Chanel and Kraft Group were among the investors in Evolved By Nature’s $120m series C round, while Prosus led a $39m series B for Sharebite.
Month: June 2022
Japanese film studio seeks digitalisation know-how through venture unit
The cinema and kabuki studio’s Shochiku Ventures subsidiary will target virtual reality and entertainment digitalisation technology developers while its sister programme, Shochiku Accelerator, is accepting submissions until August 10.
TaskHuman trumps $20m series B round
Zoom Ventures and RingCentral Ventures invested in video coaching sessions provider TaskHuman’s $20m series B round.
Daily Deal Round Up: June 29, 2022
Siemens and Volkswagen provided $450m for the latter’s Electrify America subsidiary while Leaps by Bayer helped push ReCode Therapeutics‘ series B round to $200m.
MassMutual Ventures adds $100m to invest in the US and Israel
Massachusetts Mutual Life’s corporate investment arm has more than doubled its available capital in just two years.
BlackBerry co-leads Compredict’s $5.8m series A
BlackBerry Ivy Innovation Fund put up capital to advance cost savings in vehicular maintenance.
Bertelsmann pledges $500m for early-stage Indian deals
Bertelsmann India Investments is diving into a growing funding gap for early-stage startups in the country.
Pang exits Experian Ventures
Former Experian Ventures investment director Chan Yip Pang has joined Vertex Ventures as an executive director.
Gross-Selbeck to move from BCG Digital Ventures
BCG Digital Ventures’ global managing partner, Stefan Gross-Selbeck, will move to a climate technology position at parent company Boston Consulting Group at the end of this year.
Five tips for CVCs who want external LP money
If a CVC unit wants to bring in outside money, it needs a great track record, a unique angle and skin in the game.
Vollaard leaves Rabo Frontier Ventures
GCV Powerlist mainstay Harrie Vollaard has announced his departure after five years at RFV and over two decades at its parent firm, Rabobank.
Daily Deal Round Up: June 28, 2022
Susquehanna Growth Equity has led a $62m series B round for speech-to-text software provider Speechmatics, while Fidelity’s Eight Roads unit led digital asset data aggregator Kaiko’s $53m series B.
Yamaha Motor Ventures to expand into fintech, insurtech with second fund
The motor company CVC is launching its second Exploratory Fund vintage later this year.
Global Venturing Review: Making cars smarter with Vito Giallorenzo – BlackBerry IVY Innovation Fund
Vito Giallorenzo of BlackBerry joined the Global Venturing Review podcast to discuss how the BlackBerry IVY Innovation Fund is working to make automobiles smarter.