Qualcomm Ventures led a $100m round for Frore while MUFG Bank and Motilal Oswal Group participated in KreditBee’s $80m series D.
M&A
Genome analysis technology developer Bionano Genomics agreed to acquire Purigen Biosystems, the US-based provider of an automated nucleic acid extraction and purification system that counts diagnostics services group Agilent Technologies and pharmaceutical firm Roche as investors, for up to $64m. Agilent led a $26.4m series B round for the company in 2019 that took its total funding to over $45m.
Automotive lidar…