SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the e-commerce holding company’s latest round, reportedly the largest series A ever closed by a US-based company.
Month: May 2021
Flywire ties up $251m initial public offering
The payment software provide’s shared popped on their first day after an IPO that followed two Goldman Sachs-backed funding rounds.
Ivi activates $250m series D
VTB has led the Prof-Media-backed video streaming service’s series D round, which reportedly brought its overall financing to $438m.
Invaio Sciences infused with series C funding
Alexandria Venture Investments has participated in an $88.9m round which has pushed the biotech developer’s total funding past $142m.
Novo escorts Esco to $200m series A
The pharmaceutical firm co-led a series A equity and crossover financing round for the life sciences tool provider that will fund Chinese expansion.
NiKang nicks $200m in series C round
Lilly Asia Ventures has returned to back the immuno-oncology therapy developer’s latest round, eight months after participating in the company’s series B.
AMTD digital unit to be spun off in US IPO
AMTD Group is looking to spin off its digital financial services arm, which counts Maoyan Entertainment as an investor, through an initial public offering in the United States.
Akili scores $160m in series D funding
Shionogi has joined subsidiaries of Merck Group and Amgen in the equity portion of a series D round for the digital therapeutics developer.
Pulmocide pulls in $92m
Asahi Kasei, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson helped the respiratory disease drug developer boost its overall funding to $150m.
Salesforce helps Wiz magic up $120m
Wiz, the developer of a cyber risk analytics platform, has reportedly secured new funding in a Salesforce-led round that is its third in six months.
Qualcomm oversees $45m IoT fund
Banco do Brasil, Lenovo, Multilaser, Motorola and Telefónica have committed to a $45m joint venture fund established by Qualcomm, Indicator Capital and BNDES.
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Affirm spinoff Resolve raised $60m from investors including its parent company, while sales and marketing software provider Qualified secured $51m in a Salesforce-backed round.
Noom zooms to $540m series F
Samsung Ventures was part of a Silver Lake-led round that hiked health management app developer Noom’s valuation to $3.7bn.
AkroStar attracts $78m in series A round
Existing investor Da Heng Qin contributed to a round that increased the semiconductor technology provider’s overall funding to $155m.