The former Morgan Stanley executive will help manage funds and limited partners on behalf of SoftBank Ventures Asia’s as its new chief financial officer.
Author: Jack Hammond
Byju’s buys Osmo in $120m deal
Mattel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, JF Shea and Sesame Workshop have exited connected toy producer in an all-share acquisition by Byju’s.
CommonGrounds works up $100m series A
Seed investor Pacifica returned to back the workspace provider in a series A round that will fund its expansion to approximately 50 locations in the next two years.
ANZ banks on Lendi
ANZ has joined Macquarie Bank, Bailador and Pepper Group as an shareholder in the online mortgage broker, following a $28.7m investment.
Bringg receives $25m series C delivery
Next47 has joined existing investors including Coca-Cola, Ituran and Salesforce in the round, which increased the logistics software provider’s total funding to $53m.
Trice Medical traverses series C extension
The orthopaedic diagnostics equipment developer has added $18.5m to a series C round featuring Smith & Nephew that now stands at $37.6m.
American Express swipes Pocket Concierge
Adways, Allied Architects, Isetan Mitsukoshi, Line and Fuji TV scored exits after Pocket Menu, the owner of restaurant reservation app Pocket Concierge, was acquired by American Express.
Singapore Life swings $33m in funding
Aberdeen Standard Investments has supplied $13m for the digital insurance provider, adding to the $20m Aflac provided earlier this month.
Vast Therapeutics inhales $15m
The respiratory disease drug developer has collected series A funding from investors including Shionogi to fund clinical trials of its lead drug candidate .
Evergy revamps branding for investment affiliate
Evergy has rebranded corporate venturing affiliate from GXPI to Evergy Ventures following a 2018 between component utilities Great Plains and Westar Energy.
Wiliot picks up $30m signal
The bluetooth tag maker is now valued at $120m following a series B round featuring Qualcomm Ventures, Merck Group, Amazon, Samsung Ventures and Avery Dennison.
Measurabl builds out series B round
The real estate data management platform has closed an $18.7m round following commitments from Berman Enterprises, DivcoWest, Exelon and S&P Global.
SoftBank parks funding in SoCar
The car sharing platform developer raised $44.5m in a round backed by SoftBank Ventures Asia that increased its funding to almost $180m altogether.
AnyVision spies Qualcomm to advance series A
The computer vision technology developer has added a $15m second tranche backed by Qualcomm Ventures to a round that now totals $43m.