SoftBank Innovation Fund led a $140m funding round for the retail management software provider, whose previous investors include Naspers.
Month: November 2019
Immunitas imports $39m in series A round
Novartis, Bayer, Evotec, Merck Group and Alexandria Real Estate Equities all invested in Longwood Fund-founded cancer immunotherapy startup Immunitas Therapeutics.
Sonos snaps up Snips
Sonos paid $37.5m to buy the voice app development platform, which had received more than $21m in funding from investors including Maif Avenir.
Tyson Ventures executives get set for departure
Reese Schroeder and Tom Mastrobuoni are reportedly looking to leave due to the unit’s imminent move from Chicago to Arkansas.
Group14 admits corporates to raise $18m
Amperex, SDK, Cabot Corporation and BASF Venture Capital all invested, as the battery materials developer disclosed funding that will be used to beef up manufacturing.
CasaOne cases corporates for $16m
The furniture rental platform has confirmed it recently raised series B funding from investors including WeWork, HNI and JLL Spark.
Google uploads CloudSimple
Cloud upload technology developer CloudSimple has become part of Google Cloud having raised funding from Microsoft subsidiary M12 last year.
Recros Medica smooths over $14m series A
Biomedical materials firm Haohai Healthcare put up $14m for Recros Medica, which is commercialising a new plastic surgery technique for improving the smoothness of skin.
Lucence latches on to $20m
IIH Healthcare was among the investors in a series A round raised as Lucence prepares to launch its first precision medicine screening test for cancer.
SmartScan takes care of series A funding
The healthcare data analysis platform developer has secured $10.4m in a round featuring corporate backers Miraca and Digital Garage.
Analysis: Annual survey insights from last year
As we are about to close our current annual survey, we take a peek at some of the insights provided by last year’s survey.
Corporate venturing deal net: 18-22 November 2019
Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
Automation Anywhere authors $290m series B
The robotic process automation platform developer received the funding at a $6.8bn valuation, Salesforce Ventures leading a round featuring SoftBank Investment Advisers.
Genetron gees itself up for $100m IPO
The Vcanbio-backed cancer diagnostics technology provider has filed to go public in the US having raised another $71m from investors including Alexandria Venture Investments.