Abbott has contributed to the $18m second tranche of diabetes management technology developer Bigfoot Biomedical’s latest round.
Month: March 2018
Branch International banks $70m
The emerging markets-focused online lender has raised debt and equity financing in a series B round featuring CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund.
Tempest storms to $70m series B
Proceeds from the round, which included Lilly Asia Ventures, will be used to advance Tempest Therapeutics’ lead enzyme inhibitor into the clinic.
Kloudless clubs investors together for $6m
Alibaba Taiwan Entrepreneurs Fund was among the participants as the integration software developer secured series A funding.
NBCUniversal helps scare up funding for Crypt TV
Crypt TV has raised $6.2m in funding from backers including NBCUniversal, which first invested in the horror video platform a year ago.
Remesh gets $10m answer to funding question
The market research platform developer, a graduate of Barclays Accelerator, has now raised almost $14m altogether after securing series A cash.
Unchained Labs tools up to secure $17m
Novo Ventures, an investor in the biological research tool producer since its series A round, returned for a series D that took its total funding to $86m.
Advanced camera producer Lytro shutters business
Lytro, which had raised more than $200m from investors including Qualcomm, Foxconn and Huayi Brothers, has closed.
Canopy accounts for Wells Fargo to raise $30m
Wells Fargo Strategic Capital has contributed to a $30m round for the tax and accountancy software platform, doubling its total funding.
Strider reaches Syngenta
Qualcomm Ventures has exited agricultural management platform developer Strider in an acquisition of undisclosed size by Syngenta.
SoftBank’s Misra surrenders Snapdeal board seat
Kabir Misra, one of the corporate’s two representatives on Snapdeal’s board of directors since early 2017, is stepping down.
AAF kicks off with media backing
New media companies Chernin Group and Macro Ventures have invested in the fledgling Alliance of American Football, which has raised a sub-$10m sum.
Corporate venturing deal net: 26-29 March 2018
US-based stream processing software startup Fastdata.io received $5m on Tuesday in a seed round co-led by venture capital firm Pelion Venture Partners and seed-stage investor CrossCut that included graphics processing technology provider Nvidia. Fastdata raised $1.5m from Nvidia’s corporate venturing unit, Nvidia GPU Ventures, and undisclosed other investors in May 2017, and the latest funding… Continue reading Corporate venturing deal net: 26-29 March 2018
Arraiy arrives with $10m
SoftBank Ventures co-led the special effects software developer’s series A round, which included another corporate venturing unit, Dentsu Ventures.