Venture firm Launchpad Capital has been founded by Ryan Gilbert after five years as a general partner for BBVA-backed Propel Venture Partners.
Author: Jordan Williams
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SAP and Publicis Sapient have selected seven participants for the Israel branch of the former’s SAP Foundries initiative.
Collective Health clinches $280m
The health benefits software provider pushed its valuation to $1.5bn in a series F round led by Health Care Service Corporation and backed by Sun Life and SoftBank.
Qiniu queues up $100m IPO
The Alibaba and Telstra-backed cloud services provider has filed to float in the United States having raised a reported $445m in the past five years.
Expensify confidentially files to go public
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Mux tucks away $105m in series D
The CAA-backed video streaming technology increased its valuation to $1bn in a Coatue-led series D round.
Madefire fizzles out in insolvency
Framestore Ventures had backed the online comics platform developer’s series B round, before the latter announced its closure last month.
Investors put $300m in Capsule
The Virgin-backed online pharmacy services provider was valued above $1bn in a round that boosted its overall funding to $570m.
Werewolf Therapeutics hunts $120m in IPO
The Taiho and UPMC-backed cancer biotherapeutics developer priced its shares in the middle of their range in its initial public offering.
Mobvista wins Reyun in $232m deal
Fosun is set to exit the mobile data-monitoring platform developer in an acqusition by Mobvista that will follow $36m of funding.
Atlassian plans second programme for in-house incubator
Point A will enable Atlassian’s employees to receive funding and guidance to develop new additions to its product range.
Modern Meadow manages $130m series C round
The Evonik and Continental Grain Company-backed bio-based materials producer has appointed a new CEO alongside its latest funding round.
Wasabi warms up with $112m series C
Fidelity led a series C round for NTT Docomo-backed cloud storage services provider Wasabi that increased its valuation to $700m.
Yiauto accelerates to $70m series C
Susquehanna International Group’s SIG China subsidiary led a round for the online car dealership that included several existing backers.