MUFG Innovation Partners and existing investors Nationwide, M12 and Citi Ventures contributed to a series F round that increased the small business lender’s total funding to $288m.
Month: November 2019
CDP Holdings applies for public markets position
The employee management software producer has filed for a $125m initial public offering a month after it raised $60m in funding from 51job.
Sendo tends to $61m series C
Digital Garage, SoftBank Ventures Asia, SBI Group, Beenos and Kasikornbank all backed consumer goods marketplace Sendo, with the cash to go to product development.
Renoveru homes in on series E funding
The property renovation services platform is set to raise $36.8m in an NTT-backed round that will encompass primary and secondary investments in addition to debt.
CAA bonds with Bungalow in $47m round
Redeveloped co-living space operator Bungalow secured funding from CAA Ventures and others to fund executive recruitment and further expansion of its business.
DataCubes stacks up series B funding
NFP’s corporate venturing unit contributed to $15.2m round for insurance underwriting analytics platform developer DataCubes that will fund recruitment and research and development.
Healthians heads to series B stage
Home diagnostics test provider Healthians collected $11.8m from investors including two Digital Garage vehicles to help broaden its technology, services and geographical presence.
J&J picks Picariello to replace Heyman
Corporate venturing unit Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC has appointed Chris Picariello president following the retirement of Tom Heyman.
Rabobank finds room in Northzone IX
Northzone’s ninth fund has signed up Rabo Frontier Ventures as a limited partner on the way to reaching a $500m final close.
Francetic steps down from Energize
Managing director Amy Francetic has departed from Invenergy, GE, Schneider Electric and WEC Energy-backed venture firm Energize Ventures.
EquipmentShare explores SoftBank for $150m round
Construction equipment rental service and software provider EquipmentShare is in discussions for a SoftBank-led round at a possible $1.5bn valuation.
LvYue delves into nine-figure fundraising
The Trip.com spinoff has raised a nine-figure amount from investors including Tencent and Baidu Capital as it looks to grow its hotel and technology business.
Banco Vorantim lights up Neon
Banco Vorantim has co-led a $95.3m round for digital banking service Neon roughly 18 months after becoming its financial services partner.
SmartNews carts off $92m
The news aggregation app plans to close the Japan Post-led round next month at a $1.2bn valuation and has now raised $182m altogether.