Battery cell technology developer StoreDot has raised $60m of a targeted $80m, with carmaker VinFast leading the round as it looks to go all-electric.
Month: January 2022
Alto attracts $40m series B
Coinbase Ventures has returned to back the IRA-targeted alternatives investing scheme operator, as the unit diversifies its blockchain and crypto-themed portfolio.
Industry embarks on fifth revolution
The digital transformation that has disrupted and reshaped the industrial sector in recent years, known as the fourth industrial revolution or industry 4.0, has now reached a new chapter with the development of what has been dubbed as industry 5.0.
Wealth is power in the industrials sector
Industry Q4 2021 report editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Lineage successfully lines up $1.7bn
Rabobank, QuadReal and Oxford Properties took part in the cold chain logistics group’s latest round, taking its funding to $6bn in the past two years.
OpenSea’s valuation exceeds $13bn in $300m round
The Coinbase, Animoca Brands and Gumi-backed NFT marketplace grew its valuation almost ninefold in the space of six months as the NFT market skyrockets.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 5, 2022
Data software provider Weka raised $73m in a round led by Hitachi Ventures while Advance Publications exited social impact technology developer EverFi in a $750m acquisition.
Mojo Vision mops up $45m
Amazon, Motorola Solutions, PTC, Liberty Global and Advantech were among the investors that supplied extra series B-1 funding for the smart contact lens provider helping to push wearable technology to the next level.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 4, 2022
Veon and Prosus helped B2B product marketplace ShopUp push its series B funding to $109m while Sunshine Insurance backed rounds for ImmuneOnco and Xuanzhu Biopharmaceutical.
Focal Systems hauls in series B funding
Zebra Technologies took part in a $25.8m round for the retail automation technology provider as offline retailers look to automate to compete with e-commerce.
Liquid Death gulps down $75m
Live Nation was among the investors that supported the Pernod Ricard-backed heavy water retailer, which is benefitting from a series of memorable marketing initiatives.
GenFleet generates $75m in series C funding
Baidu Ventures has backed the small molecule cancer therapy developer’s latest round, which came after a slew of healthtech and biotech investments made by the unit in recent months.
Badoual steps back in to run TotalEnergies Ventures
Girish Nadkarni, a GCV Powerlist award winner, said he had ‘handed over charge for TEV to Francois Badoual’.
Burger to hand over CTV next month
Jim Gable, who is vice-president of downstream technology and services at Chevron, will run its CVC unit.