downloads $33m
Intel, Recruit and existing investor New York Life contributed to a series B round that took the machine learning software company’s overall funding to $57m.
Akatsuki starts IPO game
The mobile game studio raised $14m from Link and Motivation and Globis in 2014 and is now looking to go public in its home country of Japan.
Al Tayyar wades into $67m Wadi series A
E-commerce platform Wadi.com, founded by the Rocket Internet and MTN-backed Middle East Internet Group, has secured $67m in a round led by travel firm Al Tayyar.
BCC finds good Snapdeal in $200m round
Bennett Coleman & Co, the media conglomerate also known as Times Group, has taken part in round that valued e-commerce platform Snapdeal at up to $7bn.
Managing proprietary dealflow in the spotlight
We will be discussing managing deal flow in a webinar on Tuesday 23 February at 1800 CET with software provider Wellspring as well as providing a summary look at our 2015 GCV Analytics data.
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