Ray’s previous job at TD Ameritrade involved participation in investments including enterprise automation software provider HyperScience.
Month: January 2021
Kleo finds a home at Biohaven
Biohaven has purchased the 58% stake cancer immunotherapy developer Kleo Pharmaceuticals it did not already own.
Prostko leaves Comcast to be a Teachers’
Rick Prostko’s roster of deals at Comcast included Identified (acquired by Workday), Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever) and Instacart (now valued at $13.7bn).
Yunji Technology yanks in series C cash
Tencent and Lenovo Capital are among the investors in the service robot developer’s latest round, which pushed its funding from the past 10 months to $77m.
Cargill grows with VanLanduit hire
Erin VanLanduit, a GCV Powerlist 2020 award winner during her time at Tyson Foods, is Cargill’s new head of corporate ventures.
Waite joins Semapa Next
Semapa’s corporate venture capital unit has hired Rita Waite, who had previously worked in venture capital for Juniper Networks.
Airbnb’s advantage
Reading last month’s headlines, such as “Airbnb soars to near $100bn valuation as shares more than double in IPO [initial public offering]. Company trades at over $150 a share from initial $68 price,” and you would be hard-pressed to say there had been the covid-19 disease limiting travel around the world over the past year.
Cruise takes in $2bn
Microsoft joined carmakers General Motors and Honda in a round that pushed the driverless car technology developer’s valuation to $30bn.
K Health cages $132m
The Anthem and Comcast-backed remote healthcare provider doubled its valuation for the second time in 10 months, in a series E round valuing it at $1.5bn.
Jiliguala fills up series C round
Tencent took part in a round sized at nearly $100m for the English language learning platform, which counts Bertelsmann among its earlier investors.
Everlywell revs up with $75m
HealthQuest Capital supplied $75m for the medical test provider, which counts The Chernin Group as an investor, at a flat $1.3bn valuation.
Nyle nabs new funding
DA Consortium, Gree Ventures, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners and SBI Group were among the backers in a $48.2m round for the marketing, media and ride hailing service operator.
Didi Mobility Japan goes local with fresh funding
The mobility service provider will use the $50.1m cash it secured from SoftBank and Didi Chuxing to expand from Chinese tourists to local Japanese users.
Budbee gets $63m cash delivery
H&M Co:Lab reinvested in the last-mile delivery service as part of a round that will support its international expansion and the strengthening of its technology.