Sony Innovation Fund has led a $30m investment for the car rental service as part of a series D round targeting a $100m final close.
Month: January 2020
Next47 buzzes along to Scoutbee’s $60m series B
Services procurement portal business Scoutbee boosted its funding haul to $76m with a round backed by Siemens’s Next47.
HepaRegenix heaps on $12.2m
University Hospital Tübingen’s liver disease treatment spinout HepaRegenix has raised $21.6m in all following a series B round that featured Novo and Boehringer Ingelheim.
Minma mints fresh funding
Nippon Life returned to help the listings portal raise a $36.4m round featuring Globis, Sony and Zenrin DataCom, which will be used to promote brand awareness and talent acquisition.
McFadgen nixes Nex Opportunities for Element Ventures
Michael McFadgen, formerly managing director at Nex Opportunities, has taken a partner position at Element Ventures, which is raising a $130m for its first fund.
Uber picks up 10% stake in Zomato
Zomato is acquiring Uber’s local Uber Eats business in a transaction that involves it giving a sizeable equity stake to the ride hailing platform.
Skylo escapes stealth with $116m
SoftBank led a $103m series B round for the internet-of-things network and hub developer that made up one of two rounds it has raised.
Qonto collects $115m in series C round
The round, reportedly the largest ever for a France-based financial technology developer, took the total raised by the business banking app developer to $150m.
Yunxuetang completes $100m series D training
SIG has returned to invest in a $100m series D round for the online employee training service after contributing to its previous two rounds.
MassMutual makes up $100m SEA fund
MassMutual Ventures has followed up on the $50m Southeast Asian fund it launched in late 2018 with a second vehicle dedicated to the region.
Soft Robotics handles $23m in series B
Yamaha, Honeywell, Fanuc and Tekfen all invested in the robotic arm developer, which has also forged a strategic partnership with Fanuc.
Poste Italiane helps Tink with funding delivery
Poste Italiane and existing investors ABN Amro and BNP Paribas took part in a $98.1m round for open-banking software provider Tink, which is now valued at almost $460m.
Winreal wins corporate backing for $292m fund
Venture firm Winreal Investment has raised $146m for the first close of its 5G fund, which counts SAIC, Sunon, Dahua, ZhongJi InnoLight and Zhebao Media as limited partners.
Volt plugs into more funding
Collection House-backed Volt launched its savings account app last month and raised the $48.1m as it looks to add more features to its digital banking offering.