Alibaba and Sistema VC returned for a $39.4m round that took the total raised by the data analysis platform developer to more than $76m.
Month: June 2020
Witt parks at Volvo Group Venture Capital
The commercial vehicle manufacturer has appointed Martin Witt to head its investment subsidiary after more than 14 years at Accenture Strategy.
Celsius sells Tether on $30m round
The blockchain lending platform is targeting $30m in a round it is raising through BnkToTheFuture, while Tether has committed $10m as lead investor.
Qualcomm and BNDES cue up IoT fund manager
Indicator Capital will oversee the $39m internet-of-things fund co-founded by Qualcomm Ventures and the Brazilian government in January.
Charles Schwab moves to Motif acquisition
Renren has exited the thematic stock investing platform in an acquisition of undisclosed size by Charles Schwab that followed $126m in funding.
Pionyr maps out $1.47bn Gilead deal
Gilead Sciences will invest $275m in return for a 49.9% stake as part of a deal that could see it purchase the cancer immunotherapy developer outright.
Healthcare industry shifts herald new phase
GCV Analytics’ webinar, with a discussion panel on the life sciences sector in partnership with Faegre Drinker, showed the power of long-term thinking when it comes to corporate venturing.
GV helps Sana secure $700m
Sana Biotechnology has closed its first round at more than $700m after investors including GV swung behind its vision to commercialise cell therapies.
Somatus creates $64m series C round
The kidney care services provider has now collected more than $105m to date, Optum Ventures co-leading a round also featuring Blue Venture Fund.
Ojo Labs moves into new round
Northwestern Mutual and RBC invested in a $62.5m round for eal estate services platform Ojo that funded the acquisition of Mitsui Fudosan-backed Movoto.
UJet takes off with $55m
GV and Citi Ventures have helped the customer service platform developer nearly double its total funding to $100m by returning for a series C round led by Sapphire Ventures.
Canva designs $60m round
The VaynerMedia-backed online design platform developer was valued at $6bn in a $60m round co-led by Blackbird Ventures and Sequoia China.
Immuta invites corporates to $40m series C
Intel Capital led a $40m round for the data management software provider while Dell Technologies Capital and Citi Ventures also invested.
Nylas connects to corporates in $25m round
Citi Ventures and existing backer Slack Fund helped the communications API provider take its overall funding to more than $55m.