Q&A with Shinichiro Hori, CEO, Z Venture Capital
Month: March 2022
MUFG to explore India with $300m vehicle
The financial services provider’s Ganesha Fund will focus on India-based fintech and IT startups that can help develop new products and digitalise its core business.
LanzaTech lands $2.2bn reverse takeover agreement
ArcelorMittal, Mitsui, Novo, Siemens and Petronas are in line to exit the carbon recycling technology provider, which is set for a Nasdaq listing.
TRexBio tracks corporates for $85m series A close
Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Pfizer Ventures and Alexandria Venture Investments all returned for the $26m second tranche of the immunobiology therapy developer’s series A round.
Argyle verifies $55m in funding
Checkr returned to help the employment data verification provider boost its total funding to over $77m.
Forma benefits from $40 series B
Employee benefits management platform Twic rebranded to Forma while raising cash from investors including existing backer Stripe.
Daily Deal Round Up: March 9, 2022
JPMorgan Chase and Salesforce Ventures took part in financial services provider Propel’s $50m series B round while prayer app developer Glorify closed its second $40m round in three months.
Axonius executes $200m series E
Deutsche Telekom-backed DTCP was among the investors that pushed the cybersecurity management platform developer’s valuation to $2.6bn.
DNAnexus draws $200m in funding
Returning investor GV returned for a round which hiked the clinical data software provider’s overall funding to over $470m.
Sherlock Biosciences detects $80m in series B round
Illumina Ventures was among the investors in the Baidu-backed diagnostics tool developer’s latest round, boosting its overall funding to $111m.
Excelero accepts Nvidia acquisition
Nvidia has purchased the flash drive memory storage software provider, which already counted its Mellanox Technologies subsidiary as an investor.
Corporates help put up $90m for Pi Labs
Kiilto, Sellar, Aldar Properties, Sino Group, Swire Properties, Hopewell Group, Jaeger Gruppe, Embassy Group, Gaedeke, Assura, Helical, Great Portland Estates and King’s Cross Central have all backed Pi Labs’ Fund III.
Finless Foods nets $34m
Hanwha Chemicals led among the cultured and vegetarian fish producer’s series B round, which also featured Dainichi Corp.
Daily Deal Round Up: March 8, 2022
Banking software provider Zeta netted $30m from investors including Mastercard at a $1.5bn valuation while drug development services provider Staq Pharma closed its series C round.