Xiaomi has returned to contributed to a $99.2m funding round for ShareChat led by fellow existing investor Shunwei Capital.
Month: September 2018
Trumpf shows RSP respect in series B round
Corporate venturing unit Trumpf Venture invested $4.5m to help the diabetes monitor developer close the round at $12.1m.
Cocos-BCX counts up $40m
Binance Labs invested in a round that will support enhancement of Cocos-BCX’s blockchain game development platform.
Qutoutiao reports news of $84m IPO
Tencent and Xiaomi-backed news aggregation platform Qutoutiao floated at the foot of its range, in an IPO in which JD.com invested about $14m.
Golden Gate closes third fund with $100m
Hanwha, Naver and Mitsui Fudosan all chipped in as the Southeast Asian venture firm closed an oversubscribed third fund.
Allogene calls for $100m IPO
The immuno-oncology therapy developer’s investors include Pfizer and Gilead Sciences, both of which contributed to a $300m round in January.
Aflac amplifies corporate venturing fund to $250m
Aflac Ventures Fund, launched in early 2017 with a $100m investment target, has been broadened by its insurer parent to $250m.
Lucid clears $1bn in funding
The Mitsui-backed luxury electric vehicle developer has agreed a $1bn funding injection from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.
Uber approaches $2.5bn Careem acquisition
A purchase of Careem, which is currently being touted at between $2bn and $2.5bn, would allow Didi Chuxing, Rakuten, Daimler, Saudi Telecom and Al Tayyar to exit.
Unmortgage homes in on seed capital
The MMI-backed Anthemis Exponential Ventures was among the investors in a $14.3m seed round as Unmortgage prepares for a 2019 launch.
Snap colours in Yellow accelerator
The messaging platform has selected the first nine participants in its accelerator, with each set to receive $150,000 in equity funding.
Barclays picks 10 more for accelerator
Barclays has selected the 10 participants that will take place in the 2018 cohort of its New York accelerator.
Beekeeper collects $13m
Swiss Post, Samsung and Edenred helped workplace communication platform Beekeper add more series A funding to the $8m it raised last year.
Treitz tries on AWS role
Amazon Web Services has hired Ewa Treitz from fund manager Black Pearls as a business development manager to work with startups.