Visa is buying Plaid four months after investing in it, at a price that doubles the financial data technology provider’s 2018 valuation.
Month: January 2020
EQRx exits stealth with $200m
GV and Nextech are among the participants in a series A round that is funding the launch of EQRx, which is developing cheaper copies of existing drugs.
Teladoc gets InTouch for $600m
The cash-and-share transaction will allow iRobot to exit the telehealth technology developer eight years after it paid $6m for a minority stake.
Fusion Pharmaceuticals fetches $20m
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has pledged up to $20m for the Varian Medical and Johnson & Johnson-backed oncology drug developer.
ReadCoor scores $27m series B
Eli Lilly-backed ReadCoor took its total funding to $50m and will use the funding to commercialise its gene sequencing technology.
Pact Pharma acts to raise $75m
GV-backed solid tumour treatment developer Pact Pharma has completed an oversubscribed $75m series C round led by Vida Ventures.
SoftBank Investment Advisers bags Agnihotri
Vikas Agnihotri has left Google India after nearly a decade to join Vision Fund manager SoftBank Investment Advisers to help boost its investments in the country.
AvidXchange accelerates with $130m
The payment automation software provider, which counts Mastercard and several banks among its investors, has bagged another $130m.
High in volume but drop in dollars for 2019
Annual data review: 2019
Corvus uncorks $32m series B round
Proceeds from the Telstra Ventures-led series B round will allow Corvus to accelerate insurance technology development and build tools to improve its risk management.
TScan eases to $35m series B close
Subsidiaries of Astellas and Novartis co-led a round featuring GV and 6 Dimensions Capital that took the cancer drug developer’s overall funding to $60m.
Transport sector hits the brake pedal
Sector analysis: Transport
The pilot who became a venture capitalist
Profile: Bonny Simi, president of JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV)
Deep tech: beyond the lean startup model
While entrepreneurs and investors are well versed in the Lean Startup model for developing tech companies, the relevance of this approach to business building diminishes in the realm of deep tech. The reasons for this are varied and formidable.