Funds
Energy Capital Ventures, a US-based venture capital firm targeting natural gas technology, has raised $61m for its debut fund from limited partners including energy utilities Eversource Energy, National Fuel Gas, Avista, Black Hills Energy, NiSource, Southwest Gas Holdings and Spire.
M&A
Diversified conglomerate RattanIndia Enterprises is fully acquiring India-based electric motorcycle producer and portfolio company Revolt Motors. The corporate already owned a 33.8% stake in Revolt having invested $20.1m in April 2021.
Cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex has sold its stake in Singapore-headquartered digital custodian Atato, DealStreetAsia has reported, citing a regulatory filing. The buyer and size of the deal was not disclosed but Zipmex acquired its shares through Atato’s $1m seed round in May 2021.
Funding
| Company name | Company description | Sector | Country | Round | Round size ($) | Deal date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altana Technologies | Supply chain data provider | Services | US | B | 100 | 06/10/2022 | Prologis (Prologis Ventures), Alphabet (GV); Activate Capital (lead), Omers (Omers Ventures), Reefknot Investments, Four More Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, Floating Point, Ridgeline Partners |
| Electra | Decarbonised steel technology developer | Industrial | US | N/A | 85 | 06/10/2022 | Amazon (Climate Pledge Fund), BHP Group (BHP Ventures); Breakthrough Energy (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Temasek, S2G Ventures, Capricorn Investment Group, Lowercarbon Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Baruch Future Ventures |
| Iten | Micro-battery manufacturer | Energy and Natural Resources | France | N/A | 78.3 | 04/10/2022 | Groupe SEB, Eren Groupe; Bpifrance (SPI/PSIM Fund), Innovacom, Habert Dassault Finances |
| Jiko | T-bill-focused money storage platform | Financial | US | B | 40 | 06/10/2022 | Airbus (Airbus Ventures); Red River West (lead), Trousdale Ventures, Owen Van Natta, Temaris & Associates, La Maison Partners, Bpifrance, Anthem Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Radicle Impact. |
| IriusRisk | Cybersecurity software provider | Information Technology | Spain | B | 29 | 05/10/2022 | Dencentriq (Paladin Capital Group), Sonae (BrightPixel Capital); SwanLaab Venture Factory, 360 Capital, Inveready |
| Alkymi | Data automation software producer | Information Technology | US | A | 21 | 06/10/2022 | Intel (Intel Capital) (lead), SimCorp; Canaan, Work-Bench |
| Elpha Secure | Cyber protection software provider | Information Technology | US | A | 20 | 07/10/2022 | Axis Capital, The Hartford (The Hartford STAG Ventures), State Farm (State Farm Ventures); Canapi Ventures (lead), Stone Point Ventures, Fermat Capital Management, EOS Venture Partners |
| Typhur | Smart kitchen appliance developer | Consumer | US | Seed | 20 | 06/10/2022 | Bright Future Technology Holdings (co-lead); Jiupai Capital (co-lead) |
| Revelio Labs | Workforce intelligence software producer | Services | US | A | 15 | 06/10/2022 | Bertelsmann (BDMI), Barclays; Elephant Partners (lead), Alumni Ventures, K20 Ventures, Techstars |
| Oort | Threat detection response platform | Information Technology | US | A | 11.5 | 06/10/2022 | Cisco (Cisco Investments); .406 Ventures (co-lead), Energy Impact Partners (co-lead), 645 Ventures, Bain Capital (Bain Capital Ventures), First Star Ventures |
| Auto L | Lidar sensor developer | Transport | South Korea | A | 7.7 | 05/10/2022 | Hyundai Motor Group (ZER01NE No. 2 Fund, Hyundai Wia), Hana Micron, Posco (Posco Technology Investment), Autonomous A2G; DSC Investment (Schmidt-DSC Future Mobility Fund), L&S Venture Capital, K& Investment Partners, Seoul Investment Partners |
| Xalts | Digital asset manager | Financial | China | Seed | 6 | 06/10/2022 | Citi Group (Citi Ventures) (co-lead); Accel (co-lead), Sandeep Nailwal |
| Scale3 Labs | Web3 monitoring platform developer | Information Technology | US | Seed | 5.3 | 06/10/2022 | Mysten Labs; Redpoint Ventures (lead), Howard University |
| Suberra | Web3 payment infrastructure developer | Financial | Singapore | N/A | 2.7 | 06/10/2022 | Delphi Digital; Hashed, Newman Capital, Spartan Capital, DeFiance Capital, Arcane Group, TsingTech Ventures |
| Vanity Wagon | Clean beauty product marketplace | Consumer | India | Pre-A | 2 | 07/10/2022 | Agility (Agility Ventures Partners) (co-lead), Lotus Herbals (co-lead) |
| Axyon AI | Asset market analysis provider | Financial | Italy | N/A | 1.5 | 06/10/2022 | ING, Unicredit; CDP Venture Capital (lead), Geminea, Metes |
| Along | Buying negotiation tool developer | Financial | Germany | Seed | 0.97 | 29/09/2022 | Porsche and Axel Springer (APX); Alex Chung, OMR X, Holdings, Tiny.vc |
| Cool Cats Group | NFT issuer | Financial | US | N/A | N/A | 06/10/2022 | Animoca Brands |
| LREsystems | Radiocapitellar resurfacing system developer | Healthcare | UK | N/A | N/A | 06/10/2022 | Ortho Consulting Group |