Semiconductor product makers MediaTek and Xilinx were among the participants in an eight-digit round for deep learning technology developer DeePhi Tech.
Month: May 2017
Casper to bed down with Target
Target had reportedly offered $1bn to buy Casper but will instead lead a large-sized round for the online mattress seller, which has so far raised $70m.
Cloudwise smartens up with $26m
The cloud-based performance management software developer has now raised more than $56m in total after closing an SIG-backed series C round.
Distil beams up Are You A Human
Online identity verification platform Are You A Human has been acquired by Distil Networks, allowing corporate venturing unit MDC Dream Ventures to exit.
Brit + Co brings in $15m
Verizon Ventures led a series C round that included existing backers Intel and DMGT, and which took the female-focused online media company’s total funding to $45m.
True North heads to Bioverativ in $400m acquisition
Bioverativ could end up paying $825m for rare disease drug developer True North, which had raised $142m from backers including GlaxoSmithKline, Biogen Idec, Baxter and Baxalta.
Flipkart nears cut-price Snapdeal acquisition
SoftBank, already a 33% shareholder, has reportedly acquired the stakes of three other Snapdeal board members, and Flipkart has signed a term sheet to buy it for a price that could be under $1bn.
GCV Symposium 2017: New directions in low carbon power, energy venturing and partnering
The two-part discussion spanned yesterday and today, and featured speakers from BP, Schlumberger and Emerald Technology Ventures among others.
Sea secretly files for $1bn IPO
Tencent, JG Summit and Uni-President Enterprises are set to record exits as Sea, the internet services firm formerly known as Garena, files confidentially to float in the US.
GCV Symposium 2017: Day 1 review
Helping entrepreneurs scale up and globalise.
KeepTruckin logs $18m in funding
GV, which led the electronic distance logging app developer’s seed round in 2013, has come back to invest in its latest round, which took the company’s total funding to $28m.
GCV Symposium 2017: Sector Focus – Advanced Manufacturing
Representatives from ABB Technology Ventures and Magna International were among the speakers discussing the trends in advanced manufacturing.
Cheddar chases down $19m
Comcast returned to back the business programming network’s latest round, which welcomed AT&T, Amazon, Altice USA, New York Stock Exchange and Broadway Video as new investors.
CreativeLive shows class to raise $25m
The video-assisted arts and entrepreneurship education platform has now raised almost $60m since 2010, securing funding in a round featuring CAA and RELX.