Maryanna Saenko has departed from Airbus Ventures, where she was an investment partner, to take a senior associate position at venture capital firm DFJ.
Month: April 2017
Zinc shows mettle to raise $11m
GE Ventures led the enterprise communication platform’s second round, which included funding from fellow corporate VC unit Hearst Ventures.
ClearData claims $12m
The healthcare data platform developer has raised new funding from the six investors in its last round, including Merck Global Health Innovation Fund.
G1 goes for $115m IPO
The oncology drug developer has raised $92.5m in VC funding, $11.5m of which came from MedImmune Ventures, the CVC unit that now owns a 16.7% stake.
Moat to form part of Oracle’s structure
Oracle has agreed to acquire Moat, which had raised $67m since 2010 from backers including SoftBank Capital, for a reported $850m.
CanSino raises $65m from high rollers
Existing investor Lilly Asia Ventures returned to take part in a round that will support the late stage development and commercialisation of four vaccine candidates.
Illumina increases CVC fund to $189m
The genomics technology producer has boosted the size of the corporate venture capital unit it announced in April last year from $100m to $189m with a $250m ceiling.
Qiang Sen quickens pace to series B
Qiang Sen has welcomed back series A investor Legend Capital for a $14.5m round that will fund the expansion of its chain of community healthcare clinics.
Corporates monitor PocTech for $14.5m round
Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceutical and Legend Holdings are among the investors in a series B round for wearable medical device maker Zhejiang PocTech Medical.
Lyndra gets a $23m dose of capital
Lyndra, which is developing a slow-release oral medication platform, has closed a series A round featuring Partners Healthcare as it prepares to begin human trials.
Vestagen clothes itself in new funding
Northwell Health has invested in the protective textile developer, which has reached the first close of a $10m round.
Katerra assembles $130m series C round
The Foxconn-backed end-to-end construction services provider has emerged from stealth with $220m, $130m of which was just raised at a $1bn+ valuation.
Grofers and BigBasket enter merger talks
SoftBank, already an investor in Grofers, would look to invest in a round of up to $100m for the merged company, should the Indian online grocery retailers come to an agreement.
Zhuan Zhuan to spin out with $200m from Tencent
Tencent has agreed to invest $200m in the mobile used goods marketplace, which is being spun out by another of its portfolio companies, classified listings platform 58.com.