Helmerich & Payne and Liberty Energy backed a $138m round for Fervo Energy, and Shandong Weigao helped Jinjiang Electron raise $103m.
Funds
Mexico-headquartered building materials provider Cemex and its Cemex Ventures unit have invested an undisclosed amount in Zacua Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund focusing on sustainable construction and urban technology developers.
Public markets
API Holdings, the India-based operator of online pharmacy PharmEasy, which counts consumer internet group Prosus, education firm Manipal Education and Medical Group, insurer Medi Assist Healthcare Services and healthcare supply chain company Ascent Health as investors, is delaying its proposed $842m initial public offering to 2023, people privy to the matter told the Economic Times.
M&A
At-Bay has acquired Relay, the Canada-based digital insurance platform backed by fellow insurer American Family Insurance and insurance brokerage NFP, for an undisclosed sum. Corporate VC unit NFP Ventures led a $3m seed round for Relay in March 2020 that included American Family, before the company added $5.2m in May 2021.
Health insurance provider Nib Holdings has paid $12m to increase its stake in portfolio company, Midnight Health, the Australia-based creator of telehealth apps Stagger and Youly, to 63%. Nib had invested $2.9m in Midnight in November 2021 in return for a 50% stake.
Funding
| Company | Company description | Sector | Country | Round | Round size($m) | Deal date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fervo Energy | Geothermal energy provider | Energy and Natural Resources | US | N/A | 138 | 22/08/2022 | Helmerich & Payne, Liberty Energy; Capricorn Investment Group (Capricorn Technology Impact Fund), Congruent Ventures, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Macquarie |
| Jinjiang Electron | Cardiac condition-focused medical device maker | Healthcare | China | N/A | 103 | 22/08/2022 | Shandong Weigao Group; Hillhouse Capital Group, HM Capital, Guanghua Wutong |
| Tamara | Financial inclusion-payment app provider | Financial | UAE | B | 100 | 22/08/2022 | Checkout.com; Endeavor (Endeavor Catalyst), Public Investment Fund (Sanabil Investments), Coatue, Shorooq Partners |
| Porton Advanced Solutions | Contract gene and cell therapy developer and manufacturer | Healthcare | China | B | 80 | 21/08/2022 | China Merchants Group (Merchant Health)(China Merchants Capital) (China Merchants Securities Investments) (lead), Fosun (Fosun Health Capital), Porton Pharma Solutions; Gortune Investment, SDICTK, CS Capital, HM Capital, Ruilian Investment, Momentum Venture |
| DeepWay | Smart and heavy-duty truck developer | Services | Japan | A | 67.1 | 23/08/2022 | Baidu, Lenovo Capital (Incubator Group), China Construction Bank (CCB Trust); Qiming Venture Partner (lead), Vlight Capital |
| Kasisto | Finance industry-focused digital experience platform developer | Financial | US | C | 31 (updated) | 22/08/2022 | Westpac, FIS, BankSouth, NCR Corporation; Naples Technology Vendors |
| Ubie | AI healthcare guide provider | Healthcare | Japan | C | 26.2 | 22/08/2022 | NEC (NEC Capital’s NVenture Capital), Dai-ichi Life, Suzuken, Norin Chukin Bank (Norinchukin Capital); Egg Forward |
| Airgram | Audio transcription tool developer | IT | Singapore | A | 10 | 19/08/2022 | Pksha (Pksha Sparx Algorithm Fund); Hillhouse (GL Ventures), Linear Capital, CDH Capital |
| Safeheron | Self-custody service for Web3 companies | IT | Singapore | Pre-A | 7 | 19/08/2022 | Web3Vision (co-lead), Cobo (Cobo Ventures); Yunqi Partners (co-lead), Kryptos, PrimeBlock Ventures, M77 Ventures, ShataCapital, Antalpha Ventures, Waterdrip Capital, 7 O’clock Capital, Fan Zhang |
| Direct-C | Oil leak detection technology provider | Energy and Natural Resources | Canada | A | 3 | 19/08/2022 | Henkel (Henkel Adhesive Technologies) (co-lead); GreenSky Capital (co-lead) |
| Stratosphere Games | Video game publisher | Media | Germany | N/A | 2.9 | 22/08/2022 | Riot Games (lead); 1Up Ventures, Skycatcher, German Games Fund |
| Obniz | IoT platform provider | IT | Japan | B | 2.6 | 23/08/2022 | Kajima (Kajima Ventures), Seibu Shinkin Bank (Seibu Shinkin Capital), Mizuho Bank (Mizuho Capital); University of Tokyo (Edge Capital Partners); Shoko Chukin Bank (debt) |
| Avium | Web3 content creator | Media | Singapore | Pre-seed | 2 | 23/08/2022 | Credit Saison (Saison Capital), Hepmil Media Group; East Ventures, Mirana Ventures, Quest Ventures, Ricky Ow |
| Ethical Spirits | Distillation technology provider | Industrial | Japan | B | 1.5 | 23/08/2022 | Suntory, Vector, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC Venture Capital); Beyond Next Ventures |
| Reversso | Ecommerce returns and exchange software developer | IT | Chile | Seed | 1.1 | 11/08/2022 | Grupo Prisma; Genesis Venture Funds (lead), Hero Capital, Matt Brown, Alan Weschler |
| Yours Bank | Financial intelligence platform | Financial | Brazil | N/A | <1 (970,000) | 11/08/2022 | Banco do Brasil; MSW Capital |
| Tech4Humans | Customer service technology developer | Services | Brazil | N/A | N/A | 15/08/2022 | Porto |
| Cando Drones | Drone fleet management service | Industrial | Israel | N/A | N/A | 22/08/2022 | Rami Levy |
| Hirotsu Bioscience | Urine-based cancer detection technology developer | Healthcare | Japan | N/A | N/A | 23/08/2022 | Tokyu Agency |
| Added | Creator of carbon dioxide measurement system Camotsu | Energy and Natural Resources | Japan | Pre-A | N/A | 23/08/2022 | Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital), Mitsubishi UFJ (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital); Finolab (lead) |
