The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): John Doherty, Verizon Ventures
Month: May 2017
Readly raids corporates for series B funding
Sweden-based media subscription service Readly has secured €13m ($14.6m) in a series B round that included media company Channel 4’s Commercial Growth Fund. The round also featured Aggregate Media Fund, the VC fund backed by Sweden-headquartered corporates including Bonnier Media, as well as funds managed by Zouk Capital and Hermes GPE. Readly operates a service… Continue reading Readly raids corporates for series B funding
Rakuten backs From Scratch in series C round
Digital marketing technology provider From Scratch has raised $28.4m in a Rakuten Ventures-backed round that took its overall funding to more than $40m.
Mocana makes more money
GE Ventures has invested in IoT security technology provider Mocana as part of an $11m round that took the company’s overall funding to more than $93m.
Bupa heads raft of corporate accelerator schemes
Bupa’s Blue Table accelerator is one of a range of corporate startup initiatives to be launched in the past month, including those by Rabobank, Bosch, HPE and Sunway.
AccelFoods accepts Danone cash for $35m fund
Danone’s corporate venturing arm, Danone Ventures, has contributed to the second fund for AccelFoods, which was expanded to $35m in March.
ChargePoint absorbs $24m
The electric vehicle charging network’s latest round now totals $106m, after it added $24m to the $82m it closed from backers including Daimler and BMW in March.
Huya says hola to $75m
Online video platform YY has spun out livestreaming subsidiary Huya with a $75m series A round led by Ping An Insurance.
WuXi Healthcare Ventures goes to FrontLine for merger
WuXi PharmaTech’s corporate venturing arm will merge with VC firm Frontline BioVentures to create an investment firm with $800m of assets under management.
Karamba kills it with $12m series B
Automotive cybersecurity startup Karamba has collected $12m in series B capital from a consortium that included Liberty Mutual, Sumitomo and Asgent.
Simon goes to Appear Here in $12m round
Appear Here, a UK-based marketplace for short-term retail space, has closed a $12m series B round that featured Simon Venture Group, the corporate venturing unit of real estate business Simon Property Group. The round was led by Octopus Ventures and included Balderton Capital, MMC Ventures, Meyer Bergman and Playfair Capital. Rebecca Hunt, investment manager at… Continue reading Simon goes to Appear Here in $12m round
Softbank closes Vision fund at $93bn
Softbank has committed $28bn to its Vision Fund, including $8.2bn through the transfer of a 24.99% stake in its chip design subsidiary Arm.
Mode fashions $13m series B
Collaborative analytics technology Mode, whose clients include Lyft, Twitch and Shopify, has collected $13m from investors including RELX.
Capsule achieves lift off with $20m
Conglomerate Virgin Group has taken part in a $20m funding round in Capsule, which aims to simplify the delivery of medication.