Rocket Internet, Deutsche Telekom and Georg von Holtzbrinck spinout Holtzbrinck Ventures all contributed to the discount e-commerce company’s series B round.
Author: Sam Shaw
Cobi pedals to $7m series A
Meinders & Elstermann was among the investors as Cobi, the creator of a connected bike control system, raised $7.1m to take its overall funding to $11.5m.
Diffbot switches on with $10m
The web data collection company added Tencent to its investor base in a series A round that followed a June 2015 investment by Bloomberg.
Silk smooths out series A with $6m
Skincare brand Silk Therapeutics has secured $6m in a series A round featuring Lear Corporation and existing investor Kraft Group.
EpiBiome executes $6m series A
EpiBiome, a past winner of Johnson & Johnson’s JLabs QuickFire Challenge, has raised $6m in an Alexandria Real Estate Equities-backed round
Genentech offers startups a chance for $50,000 Quest
The Quest Award will involve entrepreneurs competing for the chance to develop technology that can help combat cervical cancer.
StayNTouch books in corporates for $9.5m series A
Concur and Shiji Group have helped the hotel property management system developer complete a series A round that will support Asian expansion.
Kraken wraps itself around SBI
Financial services group SBI led bitcoin exchange Kraken’s “multi-million dollar” series B round, which follows a $5m series A in 2014.
ThirdLove raises $8m in second funding round
The online lingerie retailer secured the funding after raising $5.6m in a Novel Group-backed seed round in 2013.
Kaizen interfaces with corporates for $8m
Yahoo Japan, NTT Docomo, Credit Saison and Colopl joined existing investors Gree, GMO and Fidelity International to fund Japan-based Kaizen’s series B round.
Startups to enter OCBC’s Open Vault
The financial services firm has teamed with VC firm Nest for a Singapore-based fintech incubator called The Open Vault.
Mercatus powers to $11.7m
Trepp returned to back the energy asset management company, after leading its $3.7m series A round in 2014.
WebRadar picks up Qualcomm for $10m round
Qualcomm Ventures and DGF Investments provided $10.1m for the big data technology company, which already counted Intel and Citrix as investors.
StatMuse successfully shoots for $10m
United Talent Agency and content partner Walt Disney Company have taken part in a $10m round for sports statistics platform StatMuse.