The healthtech investment firm has closed a $188m third fund featuring several care providers and insurers as limited partners.
Author: Robert Lavine
New Voices makes noise with $100m close
The fund, which emerged from Sundial and parent company Unilever, has closed at $100m and invested its first $30m in eight portfolio companies.
Cerner invests $266m to find Essence
Essence Group Holdings, the owner of care services provider Lumeris, has formed a partnership with new strategic investor Cerner.
Big Deal: Corporates take a slice of Lime
The electric scooter and bike rental service has raised $335m in a GV-led round that included Uber, indicating the frenetic growth of the sector this year.
Shell helps pump $7m to Salamander
Heating cable developer Salamander Solutions has raised series A cash from investors including Shell Ventures, 16 months after being spun out of Shell.
Unify Square shapes $10m series C
The Microsoft-backed communications software developer boosted its total funding to nearly $45m in a round led by PrimePulse.
Siemens gets Comfy as corporates exit
CBRE and corporate venturing units GV and M12 exited as Siemens bought Building Robotics, the developer of building environmental control app Comfy.
Trillium traps $11m in series A2 round
The in-vehicle cybersecurity technology provider welcomed Airbus, Deutsche Bahn, Tokyo Century and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital as new investors.
Binance helps invest $12m to grow Republic
Crowdfunded investment platform Republic has secured funding in a round co-led by Binance’s venture capital and incubator arm.
Dysis Medical screens Lundbeck for $24m round
Colposcope developer Dysis has closed a series B round featuring existing investor Lundbeckfonden Ventures that will fund growth and R&D.
21Buttons pins down $17m
Mediaset-backed social e-commerce platform 21Buttons took its total funding to about $31m in an Idinvest Partners-led series B round.
WeLab to experiment with public listing
The online lending marketplace, which counts Alibaba, Tom Group, Nan Fung, ING and Ule as investors, was previously reported to be targeting $500m.
Xiaopeng aproaches Alibaba for new funding
Alibaba, which co-led the electric vehicle developer’s last round in January, could invest in a $600m to $700m round at a near $4bn valuation.
Corporate venturing deal net: 2-6 July 2018
Ookami, the Japan-based owner of social sports news and entertainment app Player, has raised an undisclosed amount of series B funding from NTT Docomo Ventures, Mizuho Capital, Asahi Medialab Ventures and Asics Ventures, subsidiaries of mobile network operator NTT Docomo, financial services firm Mizuho Bank, media company Asahi Shimbu and apparel producer Asics, The Bridge… Continue reading Corporate venturing deal net: 2-6 July 2018