Zurich Insurance Group has joined the many corporate partners of Startupbootcamp InsurTech and will supply resources as part of the collaboration.
Month: March 2017
BioClin clears $30m in series B funding
Novo-backed BioClin Therapeutics will put the funding toward advancing an antibody it is developing as a metastatic bladder cancer treatment through phase 1b/2 trials.
Gauss sees EyeYon through to new round
Corneal edema device developer EyeYon Medical has secured $6.5m in a round backed by strategic investor Gauss Medical.
Monsanto follows FarmLead to $6.5m series A
Online grain trading platform FarmLead has closed a Monsanto Growth Ventures-led round that will support its expansion from Canada to the US.
Autotalks speaks corporates’ language to raise $30m
Mitsui, Samsung, Liberty Interactive and Delek Motors all took part in a series D round that boosted the autonomous car chipset maker’s total funding to $70m.
Alibaba books in Damai acquisition
Alibaba, which already owned 32% of the online ticketing platform, has bought the remainder, giving an exit to Legend Capital in the process.
Haoeyou greets Hakim Unique for $40m series A
Hakim Unique Internet has led a funding round for Haoeyou, which operates a medical tourism service for Chinese patients wanting to access doctors in the US.
GE helps ship $8.5m to NYSHEX
Logistics platform operator New York Shipping Exchange has collected funding in a series A round co-led by GE Ventures and Goldman Sachs.
Corporates help plant $9m in Moneytree
Salesforce, SMBC, Mizuho Bank and Fukuoka Financial Group have backed asset management app developer Moneytree’s series B round.
Siegel to Align for board position
GE Ventures CEO Sue Siegel has joined orthodontic equipment and scanner producer Align Technology’s board of directors.
Hubert Burda’s CVC arm heads for Singapore
Albert Shyy has left Gree Ventures to run the newly opened Singapore office for the German media company’s corporate venturing subsidiary, Burda Principal Investments.
Beautycon looks good with $9m
New investor A+E Networks plans to seek out synergies with the fashion media, e-commerce and events company, which is also backed by AOL, Hearst and CAA.
Bayshore bags $11m in series A cash
Cybersecurity startup Bayshore Networks has completed an oversubscribed round backed by Yokogawa and Samsung Next Fund.
Avere files $14m series E
Google joined existing investors including Western Digital for a round that boosted the data storage provider’s total funding to $97m.