SoftBank’s Latin America Fund and General Atlantic have co-led a $107m series B round for Acesso Digital, a facial recognition technology developer that will use the money to scale.
Month: September 2020
Playco starts funding game with $100m
Digital Garage has helped launch mobile gaming platform Playco with a $100m series A round and a valuation of more than $1bn.
Wix whips up corporate venturing fund
The website development tool provider’s Wix Capital subsidiary will invest in early-stage startups that are developing AI, e-commerce, web design and automation technologies.
Leyan locks in series C2
The Kunlun-backed customer engagement software provider has closed its series C round at about $44m, having raised a similar amount in series C1 funding four months ago.
K Wah helps Hrain close series B-plus
K Wah Group’s subsidiary has taken part in the tumour therapy and drug developer’s $29.3m round, which came a year after its $28m series B round.
Figures trending upwards
Monthly report: July-August 2020
Corporates turn to strategic investments to drive sustainable innovation
Global Impact Venturing: comment from Moses Choi
Chasing the light at the end of the tunnel
Global University Venturing: Covid-19 remains a threat but universities are at the forefront of fighting back
Chunghwa Telecom to join forces with startups to enter the global market
Comment from Andrew Yang, deputy chief executive, Taiwan Renaissance Platform
Leaders think about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow
Win Semiconductors chairman and president Dennis Chin-Tsai Chen (pictured), discusses his business philosophy with Jack Huang, founder and chairman, Taiwan Renaissance Platform
Corporate venturing made in Taiwan
Innovative region: Taiwan
Sector report: Telecoms
Telecoms are the connecting tissue of today’s digitised world
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise joins StackRox
StackRox, a US-based software container and Kubernetes security provider, has raised $26.5m from a consortium including tech firm Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE). Venture capital firm Menlo Ventures led the round with participation from peers Highland Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital and Redpoint Ventures as well as HPE. In April 2018, StackRox raised $25m in its series B round… Continue reading Hewlett-Packard Enterprise joins StackRox
How to eagle-eye a star VC fund
Comment by Gonzalo Soriano and Héctor Shibata Salazar, AC Ventures