The customer service feedback platform has collected $11m in a Zendesk and Comcast-backed round that boosted its overall funding to $48m.
Author: Jack Hammond
Corporates favour Franklin for $100m Wisconn fund
Jason Franklin has been appointed managing partner of Wisconn Valley Venture Fund, which is equipped with $100m from Advocate Aurora, Foxconn, Johnson Controls and Northwestern Mutual.
AgroStar unearths $27m in series C round
Bertelsmann has led the round that will be used by the agtech developer to accelerate its digital footprint in India and expand its leadership team.
Ripple and Forte form $100m gaming fund
Forte and the digital payments provider will use the fund to target game developers looking to create more profitable in-game economies through blockchain technology.
Lightbits pieces together $50m series A
Dell EMC, Cisco and Micron have all backed a round that will fund the commercial launch of Lightbits Labs’ data management and transfer technology.
Lear clears investment in Maniv Mobility fund
Lear Innovation Ventures, a subsidiary of Lear Corporation, has backed the mobility-focused VC firm’s latest fund, joining Alliance Ventures as a limited partner.
Docquity rocks $11m series B round
The physician-based social media platform has raised $11m in a round co-led by Itochu, which supplied $6m, and existing backer Singapore Press Holdings.
Tibco snags SnappyData
The Pivotal in-memory data technology spinoff will be bought by Tibco in a deal that will also enable General Electric subsidiary GE Digital to exit.
RedDoorz to check in $50m
The SIG-backed hotel booking portal is set to raise up to $50m in a series B round that is being led by venture firm Qiming Venture Partners.
KK Guan imports Alibaba’s EWTP for series C
The cross-border e-commerce platform has completed a $59.5m series C round led by the Alibaba-headed Electronic World Trade Platform, boosting its total funding to about $85m.
Tigerobo catches CreditEase in $33m series A
CreditEase’s New Financial Industrial Fund was among the investors in a round that took the financial search engine’s overall funding to $60m.
DuPont unites with U First in partnership
DowDuPont’s electronics and imaging subsidiary has picked U First to identify internet-of-things and artificial intelligence investments.
Hunliji hunts down $70m
The Fosun-backed wedding services marketplace will use the proceeds from the series D-1 round to further develop its AI and big data technologies.
Snipr hits funding target to raise $50m
Founding investor Lundbeckfonden Emerge returned to co-lead a series A round for the gene editing drug developer with Life Science Partners.