Intel, Axa and Reinsurance Group of America all invested in K4Connect, the developer of an operating system for connected household devices catered to older and disabled users.
Month: October 2018
Syntiant syncs with corporates in $25m series B
Neural network processor developer Syntiant has attracted Intel, Motorola, Robert Bosch, Applied Materials and Microsoft to a round that follows an Intel-led series A in May.
Bloomberg pays another visit to Knotel in $60m round
Flexible workspace provider Knotel increased its funding to $160m in two years, as Bloomberg Beta returned to reinvest and NVP kicked in $50m.
SoftBank agrees to buy into $3bn Bytedance round
Digital media company Bytedance has agreed $3bn in a round set to be led by SoftBank that will reportedly value it at $75bn.
Aikucun fashions $110m in series B-plus funding
Aikucun has added $110m in series B-plus funding to its coffers, just three months after raising $87.5m in a Legend Capital-led series B round.
Assent Compliance asserts itself in $100m round
Warburg Pincus provided the entirety of Assent Compliance’s series C round, adding to more than $43m previously supplied by investors including OpenText.
Synthego engineers $110m series C round
Alexandria Real Estate Equities-backed genome engineering platform developer Synthego took its overall funding to $160m in a round led by Founders Fund.
Sanofi sends Enable Injections part way to $50m
The drug injection device developer has reached the first close of a $50m round, with Sanofi leading the tranche and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Cleveland Clinic also investing.
Hard Yaka swings $30m to Yoyo Wallet
Hard Yaka has supplied $30m in funding for Yoyo Wallet, a portfolio company of Telefónica and Metro Group, as part of a strategic partnership.
Team8 attracts more corporates to raise $85m
Walmart, Airbus, Softbank, Moody’s, Dimension Data, Nokia, Munich Re, Scotiabank, Barclays, M12 and Cisco Investments have all backed the cybersecurity company builder.
Stoke sticks another $90m in its wallet
Alexandria Venture Investments invested in the genetic drug developer, which completed a series B round that followed a $40m series A in January.
Crux lucks out in $20m series B
Goldman Sachs and Citi have returned to back a $20m series B round for Crux Informatics that almost doubled its overall funding to $41m.
GINgroup launches Mexican seed fund
The Mexican HR technology business has unveiled a corporate venture capital fund to develop local startups in Latin America and the US.
Filld puts $15m in the tank
Fuel retailer Parkland contributed to a round that lifted JF Shea-backed on-demand fuel supplier Filld’s total funding to $31m altogether.