Corvus spinoff Angel has secured series A funding from investors including Tigermed, Betta Pharmaceuticals and Hisun Pharmaceuticals.
Month: October 2020
SBI snaps up TaoTao
Z Corporation has exited its 40% stake in crypto trading exchange TaoTao in an acquisition by SBI.
Investors bow to Sensei series A
Cambrian Biopharma co-led a $28.5m round for cancer immunotherapy developer Sensei Biotherapeutics with venture capital firm H&S Ventures.
Doherty and Delph take Magic Leap roles
John Doherty, a GCV Powerlist award winner, becomes CFO as Walter Delph heads business.
Corporate venturing deal net: 5-9 October 2020
Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
E.ON and Innogy point to merged future
E.ON, a Germany-based energy company, following its merger with peer Innogy has rebranded its corporate venturing unit Future Energy Ventures.
Big Hit braces for $842m IPO
Big Hit Entertainment, the Netmarble-backed talent management agency and record company, priced its initial public offering at the top of its range.
GoPuff gets $380m in SoftBank-backed round
Returning investor SoftBank Vision Fund came back for a round that valued the consumer product delivery platform at $3.9bn.
Instacart picks up another $200m
The Comcast, American Express and Amazon-backed grocery delivery service increased its valuation to $17.7bn in a round co-led by Valiant Peregrine Fund and D1 Capital Partners.
A2 coordinates series B round
Oncology therapy developer A2 Biotherapeutics raised $71.5m from investors including Hartford HealthCare Endowment to take its funding to $136m altogether.
MessageBird carries off $200m
The customer service software provider pulled in series C funding from investors including Bonnier at a $3bn valuation.
NTT arcs towards MarkLogic exit
Vector Capital is acquiring the data integration platform developer three years after NTT invested and five after it secured a $1bn valuation.
Redaptive installs $157m in new funding
Existing investors CBRE, Engie New Ventures and Evergy Ventures returned for a round that will help the energy efficiency retrofitter expand its product offering.
Rockley Photonics stocks up with $50m
Applied Ventures contributed to a $50m round that pushed the total raised by the silicon photonics technology producer to $225m.