The developing digital health sector has had to wait almost three years for the public markets to open up to it, but when they did, it was corporate venturing portfolio companies that were first through the flotation exit doors.
Author: Jack Hammond
ScaleFactor acts to raise $60m
Citi Ventures was among the investors in the series C round, which increased the bookkeeping software provider’s overall funding to more than $100m.
Oric obtains $55m in series D round
Taiho, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Hartford HealthCare contributed to a round that boosted the cancer drug developer’s total funding to more than $175m.
Entuity arrives at Park Place
Park Place has purchased the network analytics software provider in a deal of undisclosed size that will enable Mitsubishi to exit.
Lazy Online tunes into additional funding
Time and CyberAgent-backed Lazy Books collected $14.2m in a series C round that will enable the audiobook and podcast platform to expand its content.
JD.com elevates XinChao with new funding
JD.com provided $142m for the lift-based advertising screen provider, nine months after it received $302m in funding from Baidu.
China Life buys into Biocytogen in $77m round
The oncology-focused drug developer sourced $77m in the series D round, which was co-led by China Life Healthcare Fund.
Glycomine glides to $33m series B round
The orphan disease drug developer’s latest round was led by Novo while Asahi Kasei and Chiesi Ventures also participated, taking its overall funding to $46m.
Cloudleaf collects $26m series B funding
Exiting investor Mahindra Partners contributed to an Intel Capital-led round that increased the industrial internet-of-things technology developer’s total funding to $39m.
Cockroach Labs locks in $55m series C
The open-source database developer has now raised more than $108m in total, having secured $55m in a round backed by Alphabet’s GV unit.
LanzaTech lands $72m from Novo
Novo provided $72m in series E funding for the waste-to-ethanol technology producer, which counts the likes of Mitsui, Siemens and Petronas as existing investors.
HawkEye 360 beams in $70m
Airbus and Ebri were among the participants in a series B round that took the geospatial data analytics technology developer’s total funding to about $96m.
BlockFi rocks series A round
SIG, CM Group, Consensys Ventures and Akuna Capital all contributed to an $18.3m round for the cryptocurrency-based lending platform.
SurveyMonkey swings to $68m GetFeedback purchase
SurveyMonkey has acquired the Campaign Monitor-owned online enterprise survey provider in a $68m deal that will give equity to Salesforce Ventures.