Suplari, the developer of a procurement management platform, has raised $10.3m in a Workday Ventures-backed round.
Month: April 2018
Inspire Medical to make inroads on public markets
Medtronic spinout Inspire Medical Systems, the developer of a neurostimulation device for sleep apnea, has targeted $86.3m for its IPO.
NTT makes $188m corporate venturing call
NTT Group is preparing to launch a third corporate venturing fund in July this year aimed at technologies such as artificial intelligence.
Pivotal pinpoints $530m target for IPO
The Dell EMC spinout has set the range for an offering in which General Electric will sell up to $62m of shares.
Xiaopeng Motors to recharge with $2.7bn
Electric vehicle developer Xiaopeng Motors intends to raise $2.7bn this year, having already secured $348m from investors including Alibaba and Foxconn in January.
Huya targets $200m as it joins IPO stream
The YY-founded live game streaming platform raised $462m from Tencent last month at a valuation of $1.16bn.
Foodspring reaps benefits of corporate backing
Fonterra Ventures and Ringier Digital Ventures both took part in a $27.1m round for the nutritional product brand.
Watcha wins $12m in series C funding
Doosan Group and AJU Capital invested in Kakao-backed streaming portal Watcha, taking the company’s total funding to $21m.
Bloomberg mines Cobalt in $13m series A
Bloomberg Beta had previously co-led a seed round of undisclosed size for security robot developer Cobalt Robotics two years ago.
Magenta Therapeutics manages $52m in series C
Access Industries contributed to a round that lifted the bone marrow transplant drug developer’s overall funding to $150m.
Unity Biotechnology gets to IPO age with $85m filing
The age-related disease drug developer, which counts Mayo Clinic and WuXi PharmaTech as investors, raised $55m as recently as last month.
DeepScale arrives at $15m series A
US-based automotive perception technology developer DeepScale has raised $15m in a series A round co-led by Next47, a corporate venturing subsidiary of industrial product maker Siemens. The round was co-led by asset manager Point72 Asset Management, with contributions from venture capital firms Autotech Ventures and Trucks Venture Capital. DeepScale is developing deep learning-based technology to… Continue reading DeepScale arrives at $15m series A
Constellation aligns with investors for $100m round
US-based cancer-focused biopharmaceutical company Constellation Pharmaceuticals raised $100m today in a funding round backed by SR One, the corporate venturing arm of healthcare group GlaxoSmithKline. The round also featured financial services conglomerate Fidelity Management and Research, University of California Investment Office, Cormorant Asset Management, Deerfield Management, Hillhouse Capital, NS Investment, OrbiMed and Sirona Capital. Venrock… Continue reading Constellation aligns with investors for $100m round
Corporates help distribute funding to Origami Energy
Aggreko and Fred.Olsen both invested in distributed energy management platform developer Origami as part of a $26.3m round.