The cell biology technology developer took its total funding to almost $220m in a Nikon-led round that included fellow strategic backer Varian.
Author: Robert Lavine
Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.
MPI hits Stride to back $65m fund
Schibsted spinoff MPI is among the limited partners for Stride.VC, which has closed a $65.5m fund that will concentrate on UK-based seed investments.
Zhizhangyi zips to series B funding
The mobile cybersecurity technology developer has added $28.8m in a Gaocheng Capital-led round that came just over a year after a Fosun RZ-led round.
Berg turns from Visa to VGS
Peter Berg, who helped set up Visa Ventures during his stint at the corporate, is Very Good Security’s new vice-president of business development and strategy.
Dentsu joins Scrum in competitive game
Dentsu and Scrum Ventures have formed an accelerator for sports technology startups known as Sports Tech Tokyo.
Taiho takes corporate venturing fund to $300m
Taiho Ventures, launched two years ago with $50m in capital, has had its reserves expanded by a further $250m as Taiho Pharmaceuticals looks to enhance its open innovation work.
Allogene closes IPO at nearly $373m
The underwriters took up the option to buy another 2.7 million shares after the Pfizer and Gilead-backed oncology therapy developer’s shares leapt substantially post-IPO.
Cisco to fuel $500m Catalyst for investment
The Cisco-backed enterprise-focused venture fund revealed in May has revealed a name, Catalyst Labs Fund I, and a $500m target for its close.
PayActiv accesses $20m in series B round
Ziegler Link-Age Fund II and affiliate funds of SoftBank Capital Employee both backed employee wellness service PayActiv, which has now raised more than $33m in total.
Kahoot loots funding at $300m valuation
Datum Invest has led a $15.3m round for the Microsoft-backed educational game platform that tripled its valuation from its last funding round in March.
EHI helps fill Goldbelly with $20m
Online specialty food retailer Goldbelly has raised cash in a series B round led by Union Square Hospitality’s Enlightened Hospitality Investment vehicle.
WD composes Kaminario investment
Western Digital Capital has invested a reported $25m in Kaminario, which has now raised some $243m in equity from backers also including Mitsui.
CNex Labs stores $23m in series D
Dell Technologies Capital has led a $23m series D round for data storage technology provider CNex Labs, which also welcomed backed Microsoft’s M12 unit.
Alibaba merges Ele.me with Koubei
Alibaba will merge its online food delivery subsidiary Ele.me with its local services spinoff Koubei, following earlier reports that SoftBank was joining Alibaba to invest about $3bn of funding in the new business.