M&A
Solar energy and battery system provider Enphase Energy has agreed to acquire GreenCom Networks, a Germany-based utility industry’s software-as-a-service platform backed by energy suppliers Shell, E.On and Centrica, for an undisclosed amount. The company had raised $14.5m in a late 2020 round featuring all three corporates.
Funding
| Company | Company description | Sector | Country | Round | Round size($m) | Deal date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limit Break | NFT game publisher | Media | US | N/A | 200 | 29/08/2022 | FTX, Coinbase (Coinbase Ventures); Buckley Ventures, Standard Crypto, Paradigm Ventures, Anthos Capital, SV Angel, Shervin Pishevar |
| H2 Green Steel | Steel industry decarbonisation technology provider | Industrial | Sweden | B | 190 | 29/08/2022 | Schaeffler Group, Kingspan, Marcegaglia; GIC (co-lead), AMF (co-lead), Altor Equity Partners (Altor Fund V), Swedbank (Swedbank Robur), Alternative Equity, Vargas, FAM, IMAS Foundation, Cristina Stenbeck, Daniel Ek |
| Glints | Online recruitment platform | Services | Singapore | D | 50 | 30/08/2022 | Persol Holdings (co-lead); DCM Ventures (co-lead), Lavender Hill Capital (co-lead), Monk’s Hill Ventures, Fresco Capital, Binny Bansal, Endeavor (Endeavor Catalyst Fund) |
| MedGenome | Genomic data analysis service | Healthcare | India | N/A | 50 | 30/08/2022 | Novo; LeapFrog Investments, Sofina |
| Elestor | Efficient battery manufacturer | Energy and Natural Resources | Netherlands | N/A | 30 | 30/08/2022 | Equinor (Equinor Ventures) (lead), Royal Vopak (Vopak Ventures); Invest-NL, Somerset Capital Partners, EIT InnoEnergy, Enfuro Ventures |
| Prismlab | 3D dental printing technology developer | Healthcare | China | C | 29 | 30/08/2022 | BASF (BASF Venture Capital); Qiming Venture Partners (lead), Jolomo Investment |
| Pezesha | Digital lending platform developer | Financial | Kenya | Pre-A | 11 | 30/08/2022 | Wave Financial (cFund), Input Output Global; Women’s World Banking (Women’s World Banking Capital Partners II) (lead), Verdant Frontiers (Verdant Frontiers Fintech Fund), Talanto |
| Banco | Small business-focused financial platform | Financial | Singapore | A | 6.7 | 30/08/2022 | SBI Group (lead), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, R3, Savills; KZM & Company |
| Beam | E-scooter rental service | Transport | Singapore | N/A | 3 | 30/08/2022 | Japan Airlines (Japan Airlines & TransLink Innovation Fund) |
| Vuihoc | Children’s e-learning platform | Services | Vietnam | Pre-A | 2 | 29/08/2022 | Ant Group (BAce Capital) (lead), Colopl (Colopl Next)/DT&I (The Next Unicorn Fund); Vulpes Investment Management, TSP Consulting |
| Dental Predictio | Dentist-focused metaverse platform developer | Healthcare | Japan | N/A | 1.1 | 30/08/2022 | Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital); B Dash Ventures |
| Hsin Tung Yang | Meat product retailer | Consumer | Taiwan | N/A | <1 ($270,000) | 30/08/2022 | Sophie’s BioNutrients |
| DoraHacks | Web3 developer community operator | IT | US | N/A | N/A | 29/08/2022 | Emurgo (Emurgo Ventures), Binance (Binance Labs), FTX (FTX Ventures), Circle (Circle Ventures), Gemini (Gemini Frontier Fund), Crypto.com (Crypto.com Capital); Sky9 Capital |
| PriceOye | Online electronics marketplace | Consumer | Pakistan | Seed | N/A | 30/08/2022 | Digital Garage (DG Daiwa Ventures), Fatima Group (Fatima Gobi Ventures); Jam Fund (lead), Beenext, Mantis VC, HOF Capital, Palm Drive Capital, Atlas Ventures, Peter Thiel, Immad Akhud, Asif Keshodia, SOSV, Artistic Ventures |
| Pixxel | Satellite monitoring technology developer | Industrial | India | N/A | N/A | 30/08/2022 | Accenture (Accenture Ventures) |
| AcialDesign | Athlete career support service | Services | Japan | N/A | N/A | 30/08/2022 | United, AirTrip; Pegasus Tech Ventures (lead) |
| TradeWaltz | Trading information aggregator | Financial | Japan | N/A | N/A | 30/08/2022 | Toyoshima & Co |
