The driver’s education provider has put together a fund of undisclosed size dubbed Minami Incubate to back education, mobility and revitalisation technology startups.
Month: July 2020
Belkin grabs onto $12.3m
Santen Ventures co-led a series B round also backed by C-Mer Eye Care and BioLight Life Science to bring Belkin Laser’s funding total to $16.3m.
Shuiesha shoots for manga accelerator
The comic publishing company has begun accepting submissions for its four-month accelerator dubbed Manga Tech 2020, which is set to kick off in November.
Ant Group announces IPO intentions
Alibaba’s financial services spinoff plans to float concurrently in Shanghai and Hong Kong, with China Life and China Post among the investors in line for exits.
Policybazaar explores $250m pre-IPO round
Tencent, Info Edge and SoftBank-banked Policybazaar is aiming for $250m in a round set to precede a 2021 initial public offering expected to value it at $3.5bn.
Gett parks $100m in its account
The Volkswagen and Access Industries-backed ride hailing platform closed $100m in equity, debt and bond financing at a flat $1.5bn valuation.
Freeline progresses towards $100m IPO
The gene therapy developer has followed a $120m round co-led by Novo three weeks ago by filing to go public on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Antengene accesses $97m series C
Fidelity led a series C round for haematology and cancer therapy developer Antengene, whose corporate shareholders include Celgene, Taikang, Tigermed and WuXi AppTec.
Checkmate joins the IPO game with $75m filing
Novo-backed immuno-oncology drug developer Checkmate Pharmaceuticals has filed to go public a month after its last funding round.
Andpad gets handed fresh funding
Salesforce Ventures returned for a $37.3m round for the construction management platform developer that was led by Globis Capital Partners.
Openpath leads investors to $36m series C
Lincoln Property Company, Okta and Allegion helped the keyless access system developer close a round that hiked its overall funding to $63m.
Soterea sorts out series A round
SK China has invested tens of millions of dollars in the automatic braking software provider, which will use the cash to enhance its technology and expand its market share.
UMU interacts with TAL Education in series B
The interactive learning platform developer pulled in $14.3m through a round that followed a TAL Education-backed series A last year.
Afresh bites into $12m series A
Maersk Growth contributed in a round bringing the fresh food monitoring technology company’s overall funding to $19.8m.