Furniture-focused e-commerce marketplace MadeiraMadeira has secured funding in a round led by SoftBank’s Latin America fund that will support hiring, logistics and technology improvements.
Month: September 2019
JetBlue helps Shape Security form $51m series F
Anti-fraud software provider Shape Security was valued at more than $1bn in a round that included follow-on funding from JetBlue Technology Ventures.
Lacework weaves $42m round
Existing backer Liberty Global Ventures returned to help the cloud security platform developer haul its overall funding near to the $75m mark.
Applied Intuition gets $40m result
M12 chipped in as autonomous transport testing startup Applied Intuition secured $40m that will be spent on international expansion.
Wang hangs her hat at MS&AD
Tiffine Wang has departed from a senior investment manager role at Singtel Innov8 for a partner position at fellow corporate VC unit MS&AD Ventures.
Dapper Labs taps corporates for $11m
Warner Music Group and Animoca Brands both invested as part of a round that boosted the blockchain app and technology developer’s total funding to about $40m.
Stroke Medical strikes up new funding
The Fosun-backed stroke-prevention technology developer received $14.1m in a round led by Hidea Venture Capital that will fund clinical testing for its devices.
Spotify records SoundBetter acquisition
Verizon Ventures Israel has exited audio production marketplace SoundBetter thanks to Spotify’s decision to acquire the company for an undisclosed sum.
Platform One climbs aboard Boat Rocker
TV content producer Platform One Media has been bought by Boat Rocker Media five years after it was co-founded by Liberty Global and Evolution Media.
SandStar shoots to series B round
Baidu and Fosun-backed automated retail system developer SandStar has now secured a total of $25m in funding and rebranded from YI Tunnel.
SoftBank to spend $750m in We Company IPO
We Company’s largest investor is set to buy up about 25% of the shares in the IPO, which is likely to reduce its valuation from $47bn to as little as $15bn.
Cloudflare clocks up $525m in IPO
Alphabet, Baidu, Microsoft and Qualcomm all notched up exits as the cloud services provider floated above a range that had already been increased.
Vision Fund gets $377m in Guardant share sale
Vision Fund sold 4.9 million shares in cancer test developer Guardant Health at more than four times their price in the company’s 2018 IPO.
Capsule captures $200m
TCV has led a $200m round for online pharmacy Capsule, increasing the Virgin-backed company’s total funding to $270m.