Existing backers Legal and General Capital and Statoil Energy Ventures have returned for an $11.2m round that took Oxford PV’s total financing to $77m.
Month: April 2018
SIG helps put series B cash into Castbox
Podcast platform Castbox took its total funding to almost $30m with a $13.5m round that included returning investor SIG China.
NuProbe finds $11m in series A
Wuxi AppTec Corporate Ventures has participated in a round that will support development of NuProbe’s molecular blood test.
Knowbox packs in $100m
Bertelsmann-backed learning assistance platform Knowbox has received series C funding from returning investor Tal Education Group and Yunfeng Capital.
Renrenche revs up $300m round
Goldman Sachs is set to lead a $300m funding round for used vehicle e-commerce platform Renrenche that will include existing backer Didi Chuxing.
BigCommerce sells investors on $64m round
Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing led a round that boosted SoftBank, Telstra and Amex-backed BigCommerce’s overall funding to $219m.
Innovium gets $77m series D intake
Qualcomm Ventures, an investor in the data centre switch producer since its series A round, returned to help boost its total funding to $165m.
Corvidia gets on course with $60m
Corvidia’s series B round has been backed by Fresenius Medial Care and AstraZeneca as its kidney disease treatment nears the end of a phase 2 trial.
PlaySight hits $21m in series C round
SoftBank Ventures Korea and CE Ventures added $10m to the sports analytics technology developer’s Verizon-backed first close last June.
Singulato sources series C funding
The Qihoo 360-backed electric vehicle developer is set to close a $474m round in May this year, according to its founder and CEO.
Nykaa touches up funding
The beauty retailer added $11.2m to a round now sized at $25.5m, on the heels of 2016 investments from Max Group and TCL.
Aaltonen joins Yara for agtech fund
Erkki Aaltonen has left StartAD to oversee YaraGerminate, a corporate venturing fund formed by Yara International.
Eadie takes road to Next47
Jack Eadie, formerly an investor at Fidelity’s Eight Roads Ventures unit, has moved to Siemens subsidiary Next47 as principal.
Telia makes corporate venturing call
Heikki Mäkijärvi (pictured) joined Sweden-based telecommunications and mobile network operator Telia this month as CEO of its new Telia Ventures corporate venturing unit. Mäkijärvi had spent nearly a year as a partner at Airbus Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of aerospace manufacturer Airbus, but left in mid-2016 to manage a portfolio of advisory and board… Continue reading Telia makes corporate venturing call