LenDenClub invested in six Indian fintech companies through its venture scheme while Alphabet participated in clinical trial management startup Paradigm’s $203m series A round.
Month: January 2023
MUFG expands investments in Indonesia with $100m fund
The Japanese banking group partnered with local subsidiary Danamon for a fund that will back Indonesian startups, adding to its $300m Ganesha Fund in India.
A Fitbit-like device that monitors your blood (no needles required)
Boston-based startup General Prognostics is developing a digital biomarker platform for heart disease patients. It is one of a growing number of emerging blood-related tech startup raising funding.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 30th, 2023
UPMC co-led Smile Digital Health’s $30m series B round while four pharmaceutical firms participated in iVexSol’s $23.8m series A.
GVR Pod: Making sense of data
Databricks Ventures’ Andrew Ferguson joins GVR to talk about investing in the fast-moving world of data.
Can innovative material startups cross the chasm?
Materials startups can struggle to move from early adopters to the mass market. These are the 3 main hurdles and how to overcome them.
The Big Deal: Pasqal highlights quantum’s strong start to 2023
Pasqal’s $109m series B is the fourth corporate-backed round for a quantum computing startup this month, and its capabilities make the sector a strategic bet for a range of corporates.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 27th, 2023
ArcelorMittal led the first tranche of Boston Metal’s $120m series C round while GV helped Google spinoff Osmo raise $60m.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 26th, 2023
ADP took part in Welcome to the Jungle’s $54m series C round while Smith+Nephew and DSM contributed to Miach Orthopaedics’ $40m series B.
Best Nights aims to become Jägermeister’s ‘impact fund for nightlife’
Managing director Lorrain de Silva tells us why Jägermeister’s Best Nights VC fund invests in everything from dating apps to Bluetooth speakers, and why NFTs and sextech might be on the horizon.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 25th, 2023
Eni and Saudi Aramco were part of Pasqal’s $109m series B round while Boston Scientific and GSK helped SetPoint Medical pull in $80m.
Milltrust Ventures helps launch the Smart Protein Fund
The fund formed by Millitrust and Earth First Ventures will direct funding towards alternative protein technologies and startups
The corporate bull case for real estate
Corporates continued to invest in real estate tech through 2022, unlike their traditional VC peers. We look at how this might play out.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 24th, 2023
Nippon Life provided $650m for Resolution Life as part of a round that could reach $1.65bn, while Axa led a $25m round for Dayforward.