Telstra, Liberty Global, Kraft Group and 32 Equity are set to exit esports competition platform Skillz in a deal valuing it at $3.5bn.
Month: September 2020
Unacademy institutes $150m series F
Facebook and SoftBank both contributed to a $150m round for Unacademy, almost trebling the online education provider’s valuation to $1.45bn.
Hymson lasers its way to $107m IPO
The laser manufacturing equipment maker is going public on Shanghai’s Star Market two years after a Legend Capital-backed seed round.
Biofourmis breaks $100m series C news
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $100m series C round for the healthcare data analytics provider that included existing investor MassMutual Ventures.
PasarPolis covers series B with $54m
Xiaomi and SBI Investment co-led the insurance aggregator’s series B round, which also featured series A investors including Gojek.
Gaana grabs $50m in Tencent-led round
The round valued the music streaming platform at $530m and was led by a $40m investment from Tencent, with the other $10m coming from Times Internet.
Sarcos sucks up $40m
The Microsoft, Caterpillar and Schlumberger-backed exoskeleton developer has raised series C funding from Rotor Capital and most of its existing investors.
Dialpad gets Highfive in acquisition deal
Dialpad has bought the video conferencing technology developer, which had raised more than $77m from investors including GV and Dimension Data.
Hazel Health hits up Centene in series C
Health insurer Centene was among the investors in a $33.5m round that marked paediatric care service Hazel’s first publicly disclosed financing.
RIF team unwraps Taptrove Ventures
Randstad Innovation Fund managing partners Paul Jacquin and Ilonka Jankovich have co-founded Taptrove, which will expand the thesis of the corporate fund.
RoomClip attaches series D financing
Hakuhodo DY, Japan Post, NTT Docomo and Plus Corporation contributed to a $9.4m round that pushed the interior photo sharing service’s total funding past $20m.
InfoSum adds series A funding
Ascential, Akamai, Experian, ITV and Xandr all invested as the marketing data sharing platform raised $15.1m to help it expand in North America and Europe.
Neon negotiates $300m series C round
PayPal Ventures and the BBVA-backed Propel Venture Partners are contributing to a two-tranche round that will lift the online bank’s total funding to $414m.
PropertyGuru homes in on $220m
Existing investors KKR and TPG provided the funding for the Emtek-backed online property portal, which withdrew from a planned IPO late last year.