KKR has led a $150m round for Huohua Siwei that included Longfor Properties, after the online education provider added 100,000 users in under five months.
Month: August 2020
Synthego sinks $100m series D
Intel Capital came in as a new investor for a round that pushed the genome engineering technology provider’s overall funding to $260m.
Delivery Hero swoops for InstaShop in $360m deal
On-demand grocery delivery service InstaShop had reportedly raised just $7m prior to the acquisition, with Souq and Jabbar Internet exiting.
Aetion amplifies series B to $92m
The healthcare data producer raised $19m from investors including Johnson & Johnson for a round already including Amgen, McKesson, Horizon Health Services, Sanofi and UCB Pharma.
DiscGenics discloses $50m series C
Ci:z Investment led a round also backed by CareNet that advanced the total raised by the spinal disease drug developer to more than $70m.
Tüpraş turns to Emerald industrial fund
The oil refinery operator has chipped into the Emerald Industrial Innovation Fund, already backed by Caterpillar, Chevron, GC, Henkel and DIC.
Kaikeba takes series A funding
Huike Group’s IT education spinoff has secured $79.7m from Gaorong Capital and GL Ventures seven years after it was launched.
Socure curates $35m in funding
Customer identity analytics provider Socure collected Citi Ventures and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital in a round that boosted its total funding to $96m.
Split opens up for $33m series C
M12, ServiceNow, Atlassian and Comcast Ventures all contributed to bring feature flagging deployment platform Split’s overall funding to $60m.
Alibaba pumps funding into Helijia
Alibaba has paid a nine-figure renminbi amount for a stake in its strategic partner Helijia, which markets beauty services to consumers through a mobile app.
Acto accomplishes series A close
Salesforce Ventures contributed to an $11.5m round that will fund the addition of more features to Acto’s mobile drug information platform.
BMS to fork over cash for Forbius
Cancer and fibrosis therapy developer Forbius has agreed to be acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb nine years after it was spun off by YM BioSciences.
Okki obtains series D funding
The CRM software producer formerly known as Xiaoman has raised a nine-figure renminbi amount from strategic investor Alibaba.
Hut Group finds public shelter
UK-based consumer goods technology provider Hut Group (THG) is preparing for a flotation at a reported £4.5bn ($5.85bn) equity valuation.