Fund
US-based secure token offering packaging portal Deal Box has formed a $125m corporate venturing fund called Deal Box Ventures to back Web3 technology developers. It has already invested undisclosed amounts in supply chain security platform Total Network Services, artificial intelligence product developer Forward Edge-AI and Rypplzz, which is working on digital and physical object connection technology.
M&A
Gamers’ review platform By Gamers For Gamers has bought N4G, a Norway-based gaming media website operator backed by media group Future, for an undisclosed sum. The startup had received an undisclosed amount from the corporate’s Future US subsidiary in 2008.
Immersive entertainment group Cosm has acquired portfolio company C360, a US-based developer of virtual and augmented reality video technology, in a deal of undisclosed size. C360 had raised $3.5m in a series A round featuring aerospace and defence manufacturer Boeing’s HorizonX Ventures unit in 2017, $3.2m from Cosm and investor network Blue Tree Allied Angels in January 2022 and an undisclosed sum from Queen City Angels nine months later.
Funding
| Company | Company description | Sector | Country | Round | Round size($m) | Deal date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallapop | Peer-to-peer e-commerce marketplace | Consumer | Spain | G | 278 (updated) | 18/01/2023 | Naver; Korelya Capital, Accel, 14W, Insight Partners, GP Bullhound, Northzone |
| GenScript ProBio | Contract pharmaceutical researcher and manufacturer | Healthcare | US | C | 224 | 18/01/2023 | Legend Holdings (Legend Capital) (lead), Xiamen C&D Corp (C&D No 7 Holdings), China Merchants Group (CTSII Fund); HighLight Capital |
| Wison Heavy Industry | Subsidiary of Wison Offshore & Marine | Industrial | China | N/A | 221 | 18/01/2023 | Nantong Industries Holding Group (Nantong Industry Investment Fund) |
| IASO Biotherapeutics | Oncology and autoimmune novel cell therapy developer | Healthcare | China | C | 73.8 | 19/01/2023 | UMC (UMC Capital), Gaoqiao Free Trade Zone United Development; Efung Capital, Hosen Capital (Hosencare Brothers), Shanghai Guoxin Investment & Development, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Group, Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Industrial Investment Group, Hongcheng Investment |
| Outrider | Autonomous electric yard truck producer | Transport | US | C | 73 | 19/01/2023 | Nvidia (Nventures), Sumitomo Corporation (Presidio Ventures), Koch Industries (Koch Disruptive Technologies); FM Capital (lead), NEA, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, B37 Ventures, Lineage Ventures |
| Cloudian | Data management software provider | IT | US | N/A | 60 | 18/01/2023 | Intel (Intel Capital), Patagonia (Tin Shed Asia), Japan Post (Japan Post Investment Corporation), Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Wilson Sonsini Investments); Digital Alpha Advisors, Fidelity (Eight Roads Ventures Japan), Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Silicon Valley Bank |
| Summit Nanotech | Lithium mining technology manufacturer | Energy and Natural Resources | Canada | A2 | 50 | 18/01/2023 | Nokia (NGP Capital); Evok Innovations (co-lead), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC Capital) (co-lead), Climate Tech Fund, Xora Innovation, Capricorn Investment Group, Volta Energy Technologies, Helios Climate Ventures, The Grantham Foundation |
| MacroFab | Electronics manufacturing platform developer | Industrial | US | N/A | 42 | 18/01/2023 | BMW (BMW i Ventures); Foundry (lead), Edison Partners, ATX Venture Partners |
| Anyfin | Online debt refinancing platform | Financial | Sweden | C | 32.5 | 18/01/2023 | Citi (Citi Ventures); Northzone (lead), Accel, EQT Ventures, FinTech Collective, Quadrille Capital, Augmentum FinTech |
| SunRoof | Rooftop solar system provider | Energy and Natural Resources | Sweden | B | 30.8 (updated) | 19/01/2023 | Legal & General (Legal & General Capital); Alantra (Klima Energy Transition), World Fund, Nordic Alpha Partners, Inovo Partners, Smok Ventures, Alfabeat, Level2 VC, Jon Olsson |
| EarthOptics | Provider of soil sensor and measurement technology | Industrial | Canada | B | 27.6 | 18/01/2023 | Continental Grain Company (Conti Ventures) (lead), Rabobank (Rabo Food & Ag Innovation Fund), CNH Industrial, CHS/Growmark (Cooperative Ventures), Bayer (Leaps by Bayer), Louis Dreyfus Company (Louis Dreyfus Company Ventures); FHB Ventures, S2G Ventures, iSelect Fund, Route 66 Ventures, Middleland Capital (VTC Ventures) |
| X-Energy Reactor Company | Developer of small modular nuclear reactor technology | Energy and Natural Resources | US | C2 | 25 | 17/01/2023 | DL E&C, Doosan Enerbility |
| Evigence | Food freshness data provider | Services | Israel | B | 18 | 17/10/2023 | Landa Corporation (Landa Ventures); Cleveland Avenue (lead), Planet Capital, Food Retail Ventures. |
| NSknox | Payment security technology developer | Finance | US | B | 17 | 18/01/2023 | Harel Insurance & Finance, Microsoft (M12); Link Ventures, Viola Ventures, Alon Cohen |
| Awork | Remote working software provider | Services | Germany | A | 5.4 | 18/01/2023 | Swiss Post (Swiss Post Ventures); Hi Inov-Dentressangle, company founders, unnamed existing investors |
| Issin | Smart bathmat and healthcare product developer | Consumer | Japan | N/A | 4.1 | 19/01/2023 | FreakOut Holdings/Shinsei Bank (FreakOut Shinsei Fund); University of Tokyo (Edge Capital Partners), unnamed angel investors |
| Neopets | Virtual pet game developer | Media | China (Hong Kong) | N/A | 4 | 18/01/2023 | Polygon (Polygon Ventures), Avalanche (Blizzard Avalanche Ecosystem Fund), NetDragon Websoft, Wanxiang (Hashkey Capital); IDG Capital |
| Arkeon | Developer of protein ingredient production technology | Industrial | Israel | N/A | 3 | 19/01/2023 | ICL (ICL Planet Startup Hub) |
| Gullak | Savings app operator | Financial | India | Seed | 3 | 19/01/2023 | GMO (GMO Fintech Fund); Y Combinator (co-lead), Better Capital (co-lead), Rebel Partners, Goodwater Capital, TRTL Ventures, Kunal Shah, Akshay Mehrotra, Ashish Goyal |
| Mayani | Farm-to-table produce marketplace | Consumer | Philipines | Seed | 1.7 | 17/10/2023 | Abenson; AgFunder (GROW Impact Fund) (lead), Atlas Ventures, Accelerating Asia Ventures, Ocean Impact Organization, TheVentures, Plug and Play Tech Center (Plug and Play Ventures) |
| WeaveDB | Decentralised database infrastructure developer | Financial | UAE | Pre-Seed | <1 ($900,000) | 18/01/2023 | Mask Network, Capital Markets Trading (CMT Digital Ventures); Permanent Ventures, Next Web Capital, Formless Capital, Scott Moore, Hansa, Gitcoin |
| Sensible Weather | Golfer-focused weather prediction service | Services | US | N/A | N/A | 17/01/2023 | Professional Golfers’ Association of America/Elysian Park Ventures (EP Golf Ventures) |
| Waabi | Developer of autonomous vehicle education software | Transport | Canada | N/A | N/A | 18/01/2023 | Volvo (Volvo Group Venture Capital) |
| BitOoda | Digital asset investment bank | Financial | US | A | N/A | 17/01/2023 | RWE (RWE Supply & Trading’s RWE Energy Transition Investments unit) (lead) |
| Mill | Food waste-derived chicken feed producer | Industrial | US | N/A | N/A | 17/01/2023 | Alphabet (GV); Matt Rogers, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Lowercarbon Capital |
