Funds
Hong Kong-based food delivery service DayDayCook has launched a $10m partnership with venture accelerator Brinc to invest in companies in China and the rest of Asia developing food technology. They will focus on sustainable, animal-free, ingredients.
M&A
Payment services provider Mastercard and networking technology producer ACPL have exited India-based customer onboarding software developer Syntizen in an acquisition of undisclosed size by financial software producer M2P Fintech. They had invested an undisclosed sum in the company in 2019.
Public Markets
South Korea-based medical imaging technology producer Lunit has floated on the Kosdaq Market in its home country, in a $28m initial public offering. Its investors include telecommunications and internet conglomerate SoftBank, laboratory operator NSG Biolabs and internet groups Naver and Kakao as well as Legend Capital, the venture capital firm spun off by conglomerate Legend Holdings.
Funding
| Company name | Company description | Sector | Country | Round | Round size ($) | Deal date | Investors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casavo | Online real estate marketplace | Services | Italy | D | 406 (304 equity, 102 debt) | 19/07/2022 | Intesa Sanpaolo Group (Neva); Exor (lead), Greenoaks; Endeavor Catalyst, Hambro Perks, Fuse Ventures Partners, Sébastien de Lafond, Project A Ventures, 360 Capital, P101, Picus Capital, Bonsai Partners, Goldman Sachs, DE Shaw | |
| Jaka Robotics | Factory robotics producer | Industrial | China | D | 150 | 19/07/2022 | SoftBank (Vision Fund 2), Saudi Aramco, (Prosperity7 Ventures); Temasek (lead), TrueLight Capital | |
| Camp4 Therapeutics | Programmable RNA therapeutics developer | Healthcare | USA | B | 100 | 20/07/2022 | The Kraft Group; Patient Square Capital (Enavate Sciences), Gaingels, Polaris Partners, 5AM Ventures, Northpond Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, unnamed others | |
| FlexGen Power Systems | Energy storage services provider | Energy and Natural Resources | USA | C | 100 | 20/07/2022 | Vitol (lead); unnamed existing investors | |
| BigHat Biosciences | Antibody therapy developer | Healthcare | USA | B | 75 | 20/07/2022 | Amgen (Amgen Ventures), Bristol Myers Squibb; Section 32, Gaingels, Quadrille Capital, Grids Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, AME Cloud Ventures | |
| ZeroAvia | Hydrogen aviation technology developer | Transport | UK | B (Updated) | 68 | 20/07/2022 | Barclays (Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital), International Airlines Group, United Airlines, Alaska Air Group, Amazon (Climate Pledge Fund), Shell (Shell Ventures), Anglo American/Equinor (AP Ventures); Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Horizons Ventures, Summa Equity, Neom, Aenu | |
| Cartography Biosciences | Precision medicine developer | Healthcare | US | A | 57 | 19/07/2022 | Alexandria Real Estate Equities (Alexandria Venture Investments); 8VC (co-lead), Andreessen Horowitz (co-lead), Wing VC, Catalio Capital Management, Artis Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Cancer Research Institute, Gaingels | |
| Auron Therapeutics | Oncology treatment developer | Healthcare | USA | A | 48 | 20/07/2022 | Eli Lilly; DCVC Bio, Mubadala Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, Polaris Partners, American Cancer Society (BrightEdge), Arkin Bio Ventures, Casdin Capital, Franklin Berger | |
| Spruce | Residential services provider | Services | US | B | 26 | 19/07/2022 | SoftBank; Sweat Equity Partners (lead), Mercury Fund, Fitz Gate Ventures, Seamless Capital, Raven One Ventures, New Age Ventures | |
| MX51 | Payment technology provider | Financial | Australia | B | 22.5 | 19/07/2022 | Mastercard; undisclosed fintech investor (lead), Acorn Capital, Commencer Capital, Rampersand, Artesian | |
| Charles | Conversational marketing platform | Services | Germany | A | 20 | 19/07/2022 | Salesforce (Salesforce Ventures), Holtzbrinck (HV Capital); Accel | |
| Retia Medical | Haemodynamic monitoring system developer | Healthcare | US | B | 15 | 18/07/2022 | Fresenius Medical Care (Fresenius Medical Care Ventures) (lead); Red Cedar Ventures, Pritzker-Vlock Family Office | |
| Fitterfly Healthtech | Digital therapeutics | Healthcare | India | A | 12 | 20/07/2022 | Amazon (Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund); 9 Unicorns, Venture Catalysts | |
| Proof Energy | Fuel cell producer | Energy and Natural Resources | USA | B | 12 | 11/07/2022 | Zhonghuan Environmental Protection | |
| Acuamark | Cancer detection | Healthcare | USA | A | 11.3 | 20/07/2022 | Bruker Corporation; Claudio Del Vecchio, Del Vecchio Family Foundation | |
| Optic | NFT authentication software provider | IT | USA | Seed | 11.2 | 20/07/2022 | OpenSea, Polygon, CoinDCX, Circle; Neon DAO, Flamingo DAO, Kleiner Perkins, Pantera Capital, Greylock Partners, unnamed others | |
| Proteus Motion | Fitness physical assessment systems maker | Healthcare | USA | A | 8.5 | 20/07/2022 | Acies (Acies Investment), Harrison & Co; Monozukuri Ventures, HBSE Ventures, 412 Ventures, Blake Griffin Enterprises, Jon Lester, Matthew Dellevedova | |
| Melon | Development studio for metaverse | Media | USA | Seed | 5 | 20/07/2022 | Crush Music (Crush Ventures); Gaingels, Tucker Roberts, Matt Finick SPV, Paul Yook, Spencer Baim, Deborah Dugan, Jason Ve, Gene Salomon | |
| Perelel | Reproductivity-focused vitamin brand | Healthcare | US | Seed | 4.7 | 19/07/2022 | Unilever (Unilever Ventures) (lead); Willow Growth Partners, Raissa Gerona, Courtney Reum, Joan Nyugen, Julia Hunter, Ali Weiss, Whitney Port, Aimee Song, Gaby Dalkin, Marissa Hermer, Olivetta, Issima, Rocky Barnes | |
| Charter | Workplace media and insights provider | Media | US | Seed | 3 | 19/07/2022 | Bloomberg (Bloomberg Beta) (lead), Old Town Media; Precursor Ventures, The Fund, David Friend, David G Bradley, Jessica Lessin, Marcy Simon | |
| Alsaga Partners | Digital transformation technology provider | IT | Japan | A | 2.4 | 21/07/2022 | Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Benesse Holdings; Nippon Venture Capita | |
| Wray | Women’s self-care brand | Consumer | Japan | N/A | 1 | 21/07/2022 | Kirin Group (Kirin Health Innovation Fund), Money Forward (Money Forward Venture Partners) | |
| BugBase | Ethical hacker marketplace | Information Technology | India | Pre-Seed | <1($500,000) | 19/07/2022 | SAT Industries; 2am VC (lead), Finsight Ventures, Dholakia Venture | |
| Astro Space | Mobile game studio | Media | Singapore | Pre-Seed | N/A | 19/07/2022 | Solana (Solana Ventures), Planetarium Labs; Blocore, Infinity Ventures Crypto, HSQ, LoiLuu, Joonmo Kwon, JinBae | |
| Nextage | Wasabi cultivation technology developer | Industrial | Japan | N/A | N/A | 21/07/2022 | Ishida Tec |