Top 50 Emerging Leaders 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Osei Van Horne, founding member and managing director, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital
Author: Edison Fu
Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2021: Brian Walsh
Top 50 Emerging Leaders 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Brian Walsh, head, Wind Ventures
Wattpad navigates to Naver in $600m acquisition
Bennett Coleman & Co, Globe Telecom and Tencent are set to exit the story sharing community operator in a cash-and-stock acquisition transaction by Naver.
Groove X tunes into $26m series B3 round
Hitachi Global Life Solutions, Sompo and NTT Docomo provided the cash for the creator of a family companion robot called Lovot, taking its total funding to $128m.
Globality gulps down $138m in series E
SoftBank Vision Fund returned to reinvest in the outsourcing marketplace operator at a valuation of almost $1bn to take its total funding to $310m.
Yunji Technology yanks in series C cash
Tencent and Lenovo Capital are among the investors in the service robot developer’s latest round, which pushed its funding from the past 10 months to $77m.
Nyle nabs new funding
DA Consortium, Gree Ventures, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners and SBI Group were among the backers in a $48.2m round for the marketing, media and ride hailing service operator.
Didi Mobility Japan goes local with fresh funding
The mobility service provider will use the $50.1m cash it secured from SoftBank and Didi Chuxing to expand from Chinese tourists to local Japanese users.
China chases corporate venturing
Innovative region: China
Unicepta unites with Ubermetrics in acquisition
Klingel subsidiary K-Invest is set to exit the online content analysis tool provider in a purchase of undisclosed size by peer Unicepta.
Twisto twigs to new funding
Zip and RBI’s Elevator Ventures subsidiary co-led a $19.5m round for the buy-now-pay-later service that included returning backers ING and Uniqa.
Harness harvests $115m in series C funding
Citi Ventures has participated in the software deployment platform provider’s latest funding round, which lifted its valuation to $1.7bn.
Immunocore impresses with $75m series C
The Eli Lilly and Wuxi AppTec-backed oncology drug developer has raised the money from new and existing backers, and will use the cash to boost its product pipeline.
Tigo Energy absorbs $20m
The Inventec Appliances-backed PV equipment provider has closed an Energy Growth Momentum-led round, five years after securing about $24m from investors including SMA Solar.