Ambrx, which agreed an acquisition last year by a Fosun Pharma and WuXi PharmaTech-backed consortium, has secured funding from investors including Fosun, Sinopharm and Humanwell.
Month: August 2016
HNA enters RocketSpace with $336m investment
HNA Group’s funding will enable the San Francisco-headquartered accelerator expand its tech campuses into China and beyond.
Go-Jek zooms to $550m fundraise
Rakuten-backed Go-Jek operates a range of on-demand services apps that have been downloaded more than 20 million times in total by its Indonesian customers.
Agrium helps Finistere grow $150m Fund II
Finistere Ventures has welcomed the agribusiness to an LP syndicate already containing Bayer as part of the agriculture technology fund it is raising.
Hearst and Fitch team up for fintech fund
Financial data provider Fitch Group is collaborating with Hearst Media’s business division on Financial Venture Fund, which will invest in financial information, services and technology startups.
Ceros contents itself with $8m
The interactive content creation platform has now raised about $16.5m in total, securing $8m in a CNF Investments-backed series B round.
Roche books room with Viewics in $10.5m round
Roche’s corporate venturing unit co-led the latest round to be closed by the healthcare analytics provider, which will be used for product development.
Intuit reaches Townsquared for $11m series B
Enterprise software firm Intuit co-led the small business networking platform’s latest round, sized at $11.05m, making $16.4m it has raised in the past year.
Chang leaves SoftBank for Eight Roads
Joe Chang, a partner at SoftBank China Venture Capital, has left for a similar role in the China office of Fidelity subsidiary Eight Roads Ventures.
Yieldbot goes forward for $35m
KBS-backed advertising analytics platform developer Yieldbot has raised more than $63m altogether, and will now consider strategic acquisitions.
Jet enters talks to land at Wal-Mart
Alibaba and Alphabet-backed e-commerce platform Jet, which raised money at a $1bn valuation in November, could be acquired by Wal-Mart for up to $3bn.
Time Warner does the Hulu with $583m investment
The media conglomerate now owns 10% of television streaming service Hulu, the rest being jointly held by Walt Disney, Comcast and 21st Century Fox.
Treskow follows path to Eight Roads
Michael Treskow has left Accel Partners for a position at the London office of Eight Roads Ventures, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity.
Apptimize passes series B test with $12.4m
The app testing platform developer has now raised $18.5m altogether, having been backed at seed stage by Alphabet subsidiary GV.