Food delivery service Zomato, whose shareholders include Uber, Info Edge, Delivery Hero and Ant Financial, reportedly raised the capital at a $3bn valuation.
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Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
Auxmoney accepts $178m
Centerbridge has led a $178m round as part of a primary and secondary share purchase that will give it a majority stake in the Aegon and Transamerica-backed lending platform.
Unacademy institutes $150m series F
Facebook and SoftBank both contributed to a $150m round for Unacademy, almost trebling the online education provider’s valuation to $1.45bn.
Biofourmis breaks $100m series C news
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $100m series C round for the healthcare data analytics provider that included existing investor MassMutual Ventures.
Patreon gets backers for $90m series E
CAA and UTA-backed artist support service Patreon is valued at $1.2bn following a round that brought its overall funding to $257m.
NeuroPace brainstorms $67m in investment
An unnamed strategic investor has contributed to the Johnson & Johnson-backed medical device producer’s latest round.
Byju’s brings in $122m more
DST Global has injected $122m to push the Tencent, Naspers and BCC-backed online education platform’s series F funding to more than $145m.
Bitkraft scores $165m fund
Adidas, Advance Publications, Logitech and WPP are among the limited partners in Bitkraft Ventures’ latest fund, which will target the gaming, interactive media and esports sectors.
Viva Republica coins $173m round
The Novel, PayPal and Qualcomm-backed finance management app developer has boosted its valuation to $2.6bn and its overall funding to $530m.
Huohua Siwei hits $150m series E1 round
KKR has led a $150m round for Huohua Siwei that included Longfor Properties, after the online education provider added 100,000 users in under five months.
Desktop Metal irons out $2.5bn reverse merger
Desktop Metal, backed by a large consortium of corporates, will merge with special purpose acquisition company Trine to list on the NYSE at a $2.5bn valuation.
Kymeta climbs to $85m
Bill Gates has returned to lead an $85m round for satellite internet provider Kymeta, which has now raised more than $280m from investors including Intelsat and Liberty Global.
Lyra Health rings in $110m series D
Mental health benefits provider Lyra Health once again secured funding from Providence Ventures, as part of a round that pushed its valuation to $1.1bn.
Yumanity and Proteostasis pursue reverse merger
Yumanity Therapeutics will take over Nasdaq-listed Proteostasis in a reverse merger after raising more than $100m from investors including Biogen, Merck & Co, Pfizer and Sanofi.