Funding
Cryptocurrency and blockchain
Gaming and blockchain technology group Animoca Brands has participated in a $9m seed round for InfiniGods, a US-based blockchain-driven game publisher, investing alongside investment firm Pantera Capital, which led the round, as well as Framework Ventures, Jefferson Capital and Double Peak, Axios reported today.
Healthcare
Real estate developer Great Eagle Holding has taken part in an $8.3m seed round for US-based sleep improvement neuroscience technology developer StimScience that was led by Khosla Ventures and backed by Monozukuri Ventures.
Computing
Financial services firm Icici Bank has joined venture capital firm Orios Venture Partners to co-lead a $2m round for Tap Smart Data Information Services, the India-based operator of booking management platform Bizzo, VCCircle reported today.
Property developer GZ Real Estate has teamed up with Ocean Azul and Dreamit Ventures to back Folio, the US-based provider of a workflow management platform designed for architects and interior designers, in a $3.2m seed round led by Brick & Mortar Ventures, Commercial Observer reported on Tuesday.
Logo Ventures, the VC arm of software producer Logo Yazılım, contributed to a £582,000 ($727,000) seed round yesterday for UK-based predictive artificial intelligence technology developer Quin AI. The round included Next Commerce Accelerator and StartersHub and was led by investment fund manager SFC Capital.
Fund
US-based financial and accounting software provider 24SevenOffice formed a corporate venture arm called 247 Ventures last month in a bid to identify and invest in early-stage software-as-a-service and cloud technology companies at pre-seed, seed and series A stages.
