Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
Month: March 2019
Corporates drive $1.46bn ride hailing venture
Alibaba, Chongqing Changan Automobile, Dongfeng Motor, FAW, Suning and Tencent have joined forces to form a $1.46bn vehicle that will invest in the on-demand ride space.
UiPath searches for $400m in new round
CapitalG-backed UiPath is in the process of raising $400m in a round that will be led by an unnamed public institutional investor at a $7bn valuation.
Marqeta marks out terms for $250m round
The payment card services provider, which counts Visa, Commerzbank and CreditEase as investors, will seek a valuation of almost $1.9bn in the round.
Rent the Runway models $125m investment
The Advance Publications-backed clothing rental service is now valued at $1bn, having received $125m from a consortium co-led by Franklin Templeton Investments and Bain Capital Ventures.
Tarana wires in $88m
AT&T and Deutsche Telekom-backed wireless internet system developer Tarana added $60m from investors including EchoStar to close the round.
Markforged assembles $82m in series D funding
Microsoft subsidiary M12, Siemens’ Next47 fund and Porsche all invested in the industrial 3D printer producer’s latest round, which lifted its overall funding to $139m.
Splice tunes into series C funding
The WME and AM Only-backed music production platform has now raised approximately $100m in total, following a $57.5m round co-led by True Ventures and USV.
Corporate-backed NewMargin edges to $187m
The investment firm, which counts several corporates as backers, has completed the first close for a fund with a $1.48bn target, following commitments from China Everbright Trust and two state-backed funds.
Meyer Burger makes Oxford PV investment
The semiconductor technology producer paid an undisclosed sum for an 18% stake in solar film developer Oxford PV, which closed the first tranche of its series D round last week.
Ahren adds gravitas to Graphcore’s $200m series D
Ahren Innovation Capital has been confirmed as an investor in a round that includes Samsung, BMW, Bosch and Dell, bringing machine intelligence technology developer Graphcore’s total funding to $310m.
Megvii to segue to $800m IPO
The Alibaba, Foxconn, Legend Holdings and SK Group-backed image recognition software provider is reportedly weighing up New York and Hong Kong for an $800m initial public offering.
OpenDoor closes $300m in funding
The real estate services platform secured the cash at a $3.8bn valuation, with Lennar, SoftBank Vision Fund, Access Technology Ventures and new investor GV all participating.
Fastly to deliver initial public offering
Edge cloud platform Fastly has hired Bank of America to oversee an IPO valuing it at $1bn which would provide exits for Swisscom, Deutsche Telekom and O’Reilly Media.