Optical component provider WaveOptics has added $13m to bring a series C round featuring Goertek and RBVC to $39m as it looks to ramp up production capacity.
Month: September 2019
Group Nine counts up another $50m
Existing investors Discovery and Axel Springer have helped equip Group Nine Media with $50m to take the digital media group’s overall funding to $190m since it was formed.
Trucode loads up $34m
The gene editing startup, a spinout from Yale University, has launched with funding from investors including GV and Kleiner Perkins.
Ori aligns with corporates for $20m
Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs and Ikea franchisee Ingka were among the participants in flexible furniture provider Ori’s series B round.
Cogito sells investors on $20m round
New York Life Ventures and existing investor Salesforce Ventures both contributed to a round that increased the total raised by the sales analytics software provider to $100m.
Ognieva faces Facebook departure
Julia Ognieva, who set up the LDN_LAB scheme while at Facebook, has joined accounting software provider Intuit.
DriveTime clocks up $11m
Amazon Alexa Fund and Google Assistant Investments Program have chipped in for in-car game developer DriveTime’s series A round.
Asahi Shimbun exits as Pixsy picks up Binded
Photo copyright services platform Binded is set to be bought by Pixsy in a transaction allowing media group Asahi Shimbun to exit.
Fund in the News: Eurofarma
GCV Rising Star Paulo Braga, who leads Eurofarma’s corporate venturing fund, has spoken to Global Corporate Venturing about the unit’s focus.
Corporates find their Vim in $24m series B
Healthcare management platform developer Vim has now received $37m since it was founded, with Premera Blue Cross and Optum Ventures among its newest investors.
Autodesk applies itself to aPriori’s series C round
Autodesk has led a $26.8m series C round for aPriori, which will use the money to accelerate the development of its product cost management platform.
SuperAtom scoops $24m
Cheetah Mobile has contributed to a $24m round for its consumer microfinance offshoot SuperAtom, which will utilise the corporate’s customer and technical resources.
PropertyGuru homes in on $274m IPO
Emtek could potentially exit online real estate platform PropertyGuru, which is reportedly preparing an initial public offering in Australia.
Quintoandar quickens pace to $250m series D
Qualcomm-backed rental property portal Quintoandar is now valued at more than $1bn, after raising cash in a SoftBank-led series D round.