Snowflake Ventures put up $20m for the cloud cybersecurity platform developer’s latest round, which included existing backer Liberty Global Ventures.
Month: January 2021
Amperex reaches Horizon in $400m round
Artificial intelligence processor developer Horizon Robotics added $400m in series C2 funding to the $150m it raised last month.
Scorpion Therapeutics spikes $162m series B
Partners Healthcare-backed precision oncology drug developer Scorpion has now raised a total of $270m in funding in the past year.
GLP buys into Baibu through $110m round
Fabrics trading platform developer Baibu has closed a series C-plus round led by GLP subsidiary Hidden Capital and has now raised $540m inside three years.
Starburst dazzles Salesforce in $100m series C
Salesforce Ventures has backed enterprise data query software developer Starburst in a move aimed at strengthening its Tableau data visualisation tool.
Hologic to buy Biotheranostics for $230m
BioMérieux’s molecular cancer diagnosis spinoff has agreed to a $230m purchase by women’s health-focused Hologic.
Neuros Medical implants series BB funding
Boston Scientific-backed pain cessation implant developer Neuros has secured $38m in a round co-led by Sectoral Asset Management and Amzak Health.
TalkingData takes $100m
SoftBank and JD.com-backed data analytics platform developer TalkingData’s latest round was led by CR Capital Group’s CR Data Fund.
New Wave Foods catches $18m
Tyson Ventures has returned for the plant-based shellfish substitute provider’s series A round, bumping its total funding up to $26m.
Stryker brings in OrthoSensor
Dignity Health has exited OrthoSensor after the medical sensor technology provider was acquired by Stryker for an undiclosed sum.
Kallidus cultivates Sapling acquisition
Kallidus has purchased the Gradient Ventures-backed HR management software provider following a $4m seed round in 2019.
Sugar23 shores up funding with $30m
The talent management and multi-media production company has enlisted MRC as its first disclosed corporate investor as it looks to expand into new business areas.
Finding an edge
This is the fourth part of the speech we are preparing for the publication of the World of Corporate Venturing annual review and our next GCVDigitalForum.com on January 21 to 27. The first part of the week covered the synopsis, the abundant innovation capital and how markets are blurring. Today’s leader will show the added value now required. Our next podcast episode will pick up the feedback – your insights will be much appreciated. Email jmawson@mawsonia.com by Friday 2pm UK time.
Roblox reaches new level with $520m
Warner Music Group contributed to a series H round that pushed the valuation of the game creation platform developer from $4bn to $29.5bn in under a year.