The grocery delivery service, which counts Amazon, American Express and Comcast as investors, has increased its valuation 75% to $7.6bn in just six months.
Month: October 2018
Berkeley Lights attracts Nikon for $95m round
The cell biology technology developer took its total funding to almost $220m in a Nikon-led round that included fellow strategic backer Varian.
MPI hits Stride to back $65m fund
Schibsted spinoff MPI is among the limited partners for Stride.VC, which has closed a $65.5m fund that will concentrate on UK-based seed investments.
Zhizhangyi zips to series B funding
The mobile cybersecurity technology developer has added $28.8m in a Gaocheng Capital-led round that came just over a year after a Fosun RZ-led round.
Berg turns from Visa to VGS
Peter Berg, who helped set up Visa Ventures during his stint at the corporate, is Very Good Security’s new vice-president of business development and strategy.
Dentsu joins Scrum in competitive game
Dentsu and Scrum Ventures have formed an accelerator for sports technology startups known as Sports Tech Tokyo.
Innovent advances closer to $500m IPO
Legend Holdings, Eli Lilly, Ping An, China Life and Taikang Insurance are in line for exits as Innovent Biologics gears up for an initial public offering sized at $400m to $500m.
Linklogis connects to corporates for $220m
Bertelsmann and Tencent returned for supply chain financing provider Linklogis’ $220m series C round, which also attracted fellow corporates GLP and Skyworth.
Taiho takes corporate venturing fund to $300m
Taiho Ventures, launched two years ago with $50m in capital, has had its reserves expanded by a further $250m as Taiho Pharmaceuticals looks to enhance its open innovation work.
Allogene closes IPO at nearly $373m
The underwriters took up the option to buy another 2.7 million shares after the Pfizer and Gilead-backed oncology therapy developer’s shares leapt substantially post-IPO.
Cisco to fuel $500m Catalyst for investment
The Cisco-backed enterprise-focused venture fund revealed in May has revealed a name, Catalyst Labs Fund I, and a $500m target for its close.
PayActiv accesses $20m in series B round
Ziegler Link-Age Fund II and affiliate funds of SoftBank Capital Employee both backed employee wellness service PayActiv, which has now raised more than $33m in total.
Kahoot loots funding at $300m valuation
Datum Invest has led a $15.3m round for the Microsoft-backed educational game platform that tripled its valuation from its last funding round in March.
EHI helps fill Goldbelly with $20m
Online specialty food retailer Goldbelly has raised cash in a series B round led by Union Square Hospitality’s Enlightened Hospitality Investment vehicle.