Jibo, a US-based personal robot producer backed by a host of corporates, received an undisclosed amount of equity funding on Wednesday from venture capital firm Fenox Venture Capital. The company previously raised $36m in a series A round that included laptop and smartphone maker Acer, telecommunications firms KDDI and LG Uplus, video surveillance technology producer NetPosa, marketing firm Dentsu and electronics conglomerate Samsung, and which closed in August this year.
Bomedus, a Germany-based developer off medical devices for the treatment of chronic pain, received €2.5m ($2.6m) on Tuesday from NRW.Bank, which acts as the state of North Rhine-Westphalia’s development bank, and private investor Christoph Schug. It had previously raised funding from corporate-backed growth fund High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Pre-Seed Fund and Andreas Hoeft.
VoyagerMed, the US-based operator of a medical tourism marketplace for US doctors, has received an undisclosed amount of funding in a seed round led by international medical service provider CL Global Healthcare. It plans to use the capital to offer an expanded enterprise healthcare model to companies throughout the US.
India-based furniture and home appliance rental startup RentoMojo has secured Rs 130m ($2m) in seed funding from IDG Ventures India, which acts as media and data firm International Data Group’s local venture capital affiliate, and VC firm Accel Partners, the Economic Times reported on Monday. RentoMojo acts as a marketplace for users to rent items to each other, and the startup told ET its asset-light model was part of what attracted IDG.
Claim Di, the Thailand-based developer of a mobile-focused car insurance service, raised $2m yesterday in a series A round led by CyberAgent Ventures. The round also included 500 Durians, the local fund run by VC firm 500 Startups, Golden Gate Ventures and Dtac Accelerate, and will support the launch of specialist services and international growth in 2016.
Currency and travel services provider Transcorp Group has led a $1.5m seed round for Early Salary, an India-based startup that provides instant loans through a mobile app, Tech in Asia reported on Wednesday. The capital will support the launch of the company’s service, expected to take place in the next three months.
India-based on-demand medicine and healthcare product delivery startup Pluss has secured $1m in pre-Series A funding from IDG Ventures India, Powerhouse Ventures and Singapore-based M&S Partners, the Business Standard reported today. Founded earlier this year, Pluss will use the capital to expand to five Indian cities, strengthen its technology and technical team, and increase its marketing push.
IT services firm JMR Infotech India has provided an undisclosed amount of seed funding for LearnOn Technology Solutions, the India-based operator of a cloud-based learning platform, VCCircle reported today. The funding, which represents JMR’s first investment in the education space, will be used to scale LearnOn’s operations, and to expand its technology and sales teams.