Mauricio Tessi Weiss and Juan Nieto Villamandos have teamed up with Vivin Hegde to launch Zacua Ventures.
Month: March 2022
Sorenson Ventures closes second fund
Several of its LPs have a strategic angle, especially wanting an early look around cyber trends.
Banque Misr backs fintech fund
Banque Misr was described as the anchor investor in the fund by Global Ventures.
Peets to leave Telus Ventures
Rob Peets has managed Telus’ $400m investment portfolio for a decade.
Daily Deal Round Up: March 30, 2022
Alibaba helped AR glasses provider Nreal take its funding to $200m in the past year while SGE led a $60m series D round for online coder recruitment service HackerRank.
Deepki tracks Statkraft to raise $167m
Statkraft Ventures returned to reinvest in Deepki, the developer of a real estate ESG platform, through a series C round set to fund an expansion drive.
Synspective focuses on $100m series B
Sompo Japan led a round which doubled the satellite developer’s overall funding to $200m and which is set to support its expansion plans.
Yokoy locates $80m in series B round
Swisscom and Six came back to participate in the expense management platform developer’s latest round, lifting its total funding to approximately $108m.
Haegin hails corporates in series B round
Kakao, NetEase, VNG and Netmarble all backed the mobile game developer as it looks to grow its metaverse capabilities and release new titles.
Liberty Strategic Capital to buy Zimperium for $525m
SoftBank will retain a minority stake in the cybersecurity technology provider, as Telstra, Toyo Corporation and Samsung prepare to exit.
Lennar to spin off LenX
Lennar recognised $395m in paper losses during the quarter ending February 2022 from the publicly traded section of its corporate venturing portfolio.
Cheng joins Luno Expeditions as CEO
Jocelyn Cheng joined early-stage investment arm, Luno Expeditions, this month to back crypto.
Bona leaves BCG for UTA
UTA (formerly known as United Talent Agency) previously launched its corporate venturing unit under Sam Wick.
Hawke Ventures swoops on second fund
Hawke Ventures closed its first vehicle at $5.6m from 51 angel investors, TechCrunch reported last summer.