State Street Corporation has invested $38.5m in Bertelsmann-backed e-commerce platform Pepperfry, taking its total funding to almost $200m.
Month: March 2018
Atomwise finds corporates for $45m series A
The biotechnology research platform developer has closed a round co-led by Monsanto Growth Ventures that included Tencent and Baidu.
Ecobee sets $61m for series C close
Amazon Alexa Fund made its second investment in the smart thermostat developer, which has now raised $146m altogether.
Prevail completes $75m series A process
Neurodegenerative disease startup Prevail Therapeutics has raised series A funding from backers including Alexandria Venture Investments.
Humacyte fixes $75m series C
Humacyte, an Access Industries-backed developer of tissue-based biological repair technology, has now raised $290m in financing in total.
Mars Petcare to adopt startups with $100m fund
The pet food and health product maker has formed a corporate venturing fund called Companion Fund and an accelerator dubbed Leap.
Analysis: Salesforce to exit Dropbox in upcoming IPO
Salesforce is expecting to exit the file storage and sharing platform Dropbox, which filed for an IPO after having raised more than $1.7bn in debt and equity financing.
News round up 26 March 2018
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News round up 19 March 2018
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Analysis: Magic Leap jumps to $960m series D round
Augmented reality technology developer Magic Leap closed a series D round at over $960m, featuring a host of corporate investors like Google, Alibaba, Axel Springer and Grupo Globo.
Israel: corporate venturing and its innovation scene
Just ahead of our first ever Global Corporate Venturing Israel event in Tel Aviv this week, we are offering our readers a brief data overview on the innovation scene in Israel which has managed to attract corporate venturers from around the globe.
Corporate venturing deal net: 5-9 March 2018
Real estate services provider Cushman & Wakefield has contributed to a $5m seed round for Bowery Valuation, a US-based developer of commercial property appraisal software, Real Estate Weekly reported on Wednesday. Bowery, which raised $1.75m in funding from investors including Camber Creek, a subsidiary of property developer Berman Enterprises, as well as Corigin Ventures, LeFrak,… Continue reading Corporate venturing deal net: 5-9 March 2018
News round up 12 March 2018
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SolarisBank charges to $70m series B
The round included Visa, BBVA, SBI Group, ABN Amro’s Digital Impact Fund and Bertelsmann’s Arvato Financial Solutions subsidiary.