Shopify has agreed to pay $450m in cash and shares for the warehouse technology developer, which had raised $46m from investors including iRobot.
Month: September 2019
IceKredit plays it cool to raise $47m
The Youzu Interactive-backed credit assessment tool developer boosted its overall funding to $91m, collecting $47m in a pre-series C round led by Guohe Capital.
Shankar promoted at Syngenta Ventures
Shubhang Shankar has been promoted to a managing director at Syngenta’s corporate venturing unit, following the departures of Katrin Burt and Derek Norman.
Goeasy loosens purse strings for PayBright
Consumer lender Goeasy has acquired a minority stake in instalment financing provider PayBright in return for $25.5m alongside a strategic partnership deal.
AppZen wraps up $50m series C
Finance automation platform developer AppZen, backed at seed stage by Bloomberg and Mastercard, has now secured $102m altogether.
Even Financial scores $25m
Citi Ventures and MassMutual Ventures co-led financial services software developer Even Financial’s latest round, doubling its total funding to $50m.
Garg and Rao form a circle at Tau
Norwest Venture Partners alumni Amit Garg and Sanjay Rao have formed a venture firm called Tau Ventures, Garg having also spent time at Samsung Next.
Noske notches up an Alliance Ventures promotion
Ex-GCV Rising Star Christian Noske will head up the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi unit, less than two years after joining from BMW i Ventures.
Loadsmart plays clever for $19m
Freight services portal Loadsmart has now raised more than $53m in total, having secured new funding from investors including Ports America and Maersk Growth.
FieldIn files away $12m
AgFunder and Wilbur-Ellis subsidiary Cavallo Ventures both invested in farm management technology developer FieldIn to take its overall funding to about $16m.
ChengHome checks in $300m
ChengHome’s co-founder, Huazhu Hotels contributed to a series A round also backed by The Ascott that will fund the growth of its short-term accommodation listings.
Taikang helps GKHT source $154m
Taikang Life has led a series C round for the medical supplies provider that also featured 6 Dimensions Capital and Legend Capital.
KCK parks in Cars24’s $52m series D
Existing shareholder KCK invested $25m to lead a $52m first tranche of the automotive e-commerce platform’s latest round, which reportedly has a $100m target for its close.
BigID rigs up $50m series C
SAP, Salesforce and Comcast swere among the investors for a round bringing enterprise data protection software developer BigID’s overall funding to $96m.