ConsejoSano, the US-based developer of a health services navigation platform for local Spanish speakers, has secured $4.9m in a series A round led by 7wire Ventures that included Wanxiang Healthcare Investments, specialist healthcare fund backed by auto parts supplier Wanxiang, and Tufts Health Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of health insurance provider Tufts Health Plan, increasing ConsejoSano’s total funding to $7.2m, MobiHealthNews reported on Monday. The round also featured Total Impact Capital, Acumen, Oxeon Partners and Impact Engine.
Burda Principal Investments, the corporate venturing vehicle for media group Hubert Burda, led a £3.75m ($4.7m) round for UK-based flower delivery service Bloom & Wild on Monday that included venture capital firm MMC Ventures and undisclosed angel investors. The round follows £2.5m of seed funding from MMC Ventures, Samos, Catamaran Ventures and individual investor Scott Sage in mid-2015.
Conductor Technologies, the US-based developer of a cloud rendering platform already being used in Hollywood blockbusters, completed a series A round of undisclosed size on Tuesday that included design software provider Autodesk. The round was led by VC firm Walden Venture Capital, and Conductor will use the capital to increase its headcount as it looks to boost engineering, product development, sales and marketing.
India-based online financial media company YourStory has secured $3m from Qualcomm Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of mobile semiconductor producer Qualcomm, as well as Kalaari Capital Partners, 3One4 Capital Advisors and UC-RNT Fund, a joint venture between entrepreneur Ratan Tata and University of California, VCCircle reported yesterday. YourStory had previously raised between $3m and $5m in series A funding from Qualcomm Ventures and angel investors T V Mohandas Pai and Ratan Tata in 2015.
HIG Growth Partners, the growth capital affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital, supplied an undisclosed amount of funding for US-based digital advertising data provider AdTheorent on Wednesday. Verizon Investments, the subsidiary of telecommunications company Verizon that later evolved into Verizon Ventures, had previously led a $4m round for AdTheorent in 2013 that included Mogility Capital and OmniCapital Group.
Mandiri Capital, the strategic investment arm of financial services firm Bank Mandiri, led a $2m round for Indonesia-based point-of-sale software developer Moka, Tech in Asia reported on Tuesday. Convergence Ventures, East Ventures, Fenox and Northstar Group also participated in the round, having previously invested in a $1.9m round in June 2016 alongside Wavemaker Partners.
IT services provider Darz has invested $1.5m in Russia-based online gaming service PlayKey, Kommersant has reported. PlayKey, which operates a cloud-based subscription service that enables gamers to play new games on outdated computing devices, will use the funding to expand further into Europe and Asia while increasing the number of games in its catalogue.
PerformaNat, a Germany-based developer of healthy additives for livestock feed, raised a seven-digit euro amount of funding from construction and real estate firm Bamac, VC fund High-Tech Gründerfonds and angel investor Markus Plümer on Tuesday. The funding will be used to increase the startup’s portfolio of products.
Progate, the Japan-based operator of an online coding school, has received ¥100m ($880,000) in funding from digital advertising firm FreakOut Holdings, internet company DeNA and undisclosed angel investors, The Bridge reported on Wednesday. Founded in 2015, the startup has so far accumulated 120,000 users and supplied its educational institution-focused offering to 10 Japanese schools.
Qourier, the Singapore-based operator of a crowdsourced last-mile delivery service, has raised $630,000 in seed funding from IT services provider Startia and private investors Alex Tan and Eric Dadoun, Tech in Asia has reported. The capital will support the expansion of Qourier’s technology team as it considers entering other markets, with Taiwanese capital Taipei one possible option.