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Month: November 2018
SoftBank supplies $300m for Automation Anywhere
RPA software provider Automation Anywhere received $300m from SoftBank Vision Fund at a reported $2.6bn post-money valuation, adding to $250m raised in July.
Blackberry seals $1.4bn Cylance purchase
Dell Ventures, Citi Ventures and Capital One Ventures are all set to exit endpoint security software provider after Blackberry agreed an acquisition.
Citrix syncs with Sapho in $200m acquisition
Workplace micro app platform developer Sapho has been acquired by Citrix Systems having previously raised more than $26m from investors including Bloomberg Beta.
ComfortDelGro composes terms for $100m fund
The transportation services provider is eyeing mobility startups with $100m corporate venturing fund ComfortDelGro Capital Partners.
Corporates help Hippo cover $70m round
The home insurance provider boosted its overall funding to $109m in a round co-led by Lennar and backed by Comcast and Munich Re.
Vitec onboards Amimon in $55m deal
Vitec has purchased Motorola and Hantech-backed wireless semiconductor producer Amimon in a $55m acquisition that followed some $69m of funding.
Ribometrix rips $30m in Merck-led round
Merck Group’s M Ventures unit led the RNA therapy startup’s series A round, which featured Amgen, Illumina, AbbVie and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma.
Velox inks $32m funding round
Altana and existing investor Evonik both contributed to a round for the printing technology developer that was co-led by ORT Technologies.
Axoni racks up $36m in series B
HSBC added $4m to a series B round for blockchain financial product developer Axoni that includes NEX Group, Citi and Wells Fargo.
SAM Seamless fixes $12m series A round
Intel Capital led a round for the network cybersecurity platform developer that included ADT, with the cash to go to international growth and research and development.
You.i TV channels $23m from investors including WarnerMedia
Returning investor WarnerMedia has reinvested in the video engagement platform developer’s latest round, which was led by Causeway Media Partners.
ClearSky stores $20m in new funding
The Akamai-backed data recovery and storage platform developer took its overall funding to almost $60m in a round that included an undisclosed corporate investor.
Mobeewave mobilises Mastercard for series B round
The mobile payment technology developer has closed a $16.5m round co-led by Mastercard, three years after an Sberbank-funded series A.