The move follows increased interest in climate change.
Month: February 2022
Harrison starts Faction VC
Before starting Blockchain.com Ventures in July 2018, Harrison had been an investment principal at Prosus.
Lee leaves Applied for KTB
At Applied Ventures, Lee was responsible for its Korea innovation fund and drives investments in disruptive startups in the region.
Ateya leaves 3M Ventures
Dan Ateya had been GCV Emerging Leader award winner in 2021.
Wilshire Lane Capital closes on $40m fund
Founded by Adam Demuyakor, Wilshire Lane was reportedly looking to raise up to another $85m.
Burnt Island Ventures drinks to new fund
In December, Burnt Island Ventures was part of a syndicate backing StormSensor.
Wintrust adds $50m to ventures unit
Bailey Moore, senior vice-president at Wintrust Ventures, added: “We have had particular focus in sectors such as enterprise SaaS [software-as-a-service], healthcare IT [information technology], marketplace and omni channel brands.”
Globant sets up BeKind fund
Globant Ventures has previously done a handful of deals,
Echo Health adds provider to alliance
Echo Innovation Alliance now includes BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
Bullhorn calls for $20m fund
Bullhorn has previously directly acquired several ecosystem participants.
Wu leaves Coinbase for Archetype
2021 was a record year for Coinbase Ventures, with just under 150 deals, averaging a new deal every 2.5 days.
Sanghi to retire from Amex Ventures
Matthew Sueoka, head of global strategy, partnerships and enablement at Amex’s Digital Labs, will be promoted.
Daily Deal Round Up: February 25, 2022
Verizon-backed video software provider Beamr Imaging has filed to go public while cancer screening technology developer Mirxes raised $87m.
Scalapay calls in Tencent for $497m round
Scalapay is the third buy now, pay later service to receive funding from Tencent in the past four months, in a series B round valuing it in excess of $1bn.