Meituan-Dianping has once again invested in the commercial robot maker through a $77.8m series C round that also included an unspecified strategic investor.
Month: May 2021
Styra secures $40m in series B
Capital One Ventures and Citi Ventures have featured in the series B round for the cloud-native authorisation software developer.
AI governance – the foundation for trustworthy AI
Comment from Anik Bose and Venkat Raghavan, BGV Partners, and Christophe Bourguignat, Zelros
Will technology move from centre stage to facilitator?
AI supplement Q2 2021 editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Daily Deal Round Up: May 18, 2021
Nexa3D has confirmed $55m in funding across several rounds, while BukuKas has added $50m to its coffers and both Label Insights and Mya Systems have been acquired.
The golden triangle
The covid-19 pandemic has been regarded as the long-awaited start of the “biological century”.
Rising Stars Q&A – Taraec Hussein, FGV
Taraec Mohamed Hussein, head of investments, Fatima Gobi Ventures
Bright Machines highlights reverse merger
SoftBank is participating in a PIPE financing for Flex spinoff Bright Machines, which will walk away with $435m in gross proceeds and a $1.1bn valuation.
Back Market sells investors on $335m series D
Aglaé Ventures and Goldman Sachs returned for a $335m series D round for Back Market, having already participated in a $120m series C a year ago.
Ulu ushers in $138m for Fund III
Twitter and Motley Fool were among the LPs in the venture firm’s latest vehicle, which had a $100m target.
Hummingbird takes off with $125m series C
Novo, SK Group and Amgen have participated in a series C round for the precision therapy developer that has increased its total funding to at least $150m.
DST drives to $100m series C
Ingka Group’s investment unit has led a series C round for the electric vehicle rental services provider, which also included by SMRT Ventures.
Amount aggregates $99m in series D
The banking technology provider has been valued at over $1bn following a series D round backed by Goldman Sachs and Barclays.
Bos migrates from M Ventures to Forbion
Bos, who featured in last year’s GCV Powerlist, has become a general partner at Forbion after spending 12 years at Merck’s corporate venture capital unit.