Reza Halse will be a partner at RA Capital, which held a first and final closing of its second venture fund in October.
Month: March 2021
Spac attack shows innovation frenzy
March 2021 issue editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Genesis cracks series B code with $45m
GV and Salesforce Ventures joined existing investor Citi in a $45m round for the financial application development platform.
Lookout spies CipherCloud for acquisition
Cloud cybersecurity software provider CipherCloud had raised more than $80m pre-acquisition from backers such as Transamerica and Deutsche Telekom.
Maciel’s Volpe adds to debut fund
SoftBank-backed Volpe has reached an $80m first close of its inaugural fund and made its first deal by investing in Uol Edtech.
Turtlemint takes $46m to close its series D
The insurance comparison platform developer has added Jungle Ventures funding to cash from investors including American Family and MassMutual.
Quarters gets in Habyt
Medici Living Group has exited co-living spinoff Quarters through a purchase by Habyt, shortly after shutting the brand’s US operations earlier this year.
Assembled calls in series A funding
Stripe has returned to reinvest in the customer support software developer through a $16.6m round, having previously led its seed funding.
Lightyear recharges with $48m round
The Sioux Technologies-backed solar-powered vehicle developer has secured new funding as it prepares to complete the first deliveries of its cars later this year.
Coupang’s $4.55bn IPO offering was the year’s biggest so far
It is a very rare exit.
Stripe straps in $600m at $95bn valuation
The digital payment software producer more than doubled its valuation in a round that included new corporate investors Axa and Allianz X.
Megvii segues to Shanghai IPO filing
The artificial intelligence technology provider is set to raise up to $923m in an initial public offering that would score exits for Alibaba, Foxconn, Legend Holdings and SK Group.
Alkami aims to transmute $100m in IPO
Fidelity could secure an exit from the digital banking platform developer, which filed for an initial public offering last week.
ICHunt integrates nearly $100m from JD.com
The operator of the online marketplace platform for electronic components has pulled in new funding from existing investor JD.com.