The social parenting community operator counts Alibaba, Fosun, Tal Education and Jumei as shareholders and is seeking a $5bn valuation.
Month: August 2018
EdiGene approaches series B with $15m
The genomic drug developer has secured $15m in a pre-series B round led by Lilly Asia Ventures that included Huagai Capital, IDG Capital and WI Harper.
UL makes RiskSense in $12m series B
Cyber threat analysis software provider RiskSense took its funding to $26m in total after closing a UL Ventures-backed round.
Mykoon mines SoftBank for $17m series B
SoftBank Ventures Korea invested in Mykoon, the owner of social radio platform Spoon, alongside KB Investment and Goodwater Capital.
Ucommune gets Prosperity in series D round
Prosperity Holdings led a $43.5m round for the co-working space provider, which already had several corporate backers, at a $1.8bn valuation.
Corporates help provide $45m for Profusa
Maxim Integrated and Tasly Pharmaceutical contributed to Profusa’s series C round, which will fund commercialisation of its biosensor technology.
Exabeam extracts $50m in series D round
Cybersecurity software provider Exabeam has welcomed back the same consortium that backed its series C round last year, including Cisco Investments.
Alphabet wins $375m Oscar role
Oscar Health has received funding from existing backer Alphabet, which acquired a 10% stake in the health insurer through the deal.
Munich Re/HSB Ventures captures Kaplan
Oshri Kaplan, formerly venture partner at Silicon Foundry until June , has taken an investment director position at Munich Re/HSB Ventures.
Quintana-Plaza departs Next47
Susana Quintana-Plaza, formerly a partner at Siemens’ Next47 vehicle after seven years at Eon, has left the unit.
Suzuki switches back to MUFG
Nobutake Suzuki, former partner at Global Brain, has returned to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group as a managing director.
Nabtesco puts $85m fund in motion
The motion control technology producer has set up an $85m corporate venturing unit, Nabtesco Technology Ventures, with Emerald Technology Ventures.
Digital Alloys forges series B round
The metal printing technology provider has secured $12.9m in a round backed by Lincoln Electric and Boeing HorizonX Ventures.
Phoenix Contact helps iS5 secure funding
Industrial cybersecurity software provider iS5 Communications has received $18.8m in a round backed by Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures.