GSK is the second largest shareholder of gene therapy developer Orchard Therapeutics, which has raised more than $290m in equity funding.
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JFrog jumps to $165m series D
Dell Technologies Capital invested as part of a series D round that valued the software release platform at more than $1bn.
Redlock heads to Palo Alto in $173m acquisition
Dell Technologies Capital will exit Redlock in an acquisition by Palo Alto Networks, five months after it bought another cloud security software developer.
Genomatica generates $90m funding round
Ginkgo Bioworks participated in the round in addition to expanding an existing strategic partnership with bioprocessing technology developer Genomatica.
GV exits as Anju inhales Zephyr
Anju Software has paid an undisclosed sum to acquire healthcare data provider Zephyr Health, which had raised $33.5m from investors including GV.
Corporate venturing deal net: 1-5 October 2018
Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
Data.world records $12m in funding
The proceeds from the round, which was led by Workday Ventures and backed by Associated Press, will support the enterprise version of Data.world’s data collaboration platform.
SoftBank tries to hail Grab for $500m investment
SoftBank is reportedly close to providing half of a $1bn round the on-demand ride platform is lining up, though it is unclear whether its other corporate backers will reinvest.
Guardant Health gets to public markets with $238m
The SoftBank-backed precision oncology test developer floated above its range and saw its share price rise 69% on the first day of trading.
Braze raises $80m in series E funding
Meritech Capital Partners led a round that valued the Citi Ventures-backed consumer engagement software provider at $850m.
SoftBank pays Heed with $35m investment
Heed, a joint venture developing audience analytics technology for sporting events, has received $35m in funding from SoftBank.
Ctera seats corporates at $30m series D
CTera Networks has now raised almost $100m altogether, after securing capital in a Red Dot-led round that included Cisco and SingTel Innov8.
Foursquare goes forth with $25m
Simon Ventures and Naver have joined USV to co-lead the $25m first tranche of the location services provider’s series F round on the way to a $33m close.
Chunmi cooks up series C-plus round
The Xiaomi-backed rice cooker maker has secured a nine-figure renmini sum in a round that included NGP Capital.