Driverless vehicle developer EasyMile closed a $66.4m round featuring Alstom and Continental while UCB and LivaNova-backed EEG technology developer Ceribell secured $53m.
Month: April 2021
Mawsonia has won a Queen’s Award for International Trade
Our submission weighed heavily on the fantastic work the team developing Global Corporate Venturing, Global University Venturing and Global Impact Venturing has been doing over the past few years to connect innovation capital sources and drive innovation forward on the global stage.
JD Logistics gets go-ahead for IPO
JD.com’s logistics spinoff, which counts China Life and Tencent as investors, has received approval for an offering set to be between $3bn and $4bn in size.
Tata gets assent for BigBasket majority purchase
Alibaba could potentially sell $550m of shares in the deal, which has been given approval by regulators and which will give Tata a 64% stake in return for $1.2bn.
Paxos finds path to $300m
PayPal Ventures has returned to take part in the virtual currency platform developer’s series D round, which secured it a $2.4bn post-money valuation.
Darktrace races to $230m IPO
The cybersecurity technology provider, which counts SB Isat among its early investors, has gone public in its home country.
Vaccitech accesses public markets
GV, Tencent and Gilead Sciences will exit the vaccine and infectious disease drug developer in an initial public offering sized at about $110m.
Vectra AI harvests $130m in funding
The Intel, Juniper Networks, Nissho and Wipro-backed cloud security software provider has closed a round that took its total funding to $330m.
Modern Meadow manages $130m series C round
The Evonik and Continental Grain Company-backed bio-based materials producer has appointed a new CEO alongside its latest funding round.
Wasabi warms up with $112m series C
Fidelity led a series C round for NTT Docomo-backed cloud storage services provider Wasabi that increased its valuation to $700m.
JGC jumps into corporate venturing vehicle
The $46m JGC Mirai Innovation Fund will invest in startups working on net-zero emission, green infrastructure, lifestyle and industry 4.0 technologies globally.
OpenClassrooms stays course for $80m series C
Salesforce Ventures has chipped into the online learning platform’s latest round, bringing its overall funding to about $150m.
Yiauto accelerates to $70m series C
Susquehanna International Group’s SIG China subsidiary led a round for the online car dealership that included several existing backers.
Adcendo accepts series A funding
Novo Seeds co-led a $61.7m round for the oncology therapy developer with Ysios Capital, following a Novo Nordisk Foundation grant.