Animoca Brands, Delphi Digital and Verizon are helping FCF bring audience participation into live sports through the blockchain.
Month: January 2022
Daily Deal Round Up: January 13, 2022
SoftBank led 5G chip developer Eigencomm’s $157m series C round while smart bank Seba Bank raised $120m in its own series C, which included Alameda Research.
Mitsubishi Electric mints corporate VC vehicle
The $43.7m ME Innovation Fund is part of a $100m corporate venturing initiative revealed by the electrical product provider in mid-2020 and will invest in digital and green energy companies.
Tencent helps serve up $100m for Flipdish
Tencent led a nine-figure round valuing the hospitality software provider at $1.25bn as the industry’s digitalisation gathers pace.
Powerlist Q&A – Stéphane Longuet, Convivialité Ventures
Q&A with Stéphane Longuet, co-founder and managing partner, Convivialité Ventures
Roche rounds up $290m for Freenome
The diagnostics technology developer has raised another $290m from existing investor Roche, which will support it as it looks to expand its products to additional cancers.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 12, 2022
Synthetic DNA producer DNA Script and personalised health plan provider Transcarent each closed $200m corporate-backed series C rounds.
Placer.ai finds space for $100m
The footfall analytics software developer scored a $1bn valuation through a series C round featuring Majestic Realty, the latest real estate operator to invest in the property data sector.
GoStudent grabs $340m in series D
The digital education services provider was valued at $3.4bn in a Prosus-led round which included fellow corporates Tencent, Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank.
Tul twigs to $181m series B
SoftBank’s Latin America Fund took part in the construction materials marketplace’s latest round at a reported valuation of $800m.
eFishery nets $90m in series C round
SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 co-led the seafood farming technology provider’s latest round, which also featured Go-Ventures, as Indonesia’s aquaculture technology space begins to look outwards.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 11, 2022
Business-focused neobank Qonto raised $552m from investors including Tencent at a $552m valuation while SK provided $350m for Center for CDMO Breakthrough Medicines.
Delivery Hero gets $150m Rappi return
Delivery Hero has generated a healthy return having sold part of its stake in delivery app developer Rappi, one of several investments in the Latin American market.
Bluepha manufactures $137m in series B3 funding
Country Garden Venture Capital returned to reinvest in Bluepha having led the the bioplastics developer’s series B2 round five months ago.