Prosus took part in a $63m round for logistics service provider Shipper while V1 Group-backed animation platform developer Laihua raised over $25m.
Month: April 2021
Coinbase valued at $75.9bn after its debut on Nasdaq
Spend enough time in venture and you can see the transformation in startups and the economy almost as if time has speeded up.
Emerging Leaders Q&A – Richard Williams, Chevron Technology Ventures
Q&A with Richard Williams, venture executive, Chevron Technology Ventures
Coinbase moves to public markets
The crypto trading platform has executed a direct listing and is now valued above $85bn, six years after BBVA, New York Stock Exchange, NTT Docomo and USAA backed it at a $490m valuation.
Groq locks up $300m series C
TDK Ventures and XTX Ventures both contributed to a round that boosted the compute accelerator provider’s valuation to more than $1bn.
Fiture fits in $300m series B
The home fitness equipment provider’s third round in six months was co-led by Legend Capital and also featured Bertelsmann Asia Investments, Tencent and Nio Capital.
Astranis ascends with $250m series C
The telecommunications satellite technology developer was valued at $1.4bn in a series C round backed by a Koch Industries subsidiary.
Tango Therapeutics arranges reverse merger
The Gilead Sciences-backed oncology drug developer will join forces with Nasdaq-listed BCTG in a reverse takeover deal.
Degreed delivers $153m series D
The Kaplan-backed employee development platform operator was valued at $1.4bn in a series D round that pushed its overall equity funding near the $300m mark.
CeQur secures $115m in series C5
Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital co-led the insulin injection device developer’s latest round, participating alongside investors including Tandem Diabetes Care and Ypsomed.
Gaussian Robotics sweeps up $100m
Longfor Group, Tencent and Meituan Dianping were among the investors to back the cleaning robot producer’s series B-plus round.
Bukalapak cooks up new funding
BRI Ventures and Mandiri Capital have reportedly added an undisclosed amount to the $234m the e-commerce platform developer secured yesterday.
ConsenSys connects to corporates for $65m
Protocol Labs, Alameda Research, CMT Digital, Mastercard, JP Morgan and UBS all backed the blockchain software producer’s latest round.
CVC throws off covid gloom in Q1
Analysis: Q1 2021