Johnson & Johnson and Mayo Clinic both invested in DayTwo, the developer of a microbiome health management app, with the latter set to expand its research partnership with the startup.
Month: June 2017
Youku Tudou helps show Yinhekuyu series B funding
Online video producer Yinhekuyu Media has raised $29.4m in a series B round that included Youku Tudou, one of the Alibaba subsidiaries with which it will partner for new shows.
Auth0 verfies $30m series C
Auth0, which produces software that helps businesses manage identity verification, has welcomed NTT Docomo Ventures and Telstra Ventures as new investors.
Riskified wraps up series C at $33m
Capital One Growth Ventures and existing investor Phoenix Insurance backed a round that took the fraud prevention software provider’s total funding to $64m.
McManus promoted to head Motorola Solutions VC
Brad McManus had been investment director for Motorola Solutions Venture Capital and was selected as a Global Corporate Venturing Rising Star in January.
ChargePoint closes series G round at $125m
EV charging network ChargePoint’s Daimler-led series G was increased from $106m to $125m, with existing investor and strategic partner Siemens joining the round.
Corporates boost Cathay Innovation fund to $320m
Private equity firm Cathay Capital has closed its first Cathay Innovation fund with backing from BNP Paribas Cardif, ADP, Artemis, Joyoung, SEB, Michelin, Total and Valeo.
ProSiebenSat.1 sells media-for-equity assets
The media company has sold ad-for-equity stakes in 16 portfolio companies to private equity firm Lexington Partners for about $57m.
Glooko looks up corporates to raise $35m
Samsung and Medtronic returned to back a $35m round for diabetes patient monitoring technology developer Glooko that included Insulet and Mayo Clinic.
Catalant canters to $41m round
GE Ventures contributed to a $41m capital injection for Catalant, with the money split into a series D round and the expansion of an existing debt facility.
Mersana makes $75m in IPO
The cancer drug conjugate developer floated in the middle of its range, in an offering that provided exits to Takeda subsidiary Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer.
Schroeder joins Tyson Foods
Reese Schroeder has joined food producer Tyson’s new corporate venturing run by Mary Kay James. By email, Schroeder, a member of Global Corporate Venturing’s Powerlist 2017 and winner of its Lifetime Achievement award for services to the venture industry, said: “I have joined Tyson New Ventures [as managing director] and am now working for Mary… Continue reading Schroeder joins Tyson Foods
Corporates help send $9m to Sentiance
Mobile data analysis technology developer Sentiance took its total funding to more than $17m in a round featuring KPN Ventures and Samsung Catalyst Fund.
TechSee takes $7.5m in series A round
Comdata and Innogy both invested as the customer support technology developer closed a series A round that will fund market penetration and technology enhancement.