Salesforce Ventures returned for the web marketing startup’s series A round, which was led by new investor Norwest Venture Partners.
Month: August 2020
China readies itself
The week has started with some tantalizing morsels from our news editor, Rob Lavine, rested after his recent holiday and very welcome for his return (especially by Thierry Heles who covered for him so well last week).
Tencent helps slip $358m to Yipin Fresh
The 24-hour grocery chain secured the money in a series C round co-led by Tencent, the corporate investor that also led its series B early last year.
BigCommerce digs up $216m in IPO
The Telstra, Softbank and American Express-backed e-commerce software provider BigCommerce floated above an expanded range.
Rigetti reinforces series C round to $79m
BVP led a $79m series C round closed by Rigetti five months after a securities filing revealed the Bloomberg-backed quantum computing technology developer was raising money.
Blackbird flies high with $356m fund
Pension fund managers including Telstra Super have invested in the fourth fund for Blackbird Ventures, which focuses on startups across Australia and New Zealand.
Radish raids corporates for series A funding
Kakao Page and SoftBank Ventures Asia co-led a $63.2m round for the serialised fiction platform that will fund an increase in headcount.
Corporates make Hey in series E round
PayPal and Yahoo Japan contributed to a round of undisclosed size for the e-commerce services provider headed by a $66m investment from Bain Capital.
ABL reaches new heights with $49m
Lockheed Martin Ventures was among the participants in a round the satellite launch system developer said closed in March.
Volante collates $35m in financing
BNY Mellon, Citi Ventures , Visa and Poste Italiane subsidiary PostePay all contributed to the first funding round to be disclosed by the payment software provider.
Shengli calculates series B-plus funding
East Money Information is among the investors that chipped into a $14.3m round for the trading software provider that was led by Sequoia Capital China.
Corporate-startup impact defined
It’s one thing for a large corporation to partner another in order to build a total solution for a product, but doing the same with a startup seems somewhat harder.
Ant Group aims for $30bn in autumn IPO
Alibaba’s financial services spinoff, which counts China Life and China Post as investors, has reportedly set a target for a dual offering that would be the largest in history.
Indigo colours in the rest of $535m round
The agricultural marketplace operator has completed the series F round’s $360m second tranche, which followed a $175m first close featuring FedEx in January this year.