The Alphabet-backed background checking service has raised $40m in funding after having been reported in October 2015 to be seeking at least $30m.
Month: March 2016
Corvus prices $70.5m IPO
Roche and Novo-backed Corvus Pharmaceuticals priced its IPO at the lower end of its range and raised $70.5m when it floated on Nasdaq yesterday.
Stratoscale measures out $27m
Qualcomm joined existing backers including Intel, Cisco and SanDisk for a series C round that pushed the data centre software provider’s total funding past $70m.
Novaon to grow with $5m fund
The Vietnam-based digital advertising company is using its Novaon Fund unit to expand its operations by incubating and investing in local startups.
Syntimmune lets in Baxalta in $10m raise
Baxalta’s corporate venturing unit contributed to the $10m second tranche of the autoimmune disease drug developer’s series A round, expected to close at $26m.
TMC goes HomeUnion in $16m round
Online property investment manager HomeUnion increased its overall funding to $23m in a series B round backed by TMC Group’s Tamarisc unit.
IDG goes for EZbuy in $20m series B
IDG Capital returned to reinvest in the Southeast Asia-based e-commerce company, which raised the cash as it rebranded from 65daigou.
Acutus shows heart with $75m series C
The heart imaging technology company took its overall funding to $135m in a round that included returning investor GE Ventures.
Domo upgrades series D round to $330m
Domo, backed by Salesforce and WPP, revealed the new funding at the same time as a $50m fund that will invest in technology relevant to its business data platform.
YTO Express to list in $2.7bn reverse merger
The logistics company, which received funding from Alibaba in may last year, will list in China through a reverse merger with garment producer Dalian Dayang Trands.
Sight Machine manufactures $13.5m series B
GE Ventures joined existing investor O’Reilly AlphaTech for a round that the manufacturing analytics company will spend on sales, marketing and product development.
Topas emerges from Evotec with $15.7m
Evotec has spun out Topas Therapeutics, which is working on treatments for conditions including MS, also contributing to a series A round.
Lippo reveals Grab investment
The conglomerate disclosed its earlier funding of the ride hailing app, formerly known as GrabTaxi, alongside the formation of an e-commerce delivery partnership.
Unilever explores Mirriad opportunities in $15m round
The in-video advertising technology producer will use the Unilever-backed round to scale its technology and form new content partnerships.