The owner of home renovation platform Today’s House (Ohouse)’s latest round helped value it at $1.4bn and push its total funding to $261m.
Month: May 2022
Paymob receives $50m contactless payment
PayPal was among the investors helping the payment platform digitise emerging economies.
Privyr pinpoints $6m series A round
Insurer Massachusetts Mutual Life’s Southeast Asia-focused unit, MMV SEA, has led the customer engagement platform’s latest round with $3m.
Analysis: Shanghai Shanshan charges $472m
Several China-based corporate venture investors backed a large round valuing lithium-ion battery Shanghai Shanshan material producer at $1.5bn. The deal highlights the importance of battery technologies not only for the emerging kind of mobility applications but for the process of energy transition as a whole.
NetOn recruits corporates for fresh funding
Corporations piled into the recruitment cloud platform’s $2.8m round, an indication of how SaaS technology is rapidly gaining a foothold at Japanese companies.
Zora Labs mints $50m round
Coinbase is among the investors helping the new NFT exchange provide alternatives to OpenSea.
Daily Deal Round Up: May 6, 2022
The Global Corporate Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the corporate innovation ecosystem.
GBT reaches unicorn status with $150m series A
Fresh funding for the EV battery company comes as Chinese automotive players are ramping up mobility investment efforts.
Shopify to buy Deliverr in $2.1bn deal
Shopify’s takeover of the logistics services provider will help close the gap with larger rivals like Amazon.
Coinbase’s takeover talks with 2TM break down
Coinbase’s acquisition of the Brazil-based cryptocurrency brokerage was stymied as negotiations fell through.
Daily Deal Round Up: May 5, 2022
The Global Corporate Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the corporate innovation ecosystem.
Rising Stars Q&A – Mike Lim, Cisco Investments
Q&A with Mike Lim, head of venture investments at Cisco Investments and corporate development for Cisco Collaboration
Porsche leads Group14’s $400m series C
Automaker Porsche has led the SK Materials, Amperex, Showa Denko Cabot and BASF-backed EV battery technology provider’s fresh round to help advance the EV industry.
Nasdaq backs Amberdata‘s $30m series B
Nasdaq, Coinbase, Citi, NAB and Chicago Trading Company were among the participants in the crypto data company’s latest round.