The United Internet-backed communication and productivity software developer has added $24.9m to its coffers in order to increase recruitment.
Month: October 2017
Andela devises $40m series C round
Salesforce Ventures and GV both took part in a series C round for Andela, the developer of an African IT recruitment platform, taking its total funding to more than $80m.
Attivo attends to $21m series C
The Macnica-backed cybersecurity software developer has raised $21m in funding from existing investors, just five months after closing its series B round.
Petuum pins down $93m
SoftBank led the machine learning techology startup’s series B round, which comes less than a year after its $15m Tencent-backed series A.
SoftBank helps put $164m in Mapbox
Mpabox, a location services provider for app developers, took its total funding to nearly $230m with a series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund.
Ross Intelligence motions for series A
Comcast Ventures’ Catalyst Fund has backed the legal research software developer’s $8.7m series A round as it looks to expand into new practice areas and product lines.
Akatsuki equips entertainment tech fund with $50m
Akatsuki Entertainment Technology Fund will target entertainment technology startups, with an initial focus on augmented reality.
Microsoft to meet AI startups in $3.5m competition
Microsoft has joined Madrona Venture Group, Notion Capital and Vertex Ventures to launch a contest for early-stage AI startups called Innovate.AI with a total prize pot of $3.5m.
Avizia carries away Carena
Avizia has acquired Carena, which counted McKesson, Cambia Health Solutions and Catholic Health Initiatives as investors, to form a diverse telehealth platform.
Bill.com rings up $100m
JPMorgan Chase and Temasek co-led a round that increased the Amex-backed business payment processor’s total funding to $230m.
Google picks up Tiny Garage
The internet company has bought Tiny Garage Labs, the Bloomberg Beta-backed developer of podcasting app 60dB, and will bring its team in-house.
Spero spies opening in public markets
Bacterial infection treatment developer Spero Therapeutics has filed to raise up to $86.3m in an initial public offering that will enable a host of corporates to exit.
New Oriental pores over strategic funds
Education services provider New Oriental Education and Technology is looking to invest more than $300m in education startups and another $1.5bn in larger deals.
HelloFresh dishes out IPO plans
The Rocket Internet and Vorwerk-backed meal kit subscription service has confirmed it is seeking $295m to $355m in proceeds from a Frankfurt Stock Exchange flotation.