Intel Capital led the sports video platform’s series B round, which included the owners of the LA Dodgers, Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Cavaliers.
Month: September 2016
Celeno finds route to $38m
Cisco and Liberty Global returned to back a late-stage round for Celeno Communications, which provides chipsets for wifi routers and set top boxes.
Evonik makes Vivasure in $18m round
Vivasure Medical has closed an $18.3m series C round co-led by Evonik Venture Capital and will use the cash to commercialise its blood vessel closure device.
SoFi enters talks to raise $500m
The online finance platform, which has raised almost $1.6bn from investors including Renren and SoftBank, is looking to close the funding in the next few weeks.
Garena racks up more funding
Garena has added funding from SeaTown, Global Digital Prima Venture and Mistletoe to more than $500m previously raised from backers including Tencent.
NBC gets the scoop on VandeHei’s startup
Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei is preparing to launch a new, as-yet unnamed media company and has attracted $10m from investors including NBC News.
Best Logistics receives $760m funding package
Fosun and Alibaba-backed logistics firm Cainiao both participated in the funding, reportedly raised as Best Logistics prepares for a public listing.
Qualcomm Ventures hits Strider in $3m round
Pest management software startup Strider has secured series B funding that will help it expand from Brazil into the US.
Proclara gets $47m and a new identity
US-headquartered biotechnology company Proclara Biosciences closed a $47m series E round yesterday backed by Merieux Developpement, the strategic investment arm of healthcare technology provider Institut Mérieux. The round, which included undisclosed exiting investors, was announced as Proclara changed its name from NeuroPhage Pharmaceuticals. It increased the company’s overall funding to more than $110m. Proclara is… Continue reading Proclara gets $47m and a new identity
Moderna boosts its latest round to $474m
The round, which includes $140m from AstraZeneca, was announced alongside a Zika vaccine-related US government grant that could reach $125m in size.
Allergen makes RetroSense in $60m acquisition
Santen Pharmaceutical and Nerveda RetroSense have exited eye disease treatment developer RetroSense, which had raised about $12m in funding.
Dizzion spins to $6.4m A1 round
Corporate venturing unit Point B Capital returned for the series A1 round, closed by the computing services provider 18 months after its $3.9m series A.
Comcast gets a taste of Cheddar in $10m round
Live video broadcaster Cheddar has followed up $3m raised in January with a $10m round featuring Comcast Ventures, which will lend its distribution expertise.
DriveTribe revs up for $6.5m round
21st Century Fox has invested in DriveTribe, the platform for motoring enthusiasts co-founded by former Top Gear presenters that has now secured $13m in total.