Chinese drug discovery platform QureBio raised corporate funding last week while JD.com and Qi-Anxin Technology Group were among the LPs that helped set up the $470m Shoudu Pan Healthcare Industry Fund.
Month: December 2021
Salvagno emerges at SentinelOne
Cisco’s former head joins SentinelOne after it had previously raised $267m in its series F round.
2TM Group focuses on blockchain deals
2TM Ventures formed with spate of dealmaking
Blockchain-enabled fund raises $10m
The fund will invest in the ecosystem surrounding PlanetWatch.
Constellation Software sets up $200m fund
Constellation’s VMS Ventures will invest in software businesses.
Keïta leaves Airbus for Meta Materials
Elsa Keïta, a GCV Rising Stars 2016 award winner, had previously spent 12 years at Airbus.
AXA takes a fifth of VC firm
AXA had last year been one of the first investors to commit to Blue’s $200m Latin America Fund I.
Optimum Agriculture backs Yield Lab LatAm
Optimum Agriculture gains more direct access to startups.
Tencent’s sale of JD.com shares marks new era
Tencent offers dividend to shareholders through $16.4bn sale of JD.com holding
Daily Deal Round Up: December 23, 2021
Drug development platform creator Xbiome has raised nearly $100m in series B funding while bioindustrial startup services provider 21st.Bio secured a similar amount from Novo.
Novartis measures out $1.5bn Gyroscope acquisition
Cambridge spinout Gyroscope, which counts Fosun as an investor, is set to be picked up for a healthy premium on the projected valuation at which it failed to float in May.
Snapdeal looks to snatch $165m in IPO
SoftBank and Foxconn are both looking to sell shares in the offering, which could represent confirmation of a recovery for the once troubled e-commerce platform operator.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 22, 2021
Corporate-backed unicorns Via and Cohesity have both confidentially filed to go public while autonomous driving technology developer Haomo.AI raised nearly $157m.
Ilmarinen jumps on Voi in $115m round
E-scooter rental service Voi has joined the likes of Tier Mobility and Lime by raising a nine-figure amount, in a series D round that will fund European growth.