The ophthalmology-focused drug developer, which is backed by pharmaceutical company Novo, plans to use the money to further test its lead product candidate.
Month: October 2017
Insurers back new Hartford accelerator
Cigna, The Hartford, White Mountains and Travelers and USAA are partnering an insurtech startup accelerator set up by Startupbootcamp.
Karapataki carries herself to BEV
Christina Karapataki, formerly a venture principal for Schlumberger Technology Investments, has taken an investor role at venture fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
BrickVest banks series A funding
The online real estate investment platform has formed a strategic partnership with Berlin Hyp, which led the $11.8m round.
Spotcap lends itself to new funding
The Rocket Internet-backed online lender has secured $25.8m in equity and debt financing from existing backers, and revealed it has issued more than $140m in credit to SMEs.
HelloFresh spruces up IPO plans
Rocket Internet-backed HelloFresh had filed for a $332m offering in 2015 but halted the plans a month later.
21Buttons fixes $10m series A round
The fashion e-commerce app developer has raised funding in a Mediaset and Banco Sabadell-backed round as it looks to expand into new international territories.
Flexport flags Wells Fargo in $110m round
The freight management software provider, which counts Bloomberg Beta and GV as investors, has confirmed its DST-led series C round, which included Wells Fargo.
MongoDB modifies IPO terms
The open-source database platform developer will raise $160m if it floats at the top of its range, with Intel, Dell, Red Hat and Salesforce set to exit.
Ace Hardware gobbles up The Grommet
Hardware retailer Ace has acquired the Rakuten-backed e-commerce platform to serve as an e online discovery platform for its business.
Slice Labs pieces together series A funding
XL Innovate co-led an $11.6m round for the cloud insurance platform that included Sompo Japan and Munich Re/HSB Ventures, and which will fund geographic growth.
Altibbi gets $6.5m cash injection
The digital health platform has raised $6.5m in a round backed by Al Rashed and Sons unit Rimco Investments, and will use the funding for regional expansion.
Corporate venturing deal net: 2-6 October 2017
OSF Ventures, the strategic investment arm of care provider OSF HealthCare, has supplied an undisclosed amount of funding for US-based medical information platform PatientWisdom, the companies announced on Tuesday. PatientWisdom had raised almost $3.4m of a $4.9m round as of September 21, according to a regulatory filing that did not reveal whether OSF was one… Continue reading Corporate venturing deal net: 2-6 October 2017
Brazil Corporate Venture: quick graph summary
Last week the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, Apex-Brasil, and Global Corporate Venturing ran once again the Corporate Venture in Brasil conference to develop corporate venture capital in Brasil.