Public markets
Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals, a China-based antibody drug discovery platform developer backed by insurer China Life, has listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s Main Board. The company is set to secure about HK$471m ($60m) in net proceeds having issued nearly 21.8 million shares at HK$25.22 apiece.
Funding
| Company | Company description | Sector | Country | Round | Round size($m) | Deal date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JenaValve Technology | Differentiated transcatheter aortic valve replacement system manufacturer | Healthcare | US | C | 100 | 31/08/2022 | Peijia Medical; Bain Capital Life Sciences (lead), Andera Partners, Valiance Advisors, Gimv, Cormorant Asset Management, RMM, Venture Incubator, Pictet Alternative Advisors SA, Qatar Investment Authority, Innovatus Capital Partners |
| Planted Foods | Biostructuring and fermentation-derived meat substitute developer | Consumer | Switzerland | B | 93 (updated) | 01/09/2022 | LVMH (L Catterton) (lead); Vorwerk Ventures, Gullspång Re:food, Movendo Capital, Good Seed Ventures, Joyance, Ace & Company (SFG strategy), Be8 Ventures |
| Zhejiang Longneng Electric Power Technology | Green energy subsidiary of electric machinery manufacturer Wolong Electric Group | Energy and Natural Resources | China | 63.1 | 31/08/2022 | Wolong Electric Group, Muyuan Industrial Group; FR Asset, 12 unnamed individual and institutional investors | |
| VRGL | Wealth management industry-focused data extraction service | Financial | US | A | 15 | 30/08/2022 | Dynasty Financial Partners; MissionOG (co-lead), Fintop Capital (co-lead), Sallyport Investments, Checchi Capital, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Flyover Capital, Fin Capital, The Compound Capital |
| Billogram | Invoicing and payment platform operator | Financial | Sweden | N/A | 14.9 | 31/08/2022 | Swisscom (Swisscom Ventures) (lead); Partech, CNI Nordic, Inbox Capital |
| Stacked | Video streaming and gaming platform | Media | US | A | 13 | 31/08/2022 | Z Holdings (Z Venture Capital), Gree (GFR Fund); Pantera Capital (lead), Alexandr Wang, Eddy Lu, Carl Pei |
| Neutral Foods | Carbon-neutral food company | Industrial | US | A | 12 | 01/09/2022 | Kirin Holdings Company, Norinchukin Bank; Global Brain, Craig Shapiro, LeBron James, Kevin Love, Tobias Harris, John Legend, Questlove, Breakthrough Energy (Breakthrough Energy Ventures) |
| Oxwash | On-demand laundry and wet cleaning service | Consumer | UK | A | 11.5 | 30/08/2022 | Pentland Group; Clean Ventures, Conduit Capital London (Conduit-Ascension EIS Impact Fund), Leon Lewis |
| FX HedgePool | Foreign exchange transaction matching platform | Financial | Canada | A | 8 | 31/08/2022 | Fidelity (Fidelity International Strategic Ventures), NAventures (National Bank of Canada); Information Venture Partners (lead) |
| Charged | Electric motorcycle provider | Transport | Indonesia | N/A | 4.5 | 01/09/2022 | DeClout (DeClout Ventures) |
| Justhome | Digital home financing platform | Services | Germany | Pre-Seed | 3.3 | 31/08/2022 | Axel Springer/Porsche (APX); Target Global (lead) |
| Alloy Enterprises | Fully-dense aluminum parts manufacturer | Industrial | US | N/A | 3 | 31/08/2022 | Lockheed Martin (Lockheed Martin Ventures) (lead); Congruent Ventures |
| Aesop Technology | AI-equipped clinical documentation analysis service | Healthcare | US | Pre-A | 2.95 | 31/08/2022 | Colopl (Colopl Next); Taiwania Capital (lead), 500 Startups, BE Capital |
| Thalamos | Mental healthcare digitisation platform | Healthcare | UK | Seed | 1 | 01/09/2022 | Ascension (Conduit Impact EIS Fund); Syndicate Room, Seedrs crowdfunding |
| Kaeka | Communication training service | Services | Japan | N/A | <1 (857,000) | 01/09/2022 | Digital Garage (DG Incubation); W Ventures, Anri |
| Spearix Technologies | Industrial IoT audio processor | IT | US | N/A | N/A | 31/08/2022 | Emerson (Emerson Ventures) |
| MyHealthMath | Big data-equipped insurance risk mitigation platform | Financial | US | N/A | N/A | 30/08/2022 | AccuRisk Holdings |
| T2P | B2B-focused ewallet provider | Financial | Thailand | N/A | N/A | 31/08/2022 | Kasikornbank (Beacon Venture Capital) |
| 3atlana | Car services app operator | Transport | Egypt | Seed | N/A | 31/08/2022 | Ghabbour Auto |
| Noile-Immune | Cancer immunotherapy developer spun out of Yamaguchi University | Healthcare | Japan | N/A | N/A | 31/08/2022 | Medipal (Medipal Innovation) |
| Extech (Exchange Tech) | Unmanned foreign currency exchange machine developer | Financial | Japan | N/A | N/A | 31/08/2022 | Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (Hanyu Hanshin Innovation Partners), Mizuho Bank (Mizuho Capital), Concord Executive Group |
| Remow | Anime streaming platform | Media | Japan | N/A | N/A | 01/09/2022 | ADK Emotions |
