The open-source data management platform has raised funding in a Battery Ventures-led round that included returning investor Bloomberg Beta.
Month: September 2016
Nav scores $25m in Experian-led round
Experian led the series B round as part of a strategic partnership agreement, taking the credit report service’s overall funding to more than $32m.
Linio picks up $55m
The Latin American e-commerce marketplace, which counts Access Industries and Tengelmann as investors, raised the cash from Liv Capital, Northgate Capital and Kinnevik.
GE Healthcare launches $50m accelerator
Five.eight has been launched by GE’s medical technology division to help develop affordable care technology, and will invest up to $5m in each participant.
Corporates accelerate $4m Viisa fund
Hanwha Group, FPT Corporation, BIDV and Dragon Capital will launch an accelerator next March armed with a $4m fund aimed at Vietnam-based startups.
FinanceFox tracks down $28m
Salesforce has returned to back a $28m series A round for the insurance technology producer, having led a $5.5m seed round in January this year.
BrightFarms crops up again with $30m
Tengelmann-backed BrightFarms has nearly doubled its total funding to approximately $56m following a $30.1m series C round led by Catalyst Investors.
Google Capital reserves space in $850m Airbnb round
The corporate venturing unit reportedly co-led the round with Technology Crossover Ventures at a $30bn valuation, bringing Airbnb’s overall funding to $3.25bn.
KPMG attracts partners for Digital Village
Infocomm Investments and logistics service provider YCH have agreed to collaborate with KPMG’s Singapore incubator, Digital Village.
Genetron engineers series B round
Vcanbio Cell & Gene Engineering has led a funding round of undisclosed size for the China-based oncology genomics technology developer.
Farmer’s Edge reaps $14m
The agriculture data technology developer had raised funding in a January round co-led by Mitsui.
Bertelsmann spices up Pepperfry’s $32m series E
India-based lifestyle e-commerce company Pepperfry has attracted Rs2.1bn ($32m) from existing investors including Bertelsmann India Investments, the local corporate venturing subsidiary of media conglomerate Bertelsmann, the Economic Times reported yesterday. Norwest Venture Partners, the venture capital firm sponsored by financial services provider Wells Fargo, also returned for the round, as did investment bank Goldman Sachs… Continue reading Bertelsmann spices up Pepperfry’s $32m series E
Centec connects to $47m in series E round
China Electronics Corporation, the telecom equipment maker that led Centec’s series D round, has returned for a round that took its total funding to $77m.
Artios finds pathway to $33m series A
The cancer therapy startup has closed $33.2m in series A funding from investors including AbbVie, Merck Group and Arix Bioscience.