Publicis Groupe will provide between $11,000 and $550,000 to 90 startups through the #Publicis90 scheme in a bid to celebrate its 90th birthday.
Month: July 2016
Everplans shows where there’s a will there’s funding
Online will creation platform Everplans has secured $6.4m in series A funding from backers including insurers Transamerica, Aegon and Reinsurance Group of America.
Network Locum prescribes series B cash injection
BGF Ventures, funded by several financial services firms, has helped the doctor sourcing platform close about $7m in funding.
Simply Hired joins Recruit’s job search stable
Recruit Holdings has acquired IDG and Fox Interactive-backed job listings platform Simply Hired and will partner it with existing subsidiary Indeed.
Kin Community takes in corporates for series D funding
Tengelmann unit Emil Capital led the female-focused digital media company’s latest round, which also included strategic partners Corus, Allure and Tegna.
Curefit warms up with $15m
The preventative health app developer was only incorporated two months ago but has already raised $15m in an IDG Ventures-backed series A round.
Klik & Pay grinds out Paymill acquisition
Rocket Internet-backed online payment technology provider Paymill has been bought by Klik & Pay for an undisclosed amount, three months after it filed for insolvency.
HourlyNerd welcomes back GE for $22m series C
The business expertise connection platform has closed a round that increased its funding to more than $33m altogether.
Darktrace detects investors to raise $65m
The SoftBank and Indosat-founded SB Isat fund was among the investors in a round that valued the cybersecurity software producer at more than $440m.
BookMyShow admits Network18 to $81m round
The media company reinvested as part of a funding round that valued the India-based online ticketing platform at more than $440m.
Swiss Re helps Digi.me compile series A funding
Personal data disclosure platform Digi.me has secured $6.1m in a round led by reinsurer Swiss Re.
DV01 secures $7.5m in seed financing
The lending markets analytics platform raised the money in a round led by diversified holding company Leucadia National Corporation alongside the launch of its first product.
Israel Biotech Fund picks Vidac as first investment
IBF, backed by Biogen and Medison, has led an $8m series A round for small-molecule drug developer Vidac Pharma, which has an actinic keratosis treatment in phase 2 trials.
What3words maps out $8.5m round
Aramex led a series B round forWhat3words which also featured Intel Capital, the lead investor in the mapping system developer’s November 2015 series A.