SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the round which also attracted SK Networks and will enable Standard Cognition to deploy its autonomous checkout system in hundreds of stores.
Month: February 2021
Evox experiences series C round
GV has returned for a $95.4m series C round that also included Eli Lilly through the conversion of a $10m note secured as part of a collaboration agreement last year.
Personetics picks up $75m
The Mouro Capital-backed developer of customer engagement technology has hauled in fresh growth equity funding from Warburg Pincus.
Pex fishes for $57m from investors
Tencent and its Tencent Music Entertainment unit are among the participants in the royalty attribution service provider’s latest round, four years after UMG and WMG provided seed funding.
PSafe secures CyberLabs in merger deal
Qihoo 360 has exited the Brazil-based peer after it joined AI technology group CyberLabs to form a new company, CyberLabs Group.
Liangyihui lines up series C funding
The Legend Holdings-backed digital medical platform has raised fresh capital for a series A round led by Qiming Venture Partners.
Unacademy draws in TapChief
Unacademy has acquired a majority stake in the professional networking platform, providing an exit for Paytm.
Oxford Nanopore identifies $24m
Amadeus Capital Partners has bought a stake in the Amgen and Illumina-backed company through a secondary transaction, valuing it at around $2.4bn.
Vita Therapeutics invigorates itself with $20m
Cambrian Biopharma has backed a round that will go toward further developing Vita’s lead candidate, VTA-110, for muscular dystrophy treatments.
EnginZyme digests additional series A funding
The SEB-backed tranche has helped the Stockholm spinout lift the round to $13.3m, which will be used to conduct a proof-of-concept run.
LegalForce powers up with series C
Several financial services firms have contributed to a $25.5m round for the contract review technology developer.
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JD ships logistics unit to stock exchange
JD Logistics has filed for an initial public offering on the Hong Stock Exchange and is reportedly eyeing a $40bn valuation.
Tata Group to put BigBasket in its trolley
BigBasket is reportedly being valued between $1.8bn and $2bn in a transaction that would give Tata Group a majority stake.