BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures co-led an $11.5m seed round for the microtransit service provider, which has now raised $15m in total.
Month: March 2018
SoftBank makes DoorDash in $535m series D
The food delivery service is now valued at $1.4bn after raising cash in a SoftBank-led round that boosted its overall funding to $722m.
Continental Grain finds Perfect Day in series A
Continental Grain was among the investors in the vegan dairy protein developer’s $24.7m round, which was led by Temasek.
Inscripta details series C funding
US-based gene-editing technology developer Inscripta closed a $55.5m series C round on Wednesday co-led by Mérieux Développement, the investment arm of healthcare technology provider Institut Mérieux. Venture capital firm Paladin Capital co-led the round, which also featured Venrock, Foresite, MLS Capital and NanoDimension. Founded in 2015 as Muse Biotechnology, Inscripta’s offering enables researchers to engineer… Continue reading Inscripta details series C funding
Tencent chases down Chehaoduo in $818m round
Online automotive retail and services platform Chehaoduo has raised more than $1.7bn in total, after Tencent led its series C round.
Upchain makes series A breakthrough
OpenText Enterprise Apps Fund co-led the design collaboration software startup’s $5.8m series A round with BDC Capital.
Quentis wins $48m from series A quest
The immuno-oncology therapy startup has completed a round that included Taiho Pharmaceuticals and AbbVie Ventures.
Shoptalk Ventures opens up
Retail conference host Shoptalk has teamed up with Commerce Ventures for a $1m fund that aims to back 20 e-commerce and retail startups.
Amgen helps send $53m to Senti Biosciences
Adaptive drug technology developer Senti has completed a New Enterprise Associates-led series A round that included Amgen Ventures.
Amazon’s Alexa Accelerator voices 2018 plans
Amazon Alexa Fund’s accelerator, run in partnership with Techstars, will welcome 13 startup to its 2018 cohort, three of which will be able to work in London.
Skelter Labs conjures up $9.2m
Internet services firm Kakao and retailer Lotte contributed as Skelter prepares to take its AI development expertise into foreign markets.
C2FO benefits from $100m investment
Allianz X has invested $30m to co-lead a $100m funding round for online business lending platform C2FO with Mubadala Investment Company.
Collective Health unites investors in $110m round
Existing investor GV returned to take part in a $110m round for the healthcare management software provider that included strategic partner Sun Life Financial.
Novo commits $165m to Repair Impact Fund
The fund will invest up to $40m a year to back developers of drugs that will address the growing resistance of diseases to antibiotics.