This week’s most interesting deals included insect-based animal feed and a system that uses kinetic energy to shoot satellites into space.
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Daily Deal Round Up: September 22, 2022
Brevan Howard Digital has led a $35m series B round for Messari while Robert Bosch Venture Capital participated in Tulu’s $25m series A.
Cybersecurity specialist SentinelOne forms $100m strategic fund
S Ventures will fund data and security technology developers and is led by Rob Salvagno, the former head of Cisco Investments.
Swisscom Ventures raises new $300m fund
Dominique Mégret has exclusively revealed to Global Venturing that the unit closed its fourth main fund in July, with 75% of the capital coming from external limited partners.
Daily Deal Round Up: September 21, 2022
Allianz and White Mountains Insurance helped Pie Insurance raise $315m while Cargill and ADM chipped into Innovafeed‘s $250m series D round.
Enagás, Alantra hit $208m hard cap for Klima Energy Transition Fund
With three investments already in the pocket, Klima is set to back a wide range of energy transition startups.
DTCP announces the first close of its latest fund
The Deutsche Telekom spinoff’s Growth Equity III Fund has completed a $300m first close backed by its former parent company as well as SoftBank.
Daily Deal Round Up: September 20, 2022
DG Daiwa Ventures contributed to a $40m series B round for Yellow Card Financial while Vitol provided $37m in series C funding for VavaCars.
Daily Deal Round Up: September 19, 2022
Novo Holdings led a $75m series C round for Kate Farms while PayU and InfoEdge Ventures participated in DotPe’s $58m series B.
The Standout Six: Deals you need to note this week
Alphabet led a $1bn round for its life sciences unit, PTT bets on insect startup and corporate-backed Propzy is set to shut down.
Daily Deal Round Up: September 16, 2022
Intuitive Surgical was part of Galvanize Therapeutics’ $100m series B round while Intel Capital participated in a $90m series C for Fortanix.
Web3 is a ‘game changer’ for telecoms says Telefónica Ventures
Telefónica Ventures head of investments Pablo Moro tells Global Venturing Web3 and the metaverse are now among its priorities, with play-to-earn, tokenisation, VR and AR among the potential strategic areas.
What is strategic investing for a telecoms company in 2022?
As telecoms networks continue to expand their services, what even counts as a strategic investment these days? A selection of industry figures tell Global Venturing it can include Web3, ESG and 5G-related technologies.
Melnikova recruited to Pfizer Ventures
Pfizer Ventures has hired Irena Melnikova, formerly CFO of Umoja Biopharma and MD of SVB Leerink, as an executive director.