Changan Automobile, Contemporary Amperex Technology and China South Industries were all part of Avatr Technology’s $412m series B round.

Avatr II smart EV

Fund

Brazilian energy group Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel) has formed a R$150m ($30.8m) corporate venturing fund, Startups.com.br has reported. Dubbed Copel Ventures I, the fund will be managed by São Paulo-based impact investment firm Vox Capital, and it will target companies working on renewable and clean energy, ESG, energy-as-a-service, smart cities, and asset and facilities management. The unit aims to start operations at the end of the year, and it plans to invest in at least 15 local and global startups at seed and series A rounds, providing between R$2m and R$10m ($410,0000 and $2.1m) per deal.

Funding

Smart electric vehicle manufacturer Avatr Technology has raised RMB3bn ($412m) in series B funding from investors including corporates Changan Automobile, Contemporary Amperex Technology and China South Industries Group Corporation’s South Industry Assets Management unit. Chongqing Industry Investment Fund of Funds, Bank of Communications’ BoCom Financial Asset Investment subsidiary, Guangzhou Development District Holding Group and Liangjiang Industry Fund also took part in the round.

Company name Country Sector Corporate investors Round Round size ($m) Deal date Other investors Company description
Avatr Technology China Transport Changan Automobile, Contemporary Amperex Technology, China South Industries Group Corporation (South Industry Assets Management) B 412 31 August 2023 Chongqing Industry Investment Fund of Funds, Bank of Communications (BoCom Financial Asset Investment), Guangzhou Development District Holding Group, Liangjiang Industry Fund Smart electric vehicle provider
AI21 Labs Israel IT Samsung (Samsung Next) (co-lead), SCBX (SCB 10X) (co-lead), Alphabet (Google), Nvidia C 155 30 August 2023 Walden Catalyst (co-lead), Pitango (co-lead), B2Venture (co-lead), Amnon Shashua (co-lead) Text-generating AI tool developer
AMQ Intelligent China IT Lenovo (Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group) C 55.1 29 August 2023 Changsha Xiangjiang Asset Management (lead), Oriental Fortune Capital, Huajin Capital, Changjiang Capital Semiconductor packaging service
HC Scientific  China Healthcare Legend Holding (Legend Capital) B 41.2 28 August 2023 Lake Bleu Capital (co-lead), Guotai Junan Securities (Guotai Junan Innovation Investment) (co-lead), Lyfe Capital, Dalton Venture, Eightfold Ventures Partners, Chengdu Biological City Equity Investment Biomedical system developer
Superluminal Medicines US Healthcare Nvidia Undisclosed 33 29 August 2023 RA Capital Management (lead), Insight Partners, Gaingels  Generative biology medicine platform
Sortera Technologies US Industrial Mitsubishi (Mineral Resources Group) C 30.5 30 August 2023 RA Capital Management-Planetary Health (lead), T Rowe Price Associates, Macquarie Group (Macquarie GIG Energy Transition Solutions), Assembly Ventures, Chrysalix, Breakthrough Energy Ventures AI-equipped material recycling platform
Rewaa Saudi Arabia IT Saudi Aramco (Wa’ed Ventures) (lead) A 27 30 August 2023 Saudi Telecom (Corporate Innovation Fund), Graphene Ventures, Sadu Capital, Vision Ventures, Khwarizmi Ventures, RZM Investment, Derayah VC, Abdulrahman Sulaiman Al Rajhi & Sons Investment Company Inventory management platform provider
Intuition Robotics  Israel Industrial Toyota (Woven Capital) (lead), Toyota (Toyota Ventures) Undisclosed 25 29 August 2023 OurCrowd, Western Technology Investment, unnamed other investors AI-powered senior care robot developer
SatSure India Industrial Xto10X Technologies A 15 29 August 2023  Baring Private Equity Partners India (co-lead), Promus Ventures (co-lead), Omidyar Network India, Force Ventures, Luckbox Ventures, IndigoEdge Advisors Satellite-based farm data system provider
QuantHealth Israel Healthcare Bertelsmann (Bertelsmann Investments)(co-lead) A 15 30 August 2023 Pitango HealthTech (co-led), Shoni Top Ventures, Nina Capital, Nova Capital,  Boston Millennia Partners, Atooro Fund, Renegade Ventures AI-driven clinical trial design platform
Mateside China Healthcare Xiangyu Medical Undisclosed 13.7 28 August 2023 Yuan Ning Investment, Hengxu Capital Household rehabilitation device provider
Hongjin Aluminum China Industrial Guangdong Hongtu Technology 11 28 August 2023 N/A Aluminium alloy ingot producer
Salowin Japan Services Nippon Life (Nissay Capital), Colopl (Colopl Next), Digital Advertising Consortium Undisclosed 10.3 31 August 2023 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Shoko Chukin Bank, Resona Bank, two unnamed banks (debt financing) Shared beauty salon provider
Travelshift Iceland Services General Electric (GE Investment Management) Undisclosed 10 29 August 2023 N/A Online travel agency
C2C Platform Japan IT YanagawaShokai, AirTrip A 8.1 (updated) 31 August 2023 Masayuki Kintsu, BSP Asset Management, Nakao Management Institute, Daiwa Trust, Midas Capital Business matching platform
Innovative Space Carrier Japan Industrial Dentsu (Dentsu Ventures’ SGP Fund) Undisclosed 3.8 31 August 2023 Incubate Fund (lead), Animal Spirits (Animal Spirits Fund 1), unnamed other investors Space travel transport system developer
FirstMate  Canada Consumer Coinbase (Coinbase Ventures) Undisclosed 3.75 28 August 2023 Dragonfly Capital (lead), NextView Ventures NFT creator-focused digital store platform
Context.ai US IT Alphabet (GV) (co-lead) Undisclosed 3.5 30 August 2023 Tomasz Tunguz (co-lead), 20Sales, Harry Stebbings, Guy Podjarny, Victor Riparbelli, Steffen Tjerrild, Mehdi Ghissassi, Matt Robinson, Milos Rusic, Jacob Bank, Devvret Rishi, Sean Mullaney AI-powered application analytics platform
NPCx US Media Kakao (Kakao Investment) Seed 3 29 August 2023 N/A AI-equipped character animation platform
Zence China Consumer Alibaba/Gobi Partners (Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund’s Greater Bay Area Fund) Seed 2.5 28 August 2023 N/A Plant-derived biodegradable item developer
Vetching South Korea Healthcare LG Uplus Corp Undisclosed 2.3 28 August 2023 N/A Electronic medical record developer
MiyaHealth Singapore Healthcare ST Engineering (ST Engineering Ventures) Pre-A 1.8 31 August 2023 Fondation Botnar, Elev8, HealthXCapital Healthtech SaaS platform
WorX Japan Services Umu Technology Japan, Nahato Undisclosed 1 31 August 2023 XTech Ventures, Hajime Hasegawa, Japan Finance Corporation Cross-border reskilling platform
C6 Bank Brazil Financial JPMorgan Chase Undisclosed Undisclosed 30 August 2023 N/A Digital bank operator
Lexeo Therapeutics  US Healthcare Sarepta Therapeutics Undisclosed Undisclosed 28 August 2023 N/A Gene therapy developer
Spiral Therapeutics US Healthcare C&P Investors Group (Esperante Ventures) (co-lead), Ferring Pharmaceuticals (Ferring Ventures)  (co-lead) Undisclosed Undisclosed 30 August 2023 N/A Inner ear disorder therapy developer
Plusvet South Korea IT LG Uplus Corp Undisclosed Undisclosed 28 August 2023 N/A Customer relationship management platform
Waqua Japan Industrial Kyushu Electric Power, San’in Sanso Corporation Undisclosed Undisclosed 31 August 2023 N/A Seawater desalination equipment producer

Deals from August so far

Company name Country Sector Corporate investors Round Round size ($m) Deal date Othee investors Sub-sector Company description
Aerosafe Global US Services Merck (Merck Global Health Innovation Fund) Undisclosed 43 29 August 2023 NewSpring (NewSpring Health Capital)(lead),   Peloton Equity, Hamilton Lane, Flexstone Capital,  Wave Equity Partners, Escalate Capital Logistics & supply chain services Biopharma cold chain service
Gitai Japan Canada Industrial Mitsui Sumitomo (MSIVC 2021V Venture Capital), MUFG Bank Undisclosed 15 29 August 2023 Green Co-Invest Investment Limited Partnership (lead), Pacific Bays Fund 1, 1A Investment Limited Partnerships  Robotics & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) Space robotics technology developer
Redex Singapore Energy Saudi Aramco (Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures) Undisclosed 8 30 August 2023 N/A Renewable energy  Renewable energy certificate management platform
Novatron Fusion Group Sweden Energy Santander (Santander InnoEnergy Climate Fund) Seed 5.4 29 August 2023 Climentum Capital (lead), Industrifonden,  KTH Holding, EIT InnoEnergy Energy storage, management & equipment Fusion energy production company
A-Star Quantum Japan IT Itochu (Itochu Technology Ventures) (lead), Zenrin (Zenrin Future Partners), Suzuyo, Dai Nippon Printing, NEC (NEC Capital Solutions) B 5.1 30 August 2023 Innovation Engine, Abies Ventures, TNBI, Mitsubishi UFJ (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital) Enterprise software Quantum AI cloud platform
IOTech US Industrial Dell Technologies (Dell Technologies Capital) Undisclosed Undisclosed 29 August 2023 SPDG, Périer-D’Ieteren Family, Northstar Ventures, Scottish Investment Bank Other (Industrial) Laser printing technology developer
Aryastha Life Sciences India Healthcare Vessella Group A Undisclosed 29 August 2023 N/A Healthcare IT/Administration Healthcare contract research and development organisation
TopCV Vietnam Services Mynavi B Undisclosed 30 August 2023 Nextrans, Next100, VIC Partners Human resources  Recruitment technology platform

Company name Country Sector Corporate investors Round Round size ($m) Deal date Other investors Sub-sector Company description
Redwood Materials US Industrial Microsoft (Climate Innovation Fund) D 1000 29 August 2023 Goldman Sachs Asset Management (co-led), Capricorn Investment Group (Technology Impact Fund)(co-led), T. Rowe Price Associates, Deepwater Asset Management, OMERS Other (Industrial) Battery recycling
Zepto India Consumer Nexus E 200 25 August 2023 StepStone Group (Nexus Venture Partners), Goodwater Capital, Glade Brook Capital, Lachy Groom Other (Consumer) Instant grocery delivery
ElliQ Israel Industrial Toyota (Woven Capital/Toyota Ventures)(lead) B 36 29 August 2023 OurCrowd, Western Technology Investment Robotics & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) Robotic companion for elderly computer users
Fundinno Japan Financial Persol, ADW Group, Valtes, Intloop, Zenken, Proto Group (Proto Ventures), LTS, GiGWorks, FCE Holdings, AirTrip, Mot Undisclosed 31.5 29 August 2023 Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Okasan Securities, EggForwrad, Gogin Capital, Seven, SVentures, Media Research Institute, Bank of the Ryukyus (Ryukyu Capital) Crowdfunding Stock investment crowdfunding service
Companion Protect US Financial CSAA Insurance Group (Avanta Ventures)(lead), Liberty Mutual Insurance,  Old Republic International Corporation A 27 28 August 2023 Stray Dog Enterprises. Insurance Per insurance and pet wellness administration
Moxies US IT Boulton & Watt (co-led) Undisclosed 15.7 29 August 2023 SignalFire (co-lead) Enterprise software Management solutions for entrepreneurs opening medspas
beeOLED Germany Industrial Merck (M Ventures) A 14.3 28 August 2023 eCAPITAL (lead), KBC Focus Fund, HTGF, TGFS,  JBN-Invest Artificial/Advanced materials Deep-blue emitters for screen displays
ControlRooms.ai US IT Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance (Tokio Marine Future Fund) A 10 29 August 2023 Origin Ventures (lead), Amity Ventures,  S3 Ventures,  GTM Fund, Alpha Square Group, FJ Labs Big data & analytics (IT) AI-powered analytics for automating industrial troubleshooting
GreenYellow Smart Solutions Vietnam Energy FMO Undisclosed 4.49 29 August 2023 N/A Energy storage, management & equipment Rooftop solar photovaltic systems
Holoeyes Japan Healthcare Medipal Holdings (Medipal Innovation Fund), Asteria, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Ventu B 2.7 29 August 2023 Nippon Venture Capital, Carbon Ventures, Hokkoku Bank (QR Investment) Medical Devices 3D and VR medical image platform
Adsorbi Sweden Industrial Metsä Spring Seed 0.388 28 August 2023 Chalmers Ventures, Jovitech Invest Artificial/Advanced materials Cellulose-based air purification material for air filters
Company name Country Sector Corporate investors Round Round size ($m) Deal date Other investors Company description
Ilectra Motor Group Indonesia Transport Foxconn/CTBC Financial Holding (HH-CTBC Partnership or Foxconn Co-GP Fund), Indika Energy B 50 28th August 2023 Horizons Ventures (lead), Brama One Ventures Two-wheeled EV producer
Companion Protect US Financial CSAA Insurance Group (Avanta Ventures) (lead), Liberty Mutual Insurance, Old Republic International Corporation A 27 28th August 2023 Stray Dog Enterprises Pet insurance and health management platform
Jitty US IT Alphabet (Gradient Ventures) (lead) Undisclosed 2 27th August 2023 Sequoia Capital, Atomico, unnamed angel investors AI-based property search engine platform
TechBowl Japan Services Insource, Will Group (Will Group HRTech Fund 2), CAC A 2.1 28th August 2023 Undisclosed Operator of engineer training platform TechTrain
Strategit Japan IT Heroz Undisclosed <1 ($680,000) 28th August 2023 Undisclosed SaaS-based app store operator
Sitateru Japan Consumer NTT (NTT Data) Undisclosed Undisclosed 28th August 2023 Undisclosed Clothing supply chain platform
Humanify Technologies India IT Godrej Group (Godrej & Boyce) (lead) Undisclosed Undisclosed 25th August 2023 Undisclosed AI-equipped remote research platform
BitOasis UAE Financial CoinDCX, Jump Trading (Jump Capital) Undisclosed Undisclosed 25th August 2023 Wamda Capital  Crypto asset trading platform
Company name Country Sector Corporate investors Round Round size ($m) Deal date Other investors Company description
Hugging Face US IT Salesforce (Salesforce Ventures) (lead), Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Nvidia, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, IBM D 235 24 August 2023 Sound Ventures AI-equipped application development platform
Modular US IT Alphabet (GV) A 100 24 August 2023 General Catalyst (lead), SV Angel, Greylock, Factory AI application development platform
Ikigai Labs US IT Emirates Telecommunications Group (e& capital) A 25 24 August 2023 Premji Invest, Foundation Capital  Tabular data-focused generative AI technology developer
Anytype Germany IT Protocol Labs Undisclosed 13.4 23 August 2023 Balderton Capital (lead), Script Capital, Connect Ventures, New Forge, Foreword VC, Inflection.xyz, SquareOne Web3 file storage software provider
Aperio US IT Chevron (Chevron Technology Ventures), NextEra Energy, National Grid (National Grid Partners), Delek US, Bazan Group A1 9 24 August 2023 Momenta (lead) Quality management platform for operational data
Dripl Belgium Consumer Spadel (The Source) Undisclosed 2.3 24 August 2023 Faraday VP, Wim Vernaeve, Jonas Mallisse, Stéphane Ronse  Packaging-free soft drink provider
Xenodata Lab Japan Financial AirTrip Undisclosed 1.2 25 August 2023 Ibis Capital Partners, Bank of Saga (Sagin Capital), Kagawa Securities, Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank (OKB Capital) AI-equipped economic forecasting platform
Campaign US IT Alchemy  Undisclosed 1 24 August 2023 Woodstock Fund (lead), Chapter One No-code customer engagement platform
Rextie Peru Financial Citi (Citi Institutional Strategic Investments) Undisclosed Undisclosed 24 August 2023 N/A Foreign exchange services provider
Irreverent Labs US Media Samsung (Samsung Next) Undisclosed Undisclosed 24 August 2023 N/A AI video-generation technology developer
Anghami Saudi Arabia Media SRMG (SRMG Ventures) Undisclosed 5 21 August 2023 N/A Music and entertainment streaming platform

Company name Country Sector Corporate investors Round Round size ($m) Date Other investors Company description
Cellares US Healthcare Koch Industries (Koch Disruptive Technologies) (lead), Bristol Myers Squibb C 255 23 August 2023 DFJ Growth, Willett Advisors, Eclipse, Decheng Capital, 8VC Contract cell developer and manufacturer
Rapport Therapeutics US Healthcare Johnson & Johnson (Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC) B 150 23 August 2023 Cormorant Asset Management (lead), Fidelity International (Fidelity Management & Research Company), Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Logos Capital, Perceptive Advisors, Sofinnova Investments, Citadel (Surveyor Capital), T. Rowe Price, Third Rock Ventures, Arch Venture Partners Precision medicine developer
Fore Biotherapeutics US Healthcare GlaxoSmithKline (SR One Capital Management) (lead), Novartis (Novartis Venture Fund), Samsung (Samsung Securities) D 75 23 August 2023 Medicxi, OrbiMed, HBM Healthcare Investments, 3B Future Health Fund, Cormorant Asset Management, Wellington Management Precision oncology treatment developer
Schüttflix  Germany Consumer DEVK Insurance, Goldbeck, IK Umwelt Undisclosed 48.7 23 August 2023 FJ Labs Construction material marketplace
Droom India Consumer Digital Garage (DG Ventures) Undisclosed 12.7 24 August 2023 Undisclosed Data-equipped car marketplace
Qashier Singapore Financial Delivery Hero (Delivery Hero Ventures) A 10 24 August 2023 IFP Securities (lead) Point-of-sale payment technology provider
Lex US Media Every Media Seed 2.8 23 August 2023 True Ventures (lead) AI-powered writing tool provider
Craftgate Turkey Financial D-Market Electronic Services & Trading Undisclosed 1 23 August 2023 D4 Ventures Payment integration software producer
Lumina US Financial Mina Foundation, Jump Trading Group (Jump Crypto), O(1) Labs  Undisclosed Undisclosed 23 August 2023 Big Brain Holdings Enterprise decentralised finance platform

Company name Country Sector Corporate investors Round Round size ($m) Deal date Other investors Sub-sector Other investors
Northvolt Sweden Energy Volkswagen, Folksam, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Undisclosed 2300 (updated) 22 August 2023 Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (lead), BlackRock, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Omers, Goldman Sachs (Goldman Sachs Asset Management), AP Pension, ATP, AMF, Ava Investors, Imas Foundation, Baillie Gifford, Swedbank Robur, PCS Holding, Olympia Group, TM Capital, Compagnia di San Paolo (Fondaco Growth), East Innovate, ADQ, GIC, J. Safra Sarasin Energy storage, management & equipment Battery cell producer
Nomad Brazil Financial BBVA (Propel), Grupo Globo (Globo Ventures)  Undisclosed 61 22 August 2023 Tiger Global Management (lead), Stripes, Monashees, Spark Capital, Abstract Ventures Personal finance & wealth management Personal finance and investment platform
Grip Security US IT Intel (Intel Capital) B 41 22 August 2023 Third Point Ventures (lead), YL Ventures, The Syndicate Group Enterprise software SaaS identity risk management platform
Andorix Canada IT HFR Networks Undisclosed 40 22 August 2023 Voya Financial (Voya Investment Management) (lead) Internet of Things (software) Network provider and smart building systems for real estate
Bushel US Industrial The Andersons, Cargill, Scoular, Continental Grain Company (Conti Ventures) Undisclosed 26 22 August 2023 The Banc Funds Company (lead), 50 South Capital, Germin8, Lewis & Clark AgriFood Agriculture & Ag Tech Agricultural services marketplace
Cerby US IT Salesforce (Salesforce Ventures), Okta (Okta Ventures), Allianz (AV8) A 17 22 August 2023 Two Sigma (Two Sigma Ventures) (lead), Neuberger Berman (Outpost Ventures), Ridge Ventures, Founders Fund, Bowery Capital, Tau Ventures, Incubate Fund, Ben Johnson Enterprise software Application access management platform
Clockworks Analytics US IT Schneider Electric (SE Ventures) Undisclosed 16.1 22 August 2023 Carom Growth Partners (lead) Big data & analytics (IT) SaaS building analytics platform
Brave Group Japan Media Money Forward (Money Forward Venture Partners), Adways (Adways Ventures) D 13.7 23 August 2023 Simplex Capital Investment (lead), Tokyo University of Science Innovation Capital, Revamp Audio & Video content VTuber studio and  intellectual property-related businesses
Pico MES US Industrial Bosch Group (Bosch Ventures) (lead), Schneider Electric (SE Ventures) A 12.35 22 August 2023 Counterpart Ventures, Lemnos Labs, Congruent Ventures, Union Labs Ventures, Momenta Partners Robotics & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) Factory automation technology provider
Actimed Therapeutics UK Healthcare Mankind Pharma A 12.3 (updated) 22 August 2023 Undisclosed Pharmaceuticals Drug developer for cancer and muscle wasting disorders
Electric Era US Transport Proeza (Proeza Ventures), SQM (SQM Lithium Ventures) A 11.5 22 August 2023 HSBC Group (HSBC Asset Management) (lead), Blackhorn Ventures AutoTech (Connected, Autonomous, Electric etc.) EV charging infrastructure provider
CakeResume Taiwan Services Mynavi (lead) A 5 23 August 2023 Undisclosed Human resources  Online employee sourcing platform
Maxbyte UAE Industrial Emirates Telecommunications Group (e& capital) A 5 22 August 2023 N/A Robotics & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) Industrial robotics
Communion UK Financial Revolut (lead) Pre-seed 3.1 17 August 2023 Target Global, Max Rofagha, Greg Marsh, Erin Lantz  Personal finance & wealth management Easy-access savings account provider
Yummy Plate India Consumer K12 Techno Services Undisclosed 2 22 August 2023 N/A Food & beverages School meal subscription service 
BD Rowa Robotics Germany Healthcare Simple Online Healthcare Undisclosed 1.2 22 August 2023 N/A Healthcare IT/Administration Automation technology provider for the healthcare industry
Arcion US IT Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hewlett Packard Pathfinder) Undisclosed Undisclosed 22 August 2023 N/A Enterprise software Data capture technology developer
OmniTeq US IT VirnetX Undisclosed Undisclosed 22 August 2023 N/A Artificial intelligence Predictive analytics for data-driven decision-making

Company name Country Sector Corporate investors Round Round size ($m) Deal date Other investors Sub-sector Company description
Sangon Biotech China Healthcare Novo Nordisk (Novo Holdings) (lead) Undisclosed 290 17 August 2023 GL Capital, CPE, Greenwoods Asset Management, Huagai Capital,  China Development Bank (CDB Venture), China Merchants Group (China Merchant Health) Pharmaceuticals DNA synthesis product developer
Adarx Pharmaceuticals US Healthcare Eli Lilly (Lilly Asia Ventures), GlaxoSmithKline (SR One Capital Management) C 200 10-Aug-23 Bain Capital (Bain Capital Life Sciences) (lead), TCGX, Blackrock, Commodore Capital, Cormorant Asset Management, HBM Healthcare Investments, Invus, Marshall Wace, Redmile Group, T Rowe Price Associates, Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, Vivo Capital, Ascenta Capital, OrbiMed Pharmaceuticals RNA therapeutics developer
Nile US IT Saudi Telecom (STC CIF), Saudi Aramco (Prosperity7), Liberty Global ( C 175 01 August 2023 March Capital (co-lead), Sanabil Investments (co-lead), 8VC, Geodesic Capital, U First Capital, Valor Equity Partners Enterprise software Enterprise network operator
Abcuro US Healthcare Sanofi (Sanofi Ventures), Mass General Brigham (Mass General Brigha B 155 17-Aug-23 Redmile Group (co-lead), Bain Capital Life Sciences (co-lead), RA Capital Management, Samsara BioCapital, New Leaf Ventures, Pontifax, Tekla Capital Management, BlackRock, Soleus Capital Pharmaceuticals Autoimmune diseases and cancer therapy developer
Gracell Biotechnologies China Healthcare Nan Fung Group (Pivotal Life Sciences) Undisclosed 150 08-Aug-23 Vivo Capital (lead), Adage Capital Partners, Exome Asset Management, Janus Henderson Investors, Logos Capital, OrbiMed, RA Capital Management, TCGX Pharmaceuticals Cancer and autoimmune disease treatment developer
Kyverna Therapeutics US Healthcare Gilead Sciences B 145 (updated) 3rd August 2023 Bain Capital Life Sciences, GordonMD Global Investments, Westlake Village BioPartners, Vida Ventures, Northpond Ventures, RTW Investments, Insight Partners, CAM Capital, Lyfe Capital, JVen Capital, unnamed others Pharmaceuticals Autoimmune disease cell therapy developer
Guoqiang Singsun China Energy China Communications Construction Company (co-lead), Dongfang E A+ 137.4 16-Aug-23 Citic Securities (Citic Securities Inestment/Costone Investment) (co-lead), CMB International, Zhongtai Venture Capital Energy software & analytics Solar tracking technology producer
Newlight Technologies US Industrial GenZero (lead), Leonard Green & Partners (Charter Next Gener Undisclosed 125 3rd August 2023 Occidental (Oxy Low Carbon Ventures) Artificial/Advanced materials Greenhouse gas-derived carbon material developer
Pivotal Commware US Telecoms Verizon (Verizon Ventures), Thermo Companies D 102 17-Aug-23 Gates Frontier (co-lead) Tracker Capital (co-lead), Fortress Investment Group (co-lead), Blue Investment Group (co-lead), DIG Investment XV, Lux Capital, Fidelity Management & Research (Devonshire Investors) Wireless technologies  5G mmWave technology developer
Anthropic US IT SK Telecom Undisclosed 100 13 August 2023 N/A Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence research company
Resilience US IT Intact Insurance Group (Intact Ventures) (lead) D 100 07 August 2023 Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Founders Fund Cybersecurity Cyber risk detection platform 
Tenstorrent US IT Hyundai Motor Group (co-lead), Samsung (Samsung Catalyst Fund) (co-lead) Undisclosed 100 02 August 2023 Eclipse Ventures, Epiq Capital, Maverick Capital, Fidelity International (Fidelity Ventures) Artificial intelligence AI processor producer
DP Technology  China IT Shanghai United Media Group (Zhongyuan Capital) Undisclosed 100 21 August 2023 MSA Capital, Loyal Valley Capital Artificial intelligence Scientific application-focused AI platform
Neurophth China Healthcare Fosun International, BGI Group C+ 97.7 09-Aug-23 China Merchants Bank (Changjiang CMB Industry Fund Management) (co-lead), Guangzhou Finance Holdings Group (co-lead), Optical Valley Financial Holding Group (co-lead), Wuhan Hi-Tech Holding Group (co-lead), Wuhan Optics Valley Health Industry Investment (co-lead), HongShan (formerly Sequoia Capital China) Pharmaceuticals Gene-based eye therapy developer
GoStudent Austria Services Tencent, Prosus, SoftBank (SoftBank Vision Fund 2) Undisclosed 95 4th August 2023 Deutsche Bank, Left Lane Capital, DN Capital, DST, Coatue Education & Ed Tech Tutoring services platform
Tisento Therapeutics US Healthcare Polaris, Sanofi (Sanofi Ventures) A 81 01 August 2023 Invus, Peter Hecht, Venrock, J Wood Capital Pharmaceuticals Genetic mitochondrial disease therapy developer
Georgiamune US Healthcare Alexandria Real Estate Equities (Alexandria Venture Investments) A 75 09-Aug-23 General Catalyst (co-led),  Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (co-led), Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala Capital), Catalio Capital Management, CJNV BioVenture, Verition Fund Management  Pharmaceuticals Autoimmune disease therapy developer
Verdagy US Industrial Shell (Shell Ventures)(co-led), BlueScope, Galp, Samsung (Samsung Ve B 73 08-Aug-23 Temasek (co-led), Bidra Innovation Ventures, Industrial chemicals  Electrolyzer technology for industrial markets
Tradeshift US Financial HSBC (lead) Undisclosed 70 02 August 2023 AYTK, Lun Partners Group, Fuel Venture Capital, Notion Capital, IDC Ventures, The Private Shares Fund, Qatar Free Zones (Doha Venture Capital) Other (Financial services) B2B trade platform
Endor Labs US IT Dell (Dell Technologies Capital) A 70 3rd August 2023 Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, Section 32, more than 30 unnamed private investors Enterprise software Code and pipeline governance platform
ADASpace China Industrial Taishan Urban Construction Group C 68.7 16-Aug-23 Hongtai Aplus (lead), Qingdae Haifa State Owned Capital Investment and Operation Group, Orinno Capital, Jiaxing Jiaxiu Development Investment Holding Group Space & Satellite Tech Smart satellite producer
Airalo US Telecoms E& (E& Capital) (lead), Liberty Global, Orange, Rakuten Group (Rakute B 60 01 August 2023 Antler, Elevate, Sequoia Capital India and SEA (Peak XV Partners, formerly known as Surge), I2BF Global Ventures Wireless technologies  Software-based eSIM connectivity provider
Rondo Energy US Energy Siam Cement Group, Microsoft (Climate Innovation Fund), Rio Tinto, Sabic, Saudi Aram Undisclosed 60 16-Aug-23 Energy Impact Partners, Titan, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust, John Doerr Renewable energy  Industrial heat battery developer
Helm.ai US Transport Freeman Group, Honda, Goodyear Tire & Rubber (Goodyear Ventures), Sungwoo Hitech C 55 16-Aug-23 ACVC Partners, Amplo AutoTech (Connected, Autonomous, Electric etc.) Autonomous driving and robotics software producer
Persefoni US IT Eneos (ENEOS Innovation Partners), NGP (NGP Energy Technology Par C1 50 11 August 2023 TGP (TPG Rise )(lead), Clearvision Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Parkway Ventures, Rice Investment Group, Alumni Ventures Enterprise software Carbon accounting and management
Weights & Biases US IT Bloomberg (Bloomberg Beta) Undisclosed 50 09-Aug-23 Daniel Gross (co-lead), Nat Friedman (co-lead), Sapphire Ventures, Coatue, Insight Partners, Felicis, Bond Artificial intelligence Machine learning operations platform
Inworld US Media Microsoft (M12), Samsung (Samsung Next), LG Group (LG Technology A 50 02 August 2023 Lightspeed Venture Partners, Stanford University, First Spark Ventures VR & AR content AI-driven non-player character provider
Dcbel Canada Energy Volvo Cars B 50 17-Aug-23 Coatue, Real Ventures, Idealist Capital, Investissement Québec, Kevin Mahaffey Energy storage, management & equipment Provider of home energy management systems
Alva Indonesia Transport Indika Energy, CTBC/Foxconn (Foxconn Co-GP Fund) B 50 21 August 2023 Horizon Ventures (lead), Brama One Ventures AutoTech (Connected, Autonomous, Electric etc.) Electric two-wheeler manufacturer
Lightcast Discovery UK Healthcare Merck Group (M Ventures), Illumina (Illumina Ventures) B 49 17-Aug-23 Arch Venture Partners, OMX Ventures, +ND Capital, Longwall Ventures Other (Health) Cell function analysis platform
TytoCare Israel Healthcare MemorialCare, Clal Undisclosed 49 08-Aug-23 Insight Partners (lead), Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Medical Devices Remote medical testing and AI powered diagnostic support
TytoCare US Healthcare MemorialCare, Clal Insurance Undisclosed 49 3rd August 2023 Insight Partners (lead), Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Care provision & on-demand services Virtual care provider
MindsDB US IT NVIDIA (Nventures) Seed 46.5 08-Aug-23 Benchmark, Mayfield, Y Combinator, OpenOcean, Walden Catalyst Artificial intelligence Database platform that facilitates AI-centric applications
Neon US IT Snowflake (Snowflake Ventures), Databricks B 46 01 August 2023 Menlo Ventures (lead), Founders Fund, General Catalyst, GGV Capital, Khosla Ventures, Elad Gil Enterprise software Multicloud workload management platform
Tractian US IT Siemens (Next47) Undisclosed 45 07 August 2023 General Catalyst (lead), Ronan de Hooge, Ron Gill, Andy McCall Internet of Things (software) Industrial IoT software provider
Enough UK Consumer Axa (Axa Impact Fund) Undisclosed 43.5 21 August 2023 World Fund (co-lead), CPT Capital (co-lead), Onassis Group (Olympic Investments), Tailored Solutions, Scottish Enterprise, HAL Holding (HAL Investments) Food & beverages Mycoprotein-based food producer
Mitra Chem US Energy General Motors (lead), GS Group (GS Futures), Zeon (Zeon Ventures), Opt (Bonds Inve B 40 16-Aug-23 Social Capital, Fontinalis Partners, Earthshot Ventures, The Keffi Group, Boutique Venture Partners, Bricks Capital Management, Scribble VC, WovenEarth Ventures Energy storage, management & equipment Battery materials provider
Virtualitics US IT Citigroup C 37 10 August 2023 Smith Point Capital (lead), The Hillman Company Artificial intelligence AI-based data exploration platform
Lula US Financial Nextera Energy B 35.5 3rd August 2023 NextView Ventures (co-lead), Khosla Ventures (co-lead), Founders Fund, Steve McLaughlin, Steve Pagliuca Insurance Insurance API developer
Env0 US IT Microsoft (M12) A 35.1 16-Aug-23 Venture Guides (lead), StepStone Group, Knollwood Investment Advisory, Grove Ventures, Crescendo Venture Partners Enterprise software Workflow automation and management software provider
Doc2Doc Lending US Financial DR Bank Undisclosed 35 08-Aug-23 Encina Lender Finance Alternative lenders Commercial loan service for doctors
Wint Water Intelligence US Industrial ČEZ (Inven Capital) (co-lead) C 35 10 August 2023 Insight Partners (co-led), Taronga Group (Taronga Ventures) Other (Industrial) Water management and leak prevention platform
Endowus Singapore Financial Citi Group (Citi Ventures), MUFG Group (MUFG Innovation Partners), Undisclosed 35 09-Aug-23 EDBI, Lightspeed Venture Partners Personal finance & wealth management Digital wealth advisor
Meatable Netherlands Consumer DSM Firmenich (DSM Venturing) Undisclosed 35 08 August 2023 Invest-NL, BlueYard, Bridford, Taavet Hinrikus, MilkyWay, Agronomics (lead) Food & beverages Cultivated meat product developer
Bactolife Denmark Healthcare Novo Nordisk (Novo Holdings) A 32.8 08 August 2023 Athos (lead), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Other (Health) Microbiome health-focused protein provider
Capstan Medical US Healthcare Intuitive Surgical (Intuitive Ventures) B 31.4 09-Aug-23 Eclipse (lead), Puma Venture Capital, Vipul Patel Pharmaceuticals Valve disease treatment developer
Solu Therapeutics US Healthcare Astellas Pharma (Astellas Venture Management), Alexandria Real Estat Seed 31 01 August 2023 Longwood (co-led), Santé Ventures (co-led), DCVC Bio Pharmaceuticals Disease-driving cell elimination therapy
Trove US Consumer Mitsui Fudosan (31Ventures) E 30 10 August 2023 Wellington Management (co-lead), ArcTern Ventures (co-led), G2 Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures  E-commerce platforms Branded resale platform
Deepset Germany IT Alphabet (GV) Undisclosed 30 09-Aug-23 Balderton Capital (lead), Harpoon Ventures Enterprise software Large language model-based enterprise app platform
Instylla US Healthcare Ascension Health (Ascension Ventures), Incept Undisclosed 30 15-Aug-23 Delos Capital (lead), Excelestar Ventures, Catalyst Health Ventures, Amed Ventures, Sparta Group Pharmaceuticals Radiology embolics developer
Plotlogic Australia Industrial Schneider Electric (SE Ventures) (co-lead) B 28 30 July 2023 Galvanize Climate Solutions (co-lead), Innovation Endeavors, DCVC, Grids Capital, Main Sequence Ventures Manufacturing equipment  Mining technology developer
Herocheer China IT Harson Group (lead) C 27.7 11 August 2023 N/A Cybersecurity AI-based personal identification platform
Harmony Organics India Industrial Piramal Group (Piramal Alternatives) Undisclosed 27.1 07 August 2023 N/A Industrial chemicals  Speciality chemicals developer
ZetaChain US Financial Blockchain.com Undisclosed 27 16-Aug-23 Human Capital, Vy Capital, Sky9 Capital, Jane Street Capital, VistaLabs, CMT Digital, Foundation Capital, Lingfeng Capital, GSR Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Web3 interoperability platform developer
Carbon Upcycling Technologies Canada Energy Occidental Petroleum (Oxy Low Carbon Ventures), CRH (CRH Venture A 26 31 July 2023 Climate Investment (co-lead), The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC Capital’s Climate Tech Fund) (co-lead), Clean Energy Ventures, CEVG, Amplify Capital Energy software & analytics Circular decarbonisation technology developer
Amber Bio US Healthcare Eli Lilly Seed 26 3rd August 2023 Playground Global (co-lead), Andreessen Horowitz (Bio + Health) (co-lead), Foundation Fighting Blindness (Retinal Degeneration Fund), Hummingbird Ventures, Pillar Pharmaceuticals RNA-based gene editing platform
RapportLabs (Queenit) South Korea Consumer Kakao Corp (Kakao Ventures) Undisclosed 23.9 08 August 2023 Altos Ventures, Atinum Investment Women-focused fashion marketplace Fashion, apparel & accessories
Kraftblock Germany Energy Shell (Shell Ventures), Tecpetrol (TechEnergy Ventures) B 22.1 09-Aug-23 Finindus, Moore Strategic Ventures, A&G Banca Privada (A&G Energy Transition Tech Fund), Future Industry Ventures Energy storage, management & equipment Energy storage system developer
Fuella Norway Industrial Allianz (Allianz Capital Partners) Undisclosed 22 27 July 2023 N/A Ammonia production plants developer Agriculture & Ag Tech
Venturous Group China Transport CLP Group (lead) B 21 16-Aug-23 N/A Public mobility Smart cities-focused company builder
Transcend Software US IT Autodesk, Heritage Group (HG Ventures) B 20 3rd August 2023 PureTerra Ventures, Aspen Capital Group, Arosa Capital, Riverstone Holdings Enterprise software Infrastructure’s generative design software provider
Arccos US Consumer PGA Tour (lead), Ping, TaylorMade Golf Company, Cobra Puma Golf, T C 20 15 August 2023 N/A Physical consumer products  Connected AI golf product provider
Tracer US IT Bertelsmann (BDMI)(co-led) A 18.1 10 August 2023 NewRoad Capital Partners (co-led), Progress Ventures (co-led), S4S Ventures, Arbour Way Investors Big data & analytics (IT) Data intelligence platform
GoTab Canada Services Truist Financial Corporation (Truist Ventures) A 18 01 August 2023 N/A Logistics & supply chain services Hospitality commerce platform
Atlan Singapore IT Salesforce (Salesforce Ventures) B1 18 10-Aug-23 Insight Partners Big data & analytics (IT) Active metadata platform
Enspire DBS Therapy US Healthcare Cleveland Clinic (lead) B 17.6 01 August 2023  JobsOhio (JobsOhio Growth Capital Fund) Pharmaceuticals Post-stroke neuromodulation therapy developer
40Seas  Israel Financial ZIM Seed 17 02 August 2023 Eminence Ventures, QED Investors, Team8 Digital financing platform Personal finance & wealth management
ZuriMED Switzerland Healthcare  Fosun (Chindex Medical) (lead) A 16.5 10 August 2023 Yellowstone Holding  Medical Devices Surgical device developer
Compact Membrane Systems US Industrial Chevron (Chevron Technology Ventures), Technip Energies, PTT Globa A 16.5 02 August 2023 Pangaea Ventures (lead),  Other (Industrial) Advanced membrane technology developer
Thunder US IT Salesforce (Salesforce Ventures) A 16 08-Aug-23 Recognize (lead) Enterprise software Salesforce and Cloud consulting and implementation services
Paytner Japan IT Credit Saison (Saison Ventures), United, Chatwork, i Cubed Syst B 15.2 09-Aug-23 W Fund, Orix Capital, Fukuoka Financial Group (FFG Venture Business Partners), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC Venture Capital), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Incubate Fund, Mizuho Bank (Mizuho Capital), another unnamed company Enterprise software Invoice automation platform
Rightfoot US Financial Kraken (Kraken Ventures) A 15 10 August 2023 Blue Lion Global (lead), Renegade Partners, Bain Capital (Bain Capital Ventures), Box Group, Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Consumer data and payment API provider
Veza US IT Capital One (Capital One Ventures) (lead), ServiceNow Undisclosed 15 10 August 2023 N/A Cybersecurity Identity management platform
Zeelo US Transport Jaguar Land Rover (InMotion Ventures), Hellas Oil (Ireon Ventures) A 14 15-Aug-23  FlatzHoffmann, ETF Partners Public mobility Shuttle bus services provider
Atantares China IT Fosun Health Capital (Fosun), Alibaba Group (Alibaba Health) Pre A/Pre A + 13.9 02 August 2023 Asia Green Fund (lead), Frees Fund, Qiming Venture Partners, Next Capital, NeuX Capital Semiconductors & Chips Molecular chip developer
ZTX South Korea Media Jump Trading Group (Jump Crypto) (lead) Seed 13 15-Aug-23 Collab+Currency, Parataxis, MZ Web3 Fund, Everest Ventures Group VR & AR content Web3 metaverse spinoff of Zepeto
Silk Security US IT CrowdStrike (CrowdStrike Falcon Fund) Seed 12.5 01 August 2023 Insight Partners (lead), Hetz Ventures,  Shlomo Kramer, Mickey Boodaei, Rakesh Loonkar Cybersecurity Cyber risk prevention platform
Advanced Ionics US Energy BP (BP Ventures) (lead), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries A 12.5 15 August 2023 Clean Energy Ventures, Gatemore Capital Management Renewable energy  Electrolyser provider for green hydrogen production
Membrion US Industrial Samsung (Samsung Venture Investment Corporation) B 12.5 08-Aug-23 Lam Capital, Indico Capital Partners, Harvard Business School (Harvard Business School New York Alumni Angel Group), New York Angels, GiantLeap Capital Artificial/Advanced materials Electro-desalination membrane manufacturer
IVIX US Financial CitiGroup (Citi Ventures) A 12.5 07 August 2023 Insight Partners (lead), Team8, Cardumen Capital Other (Financial services) Tax authority-focused AI platform
Rootly US Services Alphabet (Gradient Ventures) A 12 10 August 2023 Renegade Partners (lead), XYZ Ventures Communication technology Incident response management platform
Atmosfy US Media Pernod Ricard (Convivialité Ventures) Seed 12 09-Aug-23 Redpoint Ventures (lead), Kygo, Streamlined Ventures, Industry Ventures, Canaan Partners, Village Global, Progression Fund  Audio & Video content Short video-based local business discovery platform
Caelux US Energy Reliance Industries (Reliance New Energy), Mitsui Fudosan A3 12 14 August 2023 Temasek (lead), Khosla Ventures, Fine Structure Ventures Energy storage, management & equipment Perovskite-based solar energy technology developer
Zanifu Kenya Financial Alphabet (Google Black Founders Fund) Pre-A 11.2 21 August 2023 Beyond Capital Ventures (lead), Variant Investments, Founders Factory Africa, AAIC Holdings (AAIC Investment), Launch Africa Alternative lenders SME-focused inventory financing platform
Bind-X Germany Industrial The Heritage Group (HG Ventures) B 10.9 01-Aug-23 K&K 1, Saxovent, Greeneering Invest Artificial/Advanced materials Industrial biotechnology for improving sustainability
Yard Stick  US Industrial Toyota (Toyota Ventures Climate Fund) (lead), Microsoft (Microsoft Cl A 10.6 17-Aug-23 The Nature Conservancy, Lowercarbon Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Pillar VC Agriculture & Ag Tech Soil analysis system provider
Visana Health US Healthcare InHealth Group (InHealth Ventures) Seed 10.1 17-Aug-23 Flare Capital Partners (co-lead), Frist Cressey Ventures (co-lead), Oxeon Partners, Pixel Perfect Ventures, Venture Investors Care provision & on-demand services Women-focused healthcare clinic provider
Phospholutions  US Industrial Continental Grain Company (Conti Ventures), Tefken (Tekfen Ventures Undisclosed 10.1 10 August 2023 Advantage Capital (lead), Ben Franklin Technology Partners Agriculture & Ag Tech Sustainable fertilizer technology developer
Plerion Australia IT Prosus (Prosus Ventures) (lead), Atlassian (Atlassian Ventures) Seed 10 01 August 2023 Cercano Cybersecurity Cloud cybersecurity platform
Helio Protocol Singapore Financial Binance (Binance Labs) Undisclosed 10 11 August 2023 N/A Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Decentralised stablecoin provider
Puck US Media Standard Industries (Standard Investments) B 10 08-Aug-23 J Rothschild Capital Management (lead), TPG  Social media/networks/IM Influencer-driven news provider
Treehouse US Energy CarMax, Assurant (Assurant Ventures), Holman Undisclosed 10 09-Aug-23 Montage Ventures (lead), Trucks Venture Capital, Acrew Capital,  Gutter Capital, Detroit Venture Partners, Automotive Ventures Energy storage, management & equipment Home EV charging system provider
Knot US Financial American Express (Amex Ventures), Plaid A 10 3rd August 2023 Nava Ventures (lead), unnamed angel investors Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Card payment method switching platform
Sapphire Technologies US Energy Marathon Petroleum, Chevron (Chevron Technology Ventures), Equinor (Equinor Vent B 10 16-Aug-23 Energy Capital Ventures (lead), Cooper and Company Energy storage, management & equipment Energy recovery system developer
Verdigris US Energy Solea Energy Undisclosed 10 16-Aug-23 DCVC (lead) Energy software & analytics AI-powered energy management software provider
Ansā Israel Consumer Sweetwood Undisclosed 9 01 August 2023 Jibe Ventures (lead), Closed Loop Ventures, New Climate Ventures, Millennium Food-Tech Physical consumer products  Autonomous coffee roaster provider
ShapesXR US IT HTC (HTC Vive)  Seed 8.6 09 August 2023 Supernode Global (lead), Triptyq VC, Boost VC, Geek Ventures, Hartmann Capital, The WXR Fund, StratMinds VC, Ludus Ventures, The Venture Reality Fund, Leta Capital, Remote First Capital. Other (IT) Collaborative spatial design app provider
NorSun Norway Energy Statkraft (Statkraft Ventures), Ardal Energi Undisclosed 8.6 16-Aug-23 Nysno Klimainvesteringer, ABN Amro (ABN Amro Sustainable Impact Fund), Scatec Innovation Renewable energy  Solar wafer producer
The Contract Network US IT Mayo Clinic, Cooley (GC&H Investments) Seed 8 17-Aug-23 Tusk Venture Partners (lead), Andrew Sieja, The Legal Tech Fund, Toba Capital Artificial intelligence Contract collaboration platform developer
Remedial Health Nigeria Healthcare Tencent A 8 01 August 2023 QED Investors (lead), Ventures Platform, Ycombinator, Gaingels Pharmaceuticals Africa-focused pharmaceutical value chain management tool
Endear Health US Healthcare Optum (Optum Ventures), Blue Cross of Idaho,  Undisclosed 8 09-Aug-23 Undisclosed Care provision & on-demand services Eldery-focused digital medicare platform
Liberaware Japan Industrial Kashiwabara Corporation (Japan Con-Tech Fund), Kashiwabara Undisclosed 8 09-Aug-23 Undisclosed Robotics & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) Industrial drone developer
Functional Finance US Financial Starr Insurance Seed 8 3rd August 2023 New Enterprise Associates (co-lead), Walkabout Ventures (co-lead), Altai Ventures (co-lead), unnamed other investors Insurance Insurance data reporting automation platform
Sewts Switzerland Industrial Nabtesco (Nabtesco Technology Ventures) Undisclosed 7.7 09-Aug-23 Emerald Technology Ventures, Constantia New Business, Equity Pitcher Ventures, Bayern Kapital, APEX Ventures, HTGF Robotics & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) Textile-focused software and robotic technology developer
Niricson Canada Industrial Bentley Systems A 7.5 02 August 2023 MUUS & Company (MUUS Climate Partners) (lead),  Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Export Development Canada, Invest Victoria, Forward Venture Capital, Techstars Other (Industrial) Critical infrastructure digitalisation platform
Metroweather Japan Services Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL Plus) A 7.4 (updated) 31 July 2023 NTT (NTT Finance), Drone Fund Other (Services) Real-time turbulence visualisation platform
Neotaste Germany Media Hubert Burda (Burda Principal Investments) (lead) A 6.4 10 August 2023 Christopher Huesmann, Niklas Plath, Kajetan Uhlig  Digital marketing & AdTech Gastronomy marketing platform
Solv Protocol  Singapore Financial Nomura Securities (Laser Digital), UOB (UOB Venture Management) Undisclosed 6 01 August 2023 Mirana Ventures, Emirates Consortium,  Matrix Partners, Apollo Capital, HashCIB, Geek Cartel, Bytetrade Labs Crowdfunding On-chain fund platform
Linera US Financial Nomura (Laser Digital Ventures), Flow Traders, Matrixport Undisclosed 6 16-Aug-23 Borderless Capital (lead), Andressen Horowitz (A16z crypto), Tribe Capital, Eterna Capital, Digital Finance Group, Block1, Cadenza, ArkStream Capital, Cygni Capital, L2 Capital (L2 Iterative Ventures), MH Ventures, Open Web Collective  Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Layer-1 blockchain developer
Fake Busters Japan Consumer Mercari  Undisclosed 5.8 09-Aug-23 De Capital family office, Shogo Kawada, Yuzuru Honda, Eiko Matsumura, Yusuke Masuda, Mizuho Bank, Resona Bank,  Fashion, apparel & accessories AI-powered authenticity checking for branded goods
Eratani Indonesia Industrial Genting Group (Genting Ventures) Seed 5.8 (updated) 17-Aug-23 NTU Singapore (NTUitive), Orvel Ventures, Kyobo Securities Company, Nanyang Technological University Endowment, SBI Holdings (SBI Ven Capital) Agriculture & Ag Tech Farming services provider
Voltfang Germany Transport Viessmann Undisclosed 5.7 08 August 2023 N/A EV battery developer AutoTech (Connected, Autonomous, Electric etc.)
Puffer Finance Cayman Islands IT Animoca Brands (Animoca Ventures), Lbank (Labs) Seed 5.5 08-Aug-23 Lemniscap (co-led), Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lightspeed Faction)(co-led), Brevan Howard (Brevan Howard Digital), Bankless Ventures, DACM, SNZ, Canonical Crypto Cybersecurity Decentralised cybersecurity technology developer
Longevo US Services Grupo Valora (lead) Undisclosed 5.5 18 August 2023 Andrés Moreno, Amalia and Manuela Sierra, Gregg W. Throgmartin, Karim Alibhai Human resources  Employee wellness platform
Acelab US Services Branagh Construction Undisclosed 5.3 3rd August 2023 Pillar VC (co-lead), PJC (co-lead), Draper Associates (co-lead), Alpaca VC, Steve Kaufer, Erik Jarnryd, Transcend Partners, Ken Lang, Klingenstein Fields, Westview PE Fund Logistics & supply chain services Building supplies aggregator
Hushmesh US IT Akamai Technologies Undisclosed 5.2 3rd August 2023 Paladin Capital Group (lead) Cybersecurity Digital infrastructure cybersecurity platform
Dynamon UK Services BP (BP Ventures) A 5.09 08-Aug-23 Undisclosed Logistics & supply chain services Commercial fleet optimisation software provider
Unstop India Services  Mynavi (lead), Coursera Undisclosed 5 02 August 2023 Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns, Pankaj Bansa (Caret Capital) Human resources  Student hiring platform
Xverse China Financial Jump Trading (Jump Crypto) Seed 5 09 August 2023 RockawayX, Sfermion, NGC Ventures, V3ntures, Old Fashion Research, 2140 Bitcoin Ecosystem Fund, Bitcoin Frontier Fund, Newman Capital, Franklin Templeton, New Layer Capital, Miton C, Gossamer Capital, Daxos Capital, Sora Ventures, Tyhke Block Ventures, IOBC Capital, Despread,  Alliance Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Bitcoin wallet provider
Curve DAO  Switzerland Financial Binance (Binance Labs) Undisclosed 5 10 August 2023 N/A Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Ethereum-based token provider
Parcha US IT BBVA (Propel Ventures) Seed 5 07-Aug-23 Brett Gibson (lead), Kindred Ventures, Steve Jang, Kanyi Maqubela, Zach Abrams, Fin Capital, Liquid2 Ventures, Comma Capital, CapitalX, Popular Impact Fund, Amit Agarwal, Guy Podjamy, Garry Tan, Zach Abrams, Aldo Briano, Jude Gomila, Cailen Dsa, Henrique Dubugras, Michael Tannenbaum, Cosmin Nicolescu, Marco Mahrus Artificial intelligence Fintech-focused generative AI platform
SkyCool Systems  US Industrial Nadel and Gussman (Nadel and Gussman Ventures) (lead) Seed 5 09-Aug-23 D3 Jubilee Partners  Other (Industrial) Sustainable cooling technology developer
Udenz UAE Healthcare Dubai Business Corporation A 5 07 August 2023 Hakeem Capital Holding, Techcelerate Investments, Inspira Management Healthcare IT/Administration Digital dental health platform
Dynamon UK Services BP (BP Ventures) A 4.6 3rd August 2023 N/A Logistics & supply chain services Logistics industry’s data platform
Emtech Solutions India Services BTN Undisclosed 4 04 August 2023 Matrix Partners India (lead), VestedWorld, Equity Alliance, Lofty API-driven regulatory tool Other (Services)
Grasp UK Services Mozilla Seed 4 31 July 2023 Balderton Capital (lead), Point9, Moonfire Online learning platform Education & Ed Tech
Cohart US Consumer Bertelsmann (BDMI), 11:11 Media, Wilson Sonsini Undisclosed 4 01 August 2023 Courtside Ventures (co-lead), Slauson & Co (co-lead), Alumni Ventures, Silvia Oviedo Lopez, Margaret Coblentz, Connie Wang, James Turnbull, Kurt Perschke Ecommerce platforms Social art marketplace
Datamotive India IT Patni Group Pre-A 3.8 08-Aug-23 3one4 Capital, YourNest Venture Capital, Morphosis (lead) Enterprise software Hybrid cloud workload portability platform
Fiibo Brazil Healthcare Hospital Albert Einstein (Arava) Seed 3.6 02 August 2023 Headline XP, VOX Capital, Healthcare IT/Administration Health benefits platform
Divirod US IT GHD, TDK (TDK Ventures) Undisclosed 3.6 3rd August 2023 Thin Line Capital Big data & analytics (IT) Flood management and analytics platform
Dropzone AI US Services Cisco (Decibel Partners) (lead) Seed 3.5 08-Aug-23 Pioneer Square Ventures Fund Other (Services) Autonomous alert investigation platform
VoxNeuro US Healthcare G.Tec Undisclosed 3.4 3rd August 2023 Unnamed largest shareholder (lead) Other (Health) Brain performance software developer
Jericho Security US IT MetaLabs Pre-seed 3 3rd August 2023 Era (lead), Lux Capital, FoundersXFund, Alcove, Textbook, Alumni Venture Group, Thorntree, unnamed individual investors Cybersecurity Cybersecurity technology provider
ZkPass US IT Binance (Binance Labs), OKX (OKX Ventures), Susquehanna Internatio Seed 2.5 08-Aug-23 Sequoia China, dao5, Cypher Capital, Leland Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund Big data & analytics (IT) Private data verification platform
Basys.ai US Healthcare Eli Lilly (Lilly Ventures), Mayo Clinic Pre-seed 2.4 11 August 2023 Nina Capital (lead), Two Lanterns Venture Partners, Asset Management Ventures, Chaac Ventures Healthcare IT/Administration Health insurance management platform
LighthouseAI US Healthcare Bertelsmann (Bertelsmann Next) Seed 2.25 08 August 2023 Healthy Ventures (lead) Healthcare IT/Administration Pharmaceutical supply chain compliance platform
CityPay.io Georgia Financial Tether Seed 2.2 17 August 2023 Presto Ventures Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency payment platform
BintanGo Indonesia Consumer Alibaba (eWTP Capital) Seed 2.2 08 August 2023 Investible, Contents Technologies,  Transcend Capital Partners, Live commerce platform E-commerce platforms
BondEvalue Singapore Financial MassMutual (MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia), Citigroup B2 2.2 07 August 2023 N/A Fractional bond exchange Personal finance & wealth management
What’s Up Wellness India Consumer Unilever (Unilever Ventures)(lead) Seed 1.7 09-Aug-23 Undisclosed Food & beverages Biotin gummies developer
D8X Switzerland Financial Polygon (Polygon Ventures), SwissBorg (SwissBorg Ventures), Axelar Pre-seed 1.5 04 August 2023 Veris Ventures, G1 Ventures, Cogitent Ventures, Crypto Discover, Pragma  Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Crypto derivative exchange
Mthmr Saudi Arabia Financial Saudi Aramco (Waed Ventures), Dahran Trading Group Seed 1.5 07 August 2023 Le Augure Personal expense management tool Personal finance & wealth management
Sabu Japan IT Coconala (Coconala Skill Partners) Undisclosed 1.4 31 July 2023 Orix Capital Enterprise software Dentistry-focused back office platform
Finofo Canada Financial Desjardins Financial Holding Pre-seed 1.25 15-Aug-23 Motivate Venture (lead), SaaS Venture Capital, Sweet Spot Capital Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Automated forex trading platform
Chai Japan Consumer Side Ways (lead), Toppan, Pola Orbis Holdings Pre-A 1.2 09-Aug-23 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC Venture Capital), The Seed E-commerce platforms Online shop operator
Marquee UAE IT Bitrise (Bitrise Capital) Seed 1 2nd August 2023 Cryptogram Venture, Chain Capital, Waterdrip Capital, ZC Capital, Coinw Ventures Big data & analytics (IT) Web3 derivatives startup
Moonbox China IT OKX (OKX Ventures) (lead) Undisclosed 1 4th August 2023 N/A Artificial intelligence AI and Web3 technology developer
Kavida.ai UK Services Qima (lead) Seed 0.9 08 August 2023 Red Bus Ventures,  Chris Adelsbach, Jack Cresswell, Christopher Carter, Ian Kemsley, Jonathan Davie, Simon Davies, Russell Puttick, Lord John Nash  Logistics & supply chain services Supply chain AI platform
Eight Knot Japan Transport Seika Daiya Engine Pre-A 0.77 08 August 2023 Drone Fund, Real Tech Holdings (Real Tech Fund) AutoTech (Connected, Autonomous, Electric etc.) Autonomous ship navigation technology platform
Fresh Factory Indonesia Services IMC Industrial Group (IMC Ventures and IMC Pelita Logistik) Undisclosed 0.7 14 August 2023 KSK Angel Fund Logistics & supply chain services Cold chain fulfilment provider
Nexxio India Services Malpani Group (Malpani Ventures) (lead) Pre-seed 0.375 01 August 2023 Aniketh Jain, Aashish Agarwal, Sumit Agarwal, Shubham Agrawal, Malay Krishna Other (Services) B2B consumer goods platform
Changeblock UK Energy EMURGO (EMURGO Africa) Undisclosed 0.25 09-Aug-23 Undisclosed Renewable energy  Climate-focused carbon market platform
DataScope US IT Alphabet (Google for Startups Latino Founders Fund) Undisclosed 0.15 31 July 2023 N/A Enterprise software Enterprise task digitisation platform
JustWork Ukraine Media Promodo Undisclosed 0.1 16-Aug-23 N/A Digital marketing & AdTech Marketing services marketplace
Saint Bella China Healthcare Swire Properties (New Ventures) C3 Undisclosed 31 July 2023 Shenqi Capital, Mirae Asset, C Capital Care provision & on-demand services Baby care centre operator
Momentum US Financial Blackbaud (Social Good Startup) Undisclosed Undisclosed 31 July 2023 Undisclosed Personal finance & wealth management AI-based fundraising platform
Looof Japan Industrial Thinqlo Undisclosed Undisclosed 01 August 2023 Warm Heart Cool Head Accommodation & travel Hotel construction service
Amu Japan Industrial KLab (Anobaka) Seed Undisclosed 01 August 2023 Undisclosed Other (Industrial) Discarded fishing net-derived products
Universal Plastic US IT nChain Undisclosed Undisclosed 10 August 2023 N/A Enterprise software Web3 and blockchain technology developer
Capital Rx US Healthcare  Memorial Hermann Health System Undisclosed Undisclosed 10 August 2023 B Capital, General Catalyst, Transformation Capital, Edison Partners Other (Health) Prescription drug pricing platform
Blue Ocean Technologies US Financial Tokyo Stock Exchange Undisclosed Undisclosed 07 August 2023 N/A Other (Financial services) Afterhours trading platform
Digital Entertainment Asset Singapore Media KDDI/Global Brain (KDDI Open Innovation Fund III) Undisclosed Undisclosed 10-Aug-23 Undisclosed Other (Media) Blockchain entertainment company
OptimX Markets US Financial Aquis Exchange, Deutsche Boerse Group (DB1 Ventures) Undisclosed Undisclosed 09-Aug-23 Undisclosed Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Equities block trading platform
Runbear South Korea IT Kakao (Kakao Ventures) Pre-seed Undisclosed 08-Aug-23 Base Investment. Other (IT) AI-based IT operation automation platform
Erguvan Turkey Consumer Emirates NBD, DenizBank Financial Services Group (Deniz Venture Seed Undisclosed 08-Aug-23 Undisclosed E-commerce platforms B2B climate commodity marketplace
Hakobot Japan Industrial Sunco Industires Undisclosed Undisclosed 10-Aug-23 Undisclosed Robotics & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) Automatic delivery robot developer
Zestmoney India Financial Zip Undisclosed Undisclosed 08-Aug-23 Quona Capital, Flourish Ventures, Scarlet Capital, Omidyar Group (Omidyar Network India) Personal finance & wealth management Ecommerce consumer financing platform
AltLayer Singapore IT Binance (Binance Labs) Undisclosed Undisclosed 09-Aug-23 Undisclosed Cybersecurity Web3 security technology developer
Kääpä Biotech Finland Consumer Applied Food Sciences Inc Undisclosed Undisclosed 08-Aug-23 Undisclosed Food & beverages Mushroom cultivation and research company
Clean Food Group UK Consumer Alianza Team Undisclosed Undisclosed 08-Aug-23 Undisclosed Food & beverages Sustainable ingredient developer
Homely UK Services UST Undisclosed Undisclosed 08 August 2023 N/A Real Estate Landlords’ property management platform
Expertrons  India Services Hindustan Media (Hindustan Media Ventures) Undisclosed Undisclosed 07 August 2023 Echjay Family Office, Amar Ujala, Ivycap Ventures, Iceland Venture Studio, Venture Catalysts, Ah Ventures Education & Ed Tech Skill development platform
ChatHQ India Media Extendly Undisclosed Undisclosed 07 August 2023 N/A Digital marketing & AdTech Marketing agencies’ support services provider
Spacemit China IT Lenovo Group (Lenovo Capital)(co-lead), Legend Holdings (Legend Ca A Undisclosed 04 August 2023 CPU processor core developer Semiconductors & Chips
Marta Germany Media CSS Insurance (SwissHealth Ventures), RTL Group (RTL Ventures) Seed Undisclosed 03 August 2023 Capnamic,  Almaz Capital Mentoring platform Social media/networks/IM
Rapid Applications Group US Industrial MassMutual (MassMutual Ventures) Undisclosed Undisclosed 02 August 2023 Wavecrest Growth Partners (lead) Other (Industrial) Construction subcontractors’ enterprise software provider
Pafin Japan Financial Daiwa Securities Group Undisclosed Undisclosed 03 August 2023 N/A Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Crypto asset profit calculation platform
Shenshi Technology China Energy Sinochem (Sinochem Capital) (lead), Zheneng Group/Zhejiang Juhua Undisclosed Undisclosed 02 August 2023 N/A Energy storage, management & equipment Heat exchanger developer
Terminal 3 China IT ConsenSys (Consensys Mesh), Bixin Ventures Pre-seed Undisclosed 02 August 2023 500 Global, CMCC Global, BlackPine, DWeb3, Hard Yaka, Bored Room Ventures, Mozaik Capital Cybersecurity Web3 privacy data management platform
VLP Therapeutics Japan Japan Healthcare Sojitz Corporation Undisclosed Undisclosed 02 August 2023 N/A Pharmaceuticals Regional subsidiary of vaccine developer VLP Therapeutics
Farmnote Japan Industrial Meiji Undisclosed Undisclosed 02 August 2023 N/A Agriculture & Ag Tech Dairy farming digitalisation platform
Bending Spoons Italy IT Cox Enterprises Undisclosed Undisclosed 3rd August 2023 Baillie Gifford, Neuberger Berman (NB Renaissance) Big data & analytics (IT) Contact tracing app developer
Redistribute US Services Mid-America Regional Information Systems  Undisclosed Undisclosed 3rd August 2023 N/A Other (Services) Multiple listing service data aggregator
Capitaliz US Financial Madison Marcus (lead) Undisclosed Undisclosed 3rd August 2023 N/A Other (Financial services) Business valuation evaluation platform
Clean Food Group UK Consumer  Alianza Team Pre-A Undisclosed 08 August 2023 Undisclosed Food & beverages Sustainable oils and fats technology
Quility US Financial F&G Annuities & Life Undisclosed Undisclosed 10 August 2023 Undisclosed Insurance One stop shop for insurance agents
Novarc Technologies Canada Industrial Caterpillar (Caterpillar Venture Capital) A Undisclosed 14 August 2023 Graham Partners, Export Development Canada Robotics & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) Robotics for autonomous welding
Art Busan South Korea Consumer Musinsa, CTR Undisclosed Undisclosed 14 August 2023 Sanghun Kim, Kelvin Dongho Kim, Tony Lyu, Simon Seojoon Kim Physical consumer products  Organiser of the Korean art fair ‘Art Busan’
Vivici Netherlands Industrial DSM/Firmenich (DSM-Firmenich Venturing), Fonterra Seed Undisclosed 14 August 2023 N/A Industrial chemicals Animal-free dairy protein developer
OX Security  Israel Services IBM (IBM Ventures) Undisclosed Undisclosed 15-Aug-23 N/A Logistics & supply chain services Supply chain security system
South 8 Technologies US Energy Lockheed Martin (Lockheed Martin Ventures), LG Group (LG Technology Ventures) Undisclosed Undisclosed 16-Aug-23 Foothill Ventures, Anzu Partners Energy storage, management & equipment Battery electrolyte developer
Tentarix  US Healthcare Gilead Sciences Undisclosed Undisclosed 15-Aug-23 N/A Pharmaceuticals Cancer and inflammatory disease protein therapeutics developer
Credit Exchange UK Financial PostFinance, Glarner Kantonalbank Undisclosed Undisclosed 16-Aug-23 N/A Other (Financial services) Private credit bureau
Senser  China Consumer Xiaohongshu B+ Undisclosed 16-Aug-23 N/A E-commerce platforms Online luxury goods marketplace
Forever Feed Technologies US Industrial River Ranch Farms, Bar 20 Dairy, Producers Dairy Products, De Jong F Undisclosed Undisclosed 17-Aug-23 Undisclosed Agriculture & Ag Tech Automated feed mill developer
TFC Therapeutics US Healthcare Alexandria Real Estate Equities Undisclosed Undisclosed 17-Aug-23 Arch Venture Partners (lead), Breakout Ventures, Alumni Ventures Pharmaceuticals Cancer biologics developer
RRG Nature Based Solutions  US Industrial Mitsui & Co Undisclosed Undisclosed 17-Aug-23 N/A Agriculture & Ag Tech Regenerative agricultural project operator
Ceibo Canada Industrial BHP (BHP Ventures) B Undisclosed 16-Aug-23 N/A Other (Industrial) Copper extraction technology provider
Motics Switzerland Transport Normet Undisclosed Undisclosed 18 August 2023 N/A AutoTech (Connected, Autonomous, Electric etc.) Electromobility product development services provider
Uxuy Singapore Financial MEXC (MEXC Ventures) Undisclosed Undisclosed 18 August 2023 N/A Payment technology & Cryptocurrency Decentralised multichain trading platform
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