Alexa Fund-backed MLOps technology developer Comet has now raised more than $19m altogether, Scale Venture Partners having led its latest round.
Month: April 2021
Egypt’s potential for innovation
Egypt has long had the potential for innovation and more money is flowing into the region as regional centres spring up to service the burgeoning class of entrepreneurs.
Emerging Leaders Q&A – Chad Bown and Daniel Proske, BP Ventures
Q&A with Chad Bown and Daniel Proske, managing partners, BP Ventures
Trax traps $640m in series E round
The intelligent retail technology provider increased its valuation to a reported $2bn in a round co-led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
ShareChat snatches $502m in series E
Snap and existing shareholder Twitter backed a round for the social media platform, which caters to speakers of 15 Indian languages, valuing it at $2.1bn.
Plaid plays on to $425m series D
Altimeter Capital has led a round for the Alphabet, Amex, Citi, Mastercard and Visa-backed financial data sharing service, valuing it at $13.4bn.
Kavak drives through $485m series D round
The SoftBank-backed used car marketplace more than tripled its valuation to $4bn in seven months, with D1 Capital Partners leading the round.
Oda drops Kolonial past to raise $265m
Prosus and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 co-led a round valuing the the online grocery retailer, which has just rebranded, at $900m post-money.
Icosavax racks up $100m
Sanofi Ventures reinvested in the vaccine developer through a series B round that followed a $51m series A 18 months ago.
Redis Labs logs $110m in series G
The database software provider completed a series G round backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a valuation exceeding $2bn.
Phenom finds $100m for series D round
The Axa-backed talent recruitment platform developer has secured funding in a series D round led by B Capital Group at a $1.3bn valuation.
Canva captures $71m at $15bn valuation
T Rowe Price and Dragoneer co-led a round that pushed the VaynerMedia-backed design software provider’s overall funding past $350m.
TrueLayer accrues $70m in series D round
The opemn banking software provider almost doubled its overall funding to $142m in a round featuring Santander-backed Mouro Capital.
Innostar shines in pre-series A round
The Lam Research-backed storage chip developer has raised about $100m in a round led by another earlier investor, Shanghai Lianhe Investment.