BYD, CATL and PetroChina’s Kunlun Capital vehicle were among the investors in a round valuing the lithium-ion battery material producer at $1.5bn.
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Crusoe Energy Systems mines $350m from investors
The energy recycling technology provider received backing from Mitsui and DRW in a round totalling $505m in equity and debt financing.
Agility Robotics flexes to raise $150m
TDK Ventures, Itic and Amazon’s newly minted Industrial Innovation Fund all contributed to warehouse robot developer Agility’s series B round.
Bucketplace looks to fill up $190m round
SoftBank Ventures Asia is reportedly among the firms investing in the owner of interior design app Today’s House at a $1.45bn valuation.
Analysis: Rapido obtains $180m
Swiggy helped boost Rapido’s valuation to $800m in a round that featured Shell Ventures and TVS Motor. This is a deal of a rather surprising size and valuation in a space that has not been as hot over the past years, as far as corporate-backed deals are concerned.
Daily Deal Round Up: April 22, 2022
Appliance management app developer Fresco’s $20m round was co-led by Vorwerk and Instant Brands while NBCUniversal and Hearst helped media measurement software provider TVScientific raise $20m.
Amazon produces $1bn industrial technology fund
Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund will invest in logistics technology developers while the corporate’s AWS Impact Accelerator is targeting founders from underrepresented backgrounds.
Upside Foods feeds on $400m
SoftBank, Cargill, Tyson Foods, Dentsu and Givaudan invested in the cellular meat producer’s series C round, as it prepares to move to the commercialisation phase.
Convoy carries through $260m
Alphabet subsidiary GV was among the investors participating in a series E round valuing the digital freight services marketplace at $3.8bn.
Rario scores $120m in series A round
The cricket-themed NFT platform developer pulled in a nine-figure sum through a round led by Dream Sports and backed by Animoca Brands.
Daily Deal Round Up: April 21, 2022
SK Hynix, Marvell and M12 helped data centre technology producer D-Matrix pull in $44m while health insurance provider SafetyWing raised $35m from investors including Digital Garage and CreditEase.
Oyster onboards $150m in series C funding
Salesforce Ventures, Okta, Slack, PayPal Ventures and HR Tech Investments contributed to the human resources software developer’s latest round at a valuation exceeding $1bn.
Octant Bio accepts $80m
Bristol Myers Squibb was among the investors in a series B round announced alongside a collaboration with the small molecule drug developer.
Foodics fulfils $170m series C order
Prosus co-led the restaurant management software provider’s latest round, which will support its international expansion.