The merchant payment and bookkeeping app developer won investment from GMO Venture Partners in its third round this year.
Month: October 2020
Spac smacks of boom
If there is a more expensive way for a company to raise money than through a special purpose acquisition company (Spac) it is hard to imagine.
Powerlist Q&A – Girish Nadkarni, Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures
Q&A with Girish Nadkarni, president, TCNV
SoftBank gets in Kahoot with $215m
The private placement valued the gamified educational platform developer at more than $2.2bn and gives SoftBank a 9.7% stake.
Roblox reveals confidential IPO filing
The Tencent-backed social gaming platform developer had been reported to be targeting an $8bn valuation in its initial public offering.
Dida decides on Hong Kong for IPO
Ride hailing service Dida Chuxing will reportedly target $500m in the offering, which would represent an exit for Nio Capital, BitAuto, JD.com and Ctrip,
Aligos aligns terms for initial public offering
Novo and Roche are in line for exits from hepatitis drug developer Aligos Therapeutics, which has raised some $230m since it was founded in 2018.
Oxford Nanopore locks in $108m
The Amgen and Illumina-backed genetic sequencing equipment provider brought its funding this year to more than $206m and its overall total to about $800m.
Huohua Siwei hoists in $100m
Tencent and Yuanfudao both invested as the online education platform developer boosted its total series E takings to $250m.
SQZ seeks public markets place
GV, Orient Life and Illumina Ventures are in line to exit cell therapy and vaccine developer SQZ Biotechnologies, which has filed for a $75m offering.
EdiGene reaches end of series B round
Existing investor Lilly Asia Ventures helped the genome editing technology developer push its overall funding past the $100m mark.
Lark announces $55m series C
The Omron-backed disease prevention platform developer hiked its total debt and equity financing to $100m, King River Capital leading the series C.
Fuso Chemical experiments with Future Food Fund
The multicorporate-backed corporate venturing vehicle for online food wholesaler Oisix Ra Daichi has secured chemicals producer Fuso as an LP.
PeelPioneers picks up fresh funding
Fruit peel recycler PeelPioneers lured Rabobank to an $11.8m round expected to facilitate the pan-European expansion of its manufacturing base.