SK Holdings has led a series D round for Kinestral Technologies, which will use the capital to expand the manufacturing, sales and installations of its smart glass technology.
Month: January 2019
FabFitFun fixes $80m series A
Simon Ventures-backed subscription commerce platform FabFitFun has added $80m in series A capital to its coffers nine years after it launched as a lifestyle newsletter.
Samsung captures Corephotonics in $155m deal
Samsung has agreed an acquisition of the smartphone camera technology provider, allowing SanDisk, Western Digital, CK Telecom, MediaTek and Foxconn to exit.
RigUp unearths $60m in series C funding
The General Electric-backed oilfield services marketplace operator has reportedly increased its valuation to $300m following a round led by Founders Fund.
Dewpoint gets its due with $60m
Leaps by Bayer, 6 Dimensions Capital and Alexandria Venture Investments are among the investors that have provided series A funding for the biomolecular medicine startup.
Lyndra swallows $55m in series B round
Partners Healthcare has resubscribed in the round, which included fellow corporates Gilead Sciences and Orient Life, increasing the long-lasting medicine developer’s total funding to $78m.
Madison Reed adds contrast for $51m series D
Hair colouring supplier Madison Reed, which is backed by Comcast and JF Shea, is pursuing a multi-channel distribution strategy and has now racked up $121m in capital altogether.
Epic books in Evolution Media for $30m round
CAA-backed investor Evolution Media has led a $30m round for the digital library operator, which also counts Rakuten Ventures as an investor.
Central Group makes Grab with $200m
On-demand ride service Grab has received $200m from the shopping centre operator that will be channelled into its Thai subsidiary.
Aproplan and GenieBelt merge to build new company
The newly merged digital construction platform has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from existing investors including corporates Solar and Inventures.
NumberAI calls in Gradient for series A
Costanoa Ventures has led a $10.5m round for the landline-based smart messaging platform that also featured Alphabet’s AI-focused Gradient Ventures fund.
Lifetime award: Barbara Dalton, Pfizer
After a quarter of a century of healthcare investing, Barbara Dalton, senior managing partner of Pfizer Ventures, has won the Global Corporate Venturing Lifetime Achievement Award 2019.
Welcome to the Global Corporate Venturing Awards 2019
Introduction to the GCV awards 2019 by James Mawson, editor in chief
IPO of the Year: DocuSign
A leading company in the e-signature and digital transaction management space, San Francisco-based DocuSign went public in April last year, with a market capitalization of $4.4bn.