Google for Startups and Indico Capital Partners have jointly formed a $13.7m fund and announced the first six startups in their Lisbon accelerator.
Month: July 2020
Essity announces corporate venturing unit
Marie-Laure Mahé is heading up the recently launched corporate venture capital subsidiary of health and hygeine product maker Essity.
HealthQuad lands AvH and Merck commitments
Merck & Co and Ackermans & van Haaren are among the limited partners for the $68m first close of Quadria Capital’s healthcare technology fund.
Nkarta carts off $290m in IPO
The GSK, Amgen and Novo-backed cancer drug developer went public in an upsized offering priced above its range.
Kingsware crowns series A round
Shenzhen Kingdom Sci-Tech’s robotic process automation spinoff has raised its first external funding, in a $14.3m round led by venture firm Qiming Venture Partners.
Euglena enhances investment activities
The biofuel provider has launched Euglena Sustainable Ventures to invest in bioinformatics, direct-to-consumer and healthcare technology developers.
GoSecure swerves into $20m
Bank of Montreal and Yaletown Partners co-led the IT security company’s series E round, which featured returning investors SAP National Security Services and Razor’s Edge Ventures.
Warren wins series B funding
Mercado Libre’s MeLi Fund has chipped into a $22.5m for online brokerage platform operator Warren that was led by QED Investors.
Extreme challenges requires tech
Tomorrow’s Extreme Tech Challenge global finals represents a chance for the world to see how so-called tech-for-good startups address global challenges as defined by the United Nation’s 17 sustainable development goals.
Userlane lets in series B round
Commerzbank’s Main Incubator has returned to reinvest in the software training platform’s $11.4m round, which was led by Five Elms Capital.
Robinhood runs series F up to $600m
The Alphabet and Roc Nation-backed trading app developer has secured a further $320m for a series F round valuing it at $8.3bn.
UiPath leads investors to $225m series E
The robotic process automation technology provider was valued at $10.2bn in a Tencent-backed round that lifted its overall funding to $1.3bn.
GoTo Global grabs $19m series B
The mobility sharing platform formerly known as Car2Go has raised fresh funding from investors including its parent, Shagrir.
Mobility Technologies rides corporates to $211m
The ride hailing service is set to raise up to $211m from Dentsu, NTT Docomo and Tokyo Century, potentially taking its overall funding to $369m.