Series B investors Lionsgate, Walt Disney Company and 20th Century Fox all returned for social movie ticketing app Atom’s latest round.
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Dropbox looks to capture $648m in IPO
Existing backer Salesforce Ventures has agreed to invest a further $100m in the cloud collaboration platform through a private placement.
SoftBank looks to fuse investment activities
The corporate could bring its $97.7bn Vision Fund and Fortress Investment asset management activities under an umbrella called SoftBank Financial Services.
17zuoye stays course to raise $200m
Bytedance has reportedly led the online education provider’s series E round, bringing its overall funding to more than $335m.
Bose to sound out startups with $50m fund
Bose Ventures has been formed to support the audio equipment maker’s newly launched augmented reality platform.
Voicera records $20m in investment
Cisco Investments, Microsoft Ventures, GV, Salesforce Ventures and Workday Ventures all backed a series A round for the digital meeting assistant developer.
Pepperfry goes to State Street for funding
State Street Corporation has invested $38.5m in Bertelsmann-backed e-commerce platform Pepperfry, taking its total funding to almost $200m.
Atomwise finds corporates for $45m series A
The biotechnology research platform developer has closed a round co-led by Monsanto Growth Ventures that included Tencent and Baidu.
Ecobee sets $61m for series C close
Amazon Alexa Fund made its second investment in the smart thermostat developer, which has now raised $146m altogether.
Prevail completes $75m series A process
Neurodegenerative disease startup Prevail Therapeutics has raised series A funding from backers including Alexandria Venture Investments.
Humacyte fixes $75m series C
Humacyte, an Access Industries-backed developer of tissue-based biological repair technology, has now raised $290m in financing in total.
Mars Petcare to adopt startups with $100m fund
The pet food and health product maker has formed a corporate venturing fund called Companion Fund and an accelerator dubbed Leap.
Corporate venturing deal net: 5-9 March 2018
Real estate services provider Cushman & Wakefield has contributed to a $5m seed round for Bowery Valuation, a US-based developer of commercial property appraisal software, Real Estate Weekly reported on Wednesday. Bowery, which raised $1.75m in funding from investors including Camber Creek, a subsidiary of property developer Berman Enterprises, as well as Corigin Ventures, LeFrak,… Continue reading Corporate venturing deal net: 5-9 March 2018
SolarisBank charges to $70m series B
The round included Visa, BBVA, SBI Group, ABN Amro’s Digital Impact Fund and Bertelsmann’s Arvato Financial Solutions subsidiary.