Aberdeen Standard Investments has supplied $13m for the digital insurance provider, adding to the $20m Aflac provided earlier this month.
Month: January 2019
Vast Therapeutics inhales $15m
The respiratory disease drug developer has collected series A funding from investors including Shionogi to fund clinical trials of its lead drug candidate .
Williams leaves Shell for NGIF
Shell Ventures investment principal Tyler Williams has joined Natural Gas Innovation Fund as an executive committee member.
Evergy revamps branding for investment affiliate
Evergy has rebranded corporate venturing affiliate from GXPI to Evergy Ventures following a 2018 between component utilities Great Plains and Westar Energy.
Niantic wins funding game with $245m
Google’s augmented reality game spinoff has secured $245m in a Samsung and Axiomatic-backed series C round at a $4bn post-money valuation.
Outdoorsy gets $50m series C on the road
Aviva returned to back a $50m series C round for Outdoorsy, having previously contributed to the RV rental platform’s $25m series B less than a year ago.
Bukalapak buckles up to raise $50m
Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund has contributed $50m to the latest round for e-commerce platform Bukalapak, whose shareholders include Aucfan, Emtek and Gree.
Cirius seeks entry to public markets
Novo-backed Cirius Therapeutics, which was supported at launch by Metabolic Solutions Development Company, will put the IPO proceeds into its lead liver disease treatment.
Comcast’s Yang to hang at Omers
Michael Yang, managing director at Comcast Ventures for nine years, will oversee Omers Ventures’ US-based office as a managing partner.
Wiliot picks up $30m signal
The bluetooth tag maker is now valued at $120m following a series B round featuring Qualcomm Ventures, Merck Group, Amazon, Samsung Ventures and Avery Dennison.
Measurabl builds out series B round
The real estate data management platform has closed an $18.7m round following commitments from Berman Enterprises, DivcoWest, Exelon and S&P Global.
SoftBank parks funding in SoCar
The car sharing platform developer raised $44.5m in a round backed by SoftBank Ventures Asia that increased its funding to almost $180m altogether.
AnyVision spies Qualcomm to advance series A
The computer vision technology developer has added a $15m second tranche backed by Qualcomm Ventures to a round that now totals $43m.
Driivz arrives with $12m
The EV charging management software provider has secured funding in a round co-led by Centrica that also featured CEZ’s Inven Capital.