Funds
Saison Capital, the Singapore-based corporate venturing arm of Japan-headquartered payment services firm Credit Saison, has formed a token fund to back Web3 technology developers, Tech in Asia reported. The unit will invest between $200,000 and $500,000 per deal, with possible follow-on funding also available.
Singapore-based, financial technology-focused private equity firm 01Fintech has raised an undisclosed amount of financing from Sinar Mas Financial Services, a subsidiary of conglomerate Sinar Mas.
Industrial manufacturing firm VDL Group provided an undisclosed amount of capital for Netherlands-based, student startup-focused venture capital firm Round One Ventures.
Funding
China-based semiconductor producer SJ Semiconductor (SJSemi) received almost $340m in a series C+ round featuring TCL Capital, a subsidiary of electronics manufacturer TCL Corporation, and Legend Capital, the VC firm formed by conglomerate Legend Holdings. It was joined by Goldstone Investment, Jade Stone Venture, Shang Qi Capital, Leafoison Capital, China Fortune-Innovation Capital, GLP-C&D Capital, Oriza Rivertown and Oriza Hua Capital. The deal lifted the company’s overall funding to $1bn and valued it at $1.8bn.
| Company | Company description | Sector | Country | Round | Round size($m) | Deal date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LayerZero Labs | Decentralised messaging protocol provider | IT | Canada | B | 120 | 04/04/2023 | Circle (Circle Ventures), OpenSea (OpenSea Ventures), Samsung (Samsung Next), Christie’s; Andreessen Horowitz (A16z Crypto), Sequoia Capital, Bond |
| Adcendo | Cancer drug developer | Healthcare | Denmark | A | 89.5 (updated) | 04/04/2023 | Novo (Novo Holdings); Pontifax Venture Capital (lead), Ysios Capital, RA Capital Management, HealthCap, Gilde Healthcare |
| AMsilk | Silk biopolymer developer | Industrial | Germany | C | 59 (updated) | 04/04/2023 | Novo (Novo Holdings), Cargill; Athos (AT Newtec) (lead), MIG Capital, ER Capital Holdings, MIG Verwaltungs |
| Mercy BioAnalytics | Liquid cancer biopsy developer | Healthcare | US | A | 41 | 03/04/2023 | LabCorp, Bruker; Novalis LifeSciences (lead), Sozo Ventures, Hatteras Venture Partners, iSelect Fund, American Cancer Society (BrightEdge), Broadway Angels |
| 4.Screen | Driver information and communication platform | Transport | Germany | A | 22.9 | 04/04/2023 | Continental (Continental Corporate Venture Capital) (co-lead); S4S Ventures (co-lead), BayBG, Friba Investment, Summiteer |
| Magenta Mobility | Electric vehicle-based delivery service | Services | India | A1 | 22 | 05/04/2023 | BP (BP Ventures); Morgan Stanley (Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure) |
| Finanzguru | Provider of AI-equipped financial advice software | Financial | Germany | N/A | 14.2 | 04/04/2023 | Scor (Scor Ventures) (co-lead), PayPal (PayPal Ventures) (co-lead), Deutsche Bank, HDI Group (Hannover Digital Investments); Coparion, VR Ventures, Venture Stars, Frank Strauss |
| Spendflo | Software-as-a-service subscription management platform | IT | US | A | 11 | 04/04/2023 | Prosus (Prosus Ventures) (co-lead); Accel (co-lead), Together Fund, Signal Peak Ventures, Boldcap Ventures |
| MakerVerse | On-demand manufacturing service | Industrial | Germany | A | 10.2 | 04/04/2023 | Siemens (Siemens Energy), Zeiss; 9.5 Ventures (lead) |
| Forefront RF | Fabless semiconductor technology producer | IT | UK | N/A | 8.3 | 04/04/2023 | Foresight Group/WAE (Foresight WAE Technology Funds); BGF, Science Creates Ventures |
| Cyfirma | Cyberthreat intelligence software provider | IT | Indonesia | A | 5.5 | 04/04/2023 | Larsen & Toubro, NTT Finance; OurCrowd |
| Dr B Dental Solutions | Oral care brand | Healthcare | US | Seed | 5 | 05/04/2023 | Hall Group (lead); undisclosed dentists |
| Sepura Home | Food waste separation device developer | Consumer | US | Seed | 3.7 | 04/04/2023 | Blanco (lead) |
| Dozer | Data infrastructure API developer | IT | Singapore | Seed | 3 | 04/04/2023 | Alphabet (Gradient Ventures); Sequoia Capital (Surge), January Capital |
| Megaton Finance | Decentralised financial protocol provider | Financial | South Korea | Seed | 1.5 | 04/04/2023 | Orbs, MEXC Global (MEXC Ventures); TonCoin.Fund, Cypher Capital, First Stage Labs |
| Stayway | Subsidy digitalisation platform | Financial | Japan | N/A | <1 ($760,000) | 05/04/2023 | Vector; Kepple Capital (DX Fund), University of Tokyo (U-Tokyo Entrepreneur Supporter’s Club Incubation Fund), Association of Listed Company Managers from Nara Prefecture, Association of Listed Company CFO Accountants, unnamed certified public accountant associations, unnamed private investors |
| Cashew KSA | Buy now, pay later platform | Financial | UAE | N/A | N/A | 04/04/2023 | Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (Shaker Group) |
| Axelspace | Nanosatellite developer | Industrial | Japan | N/A | N/A | 05/04/2023 | Space Compass, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance; Mitsubishi UFJ (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital), Development Bank of Japan |
