GV led a $20m series A round for the accounting platform developer announced in tandem with a 2020 seed round as it came out of stealth.
Month: October 2021
Analysis: Meesho raises a $570m round
Online reselling platform developer Meesho attracted corporate investors Facebook, SoftBank and Prosus Ventures for a multimillion-dollar round, valuing it at $4.9bn.
Coinbase contributes to $23m Forta round
The crypto exchange is backing Forta, the developer of a smart contract cybersecurity platform, which has been spun off by OpenZeppelin.
Daily Deal Round Up: October 1, 2021
Corporate-backed asset management software developer Zero Hash raised $35m in series C funding while warehouse robotics provider VisionNav closed its own series C round.
Oyo eyes $1.16bn in initial public offering
The multicorporate-backed hotel platform is set to issue up to $942m of new stock in the offering while SoftBank plans to sell over $175m of its shares.
Oxford Nanopore fetches $478m in IPO
Tencent, Nikon, Amgen and Illumina all scored exits as the DNA sequencing provider’s shares popped in the wake of its flotation.
Fanatics Trading Cards traps $350m
Endeavor was among the participants in series A round valuing the Fanatics-owned online trading card marketplace at $10.4bn.
OfBusiness obtains $207m in series F funding
The material procurement services provider was valued at $3bn through a series F round featuring existing investor SoftBank.
SoftBank charges $200m round for Ola Electric
Electric vehicle producer Ola Electric has tripled its valuation to $3bn in just two years having secured its latest funding in a round co-led by SoftBank.
AlphaSense gets $180m funding allocation
Goldman Sachs co-led a series C round for the financial data repository that included Morgan Stanley, Citi, Barclays, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
ContractPodAi drafts SoftBank to raise $115m
The legal digitisation software provider’s series C round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and quintupled its valuation.
Konfio compounds series E funding to reach $235m
SoftBank participated in a $110m extension to round valuing the business lending platform developer at $1.3bn, making it Mexico’s fourth unicorn.
SBI seeks out $75m blockchain fund
SBI Ven Capital’s newly formed joint venture with Sygnum and Azimut will take part in crypto-oriented deals covering areas such as DLT and decentralised finance.
Akamai to acquire Guardicore in $600m deal
The Deutsche Telekom, Access Industries, Dell and Cisco-backed cybersecurity software provider is set to be bought by Akamai Technologies.