The indoor farming specialist intends to expand rapidly in 2019 after raising $90m in a round led by existing investor GV.
Month: December 2018
HubSpot finds room for $30m fund
Enterprise software producer HubSpot has unveiled a corporate venturing fund that will make strategic investments in software-as-a-service developers.
Aria Systems organises $30m equity payment
Dell-backed cloud billing service Aria Systems has now raised $180m altogether, securing $30m from Runway Capital and its existing investors.
Grab revs up $150m Yamaha investment
Grab has increased its latest round to $2.85bn with a $150m investment by its latest strategic partner, Yamaha Motor.
AutoNation goes Vroom in $146m series G
The car retailer invested $50m to lead Vroom’s series G round, becoming its first corporate backer and helping increase the online car retailer’s total funding to $440m.
Plaid prises $250m from investors
The GV-backed financial software technology provider raised series C funding in a Kleiner Perkins-led round that valued it at $2.65bn.
Farfetch runs to $250m Stadium Goods acquisition
The fashion e-commerce platform has agreed to buy Stadium Goods less than two years after its $4.6m series A round, handing exits to LMVH and Chernin Group.
Corporates help ShopKeep round up $65m
The fintech platform has raised equity financing from backers including First Data and Salesforce Ventures while Orix and Pacific Western Bank provided debt.
Cisco lines up nine-figure Luxtera acquisition
Cisco has reportedly outbid others and is set to buy Tokyo Electron-backed semiconductor technology developer Luxtera for hundreds of millions of dollars.
InVision gets $115m series F infusion
Atlassian contributed to the round as part of a previously announced strategic agreement with InVision to integrate each other’s technologies into their respective products.
Licious orders in $25m
Nichirei Corp led Licious’ series D round, three months after the online meat and fish delivery service raised $25m in a separate round led by Bertelsmann.
Zhong leaves Next47 for CR Capital
Next47 associate Rachel Zhong has taken a position at CR Capital, which manages a $16bn fund on behalf of conglomerate China Resources Group.
Prinzio goes to Gogoprint
Thailand-headquartered GogoPrint has bought Indonesia-based counterpart Prinzio, enabling a third printing services provider, Raksul, to exit.
Aro Biotherapeutics attracts $13m
Johnson & Johnson and BioMotiv have provided $13m of funding to help Aro develop protein-based therapeutics aimed at treating cancer.