WeWork has backed Proxy in a $13.6m round after introducing the company’s workplace access control system at its New York and San Francisco offices.
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Qupital collects $15m in series A funding
CreditEase FinTech Investment Fund joined existing investor Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund in business financing platform Qupital’s latest round.
Rewire connects to banks in $12m round
BNP Paribas’ Opera Tech Ventures and Standard Bank have backed a series A round for remittance banking services provider Rewire, which plans to spend the cash on expansion and recruitment.
Desai departs New York-Presbyterian
Parth Desai has stood down as an investment manager at NewYork-Presbyterian Ventures to offer his healthcare business acumen to venture capital firm Flare Capital Partners.
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Hyalex extricates $33m in series A
DSM Venturing helped extend the cartilage replacement technology startup’s series A round, augmenting a $16m first close featuring Johnson & Johnson.
Volta charges up $180m fund with corporate help
Equinox, Exelon, Albemarle and Hanon Systems have helped establish a battery technology fund called Volta Energy Technologies which is supported by a research agreement with Argonne National Laboratory.
Infosys makes itself at home in House Fund
The UC Berkeley-affiliated House Fund has received a $10m commitment from Infosys on its way to a targeted close of $50m.
BioLeaders brings $10m for Weizmann spinout
BioLeaders is investing $10m in an as yet unnamed spinout from Weizmann Institute of Science working on a genetic drug for cancer.
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Ahren adds gravitas to Graphcore’s $200m series D
Ahren Innovation Capital has been confirmed as an investor in a round that includes Samsung, BMW, Bosch and Dell, bringing machine intelligence technology developer Graphcore’s total funding to $310m.
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News round up 11 March 2019
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Vilmorin & Cie passes into PSL fund
Vilmorin & Cie has joined fellow corporates including BNP Paribas, Naval Group, KPN, Famille C and Mgen as an investor in PSL Innovation Fund, which is targeting an $87.5m close.