ADP took part in Welcome to the Jungle’s $54m series C round while Smith+Nephew and DSM contributed to Miach Orthopaedics’ $40m series B.

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Funding

Company Company description Sector Country Round Round size($m) Deal date Investors
Welcome to the Jungle  Content creator-focused online media portal Media France C 54 26/01/2023 Groupe ADP; Revaia, Xange, BPIFrance (Digital Venture Fund), Blisce, Cipio Partners, Kostogri, Raise Sherpas
Miach Orthopaedics Aesthetic dental treatment provider  Healthcare US B 40 25/01/2023 Smith+Nephew, Royal DSM (DSM Venturing); Sectoral Asset Management,  Endeavour Vision, Amzak Health, NFL Players Association, Silicon Valley Bank
RapidDeploy Mapping and analytics software provider for emergency services IT US N/A 34 26/01/2023 Ericsson (Ericsson Ventures), General Motors (GM Ventures); Edison Partners (lead), Nedbank (Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking), GreatPoint Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Clearvision Ventures, Tau Ventures
Strata Identity Identity authentication technology developer IT US B 26 25/01/2023 Telstra (Telstra Ventures) (lead); Menlo Ventures, Forgepoint Capital, Innovating Capital
Clean Energy Connect Solar photovoltaic project developer Energy and Natural Resources Japan B 20.7 (updated) 26/01/2023 Azbil, Itochu, Dai-ichi Life, Shimizu Corporation, Tokyu Construction (Tokyo-Const GB Innovation Fund), Kansai Electric Power Company (K4 Ventures); SBI Holdings (SBI Investment)
PayEm Spend management software producer Financial Isreal A 20 25/01/2023 Mitsubishi Financial Group; Viola Credit, Collaborative Fund, Pitango First, NFX, LocalGlobe, Glilot Capital Partners (Glilot+)
Kuva Systems Developer of methane emissions detection system Industrial US A 11.3 25/01/2023 Draeger; Climate Innovation Capital (lead)
 Emperia Virtual fashion shopping platform Media UK A 10 25/01/2023 Sony (Sony Ventures); Base10 Partners (lead), Daphni, Background Capital, Stanford Capital Partners, Concept Ventures
HopDrive Automotive vehicle delivery service Services Canada A 8 24/01/2023 Cox Automotive (Cox Enterprises) (lead), Acertus; Ally Ventures; Overline 
Melonfrost Organism modification technology developer IT US Seed 7 25/01/2023 Alexandria Real Estate Equities (Alexandria Venture Investments); Refactor Capital (lead)
EdgeCloudLink 3D-printed data centre provider IT US Seed 7 24/01/2023 Molex (Molex Ventures) (lead); Hyperwise Ventures
Accel Lab IoT-equipped smart home platform IT Japan B 6 25/01/2023 Kenedix
VisioLab Self-checkout technology producer Financial Germany Seed 3.3 (updated) 10/01/2023 Axel Springer and Porsche (APX); High-Tech Gründerfonds (lead), Zwei.7, NBank Capital, Jens Ohr
 Wafeq  Digital accounting software provider Financial UAE Seed 3 25/01/2023 Almajdouie Holding (Raed Ventures) (lead); Wamda Capital
DoraEver Recruitment portal operator for drivers Services Japan N/A 2.7 25/01/2023 Itochu, Nishi Shuzo; Sigmaxyz, SX Capital
Amptalk Sales call-focused analytics tool provider IT Japan A 2.3 25/01/2023 Mizuho Bank (Mizuho Capital), Mitsubishi UFJ (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital); Scrum Ventures (lead), Genesia Ventures, Mobile Internet Capital
TOM Medications Medication simplification service Healthcare Switzerland N/A 1.4 25/01/2023 Sanitas, Galenica
WhyQ Hawker food delivery service Consumer Singapore 1 (updated) 26/01/2023 Delivery Hero, Chope; Kairos Capital Group (Kairos Food Tech Fund) (lead), AngelCentral, RB Investments 
Ayena Innovation Home furnishings provider Services India N/A <1 ($740,000) 26/01/2023 JSW Steel (JSW Steel Coated Products)
Vegimo Vegetable delivery service Consumer Japan N/A <1 ($510,000) 26/01/2023 Fellow, Square, Yang Shu Ten, Office K, Marusho
Emol Mental health assistance app developer Healthcare Japan Pre-A N/A 25/01/2023 Mizuho Bank (Mizuho Life Science Fund), Globis (G-Startup Fund); Kips (Independents Angel Fund), F Ventures, Miraise, Tomokazu Hirose, Hiroaki Kato, Shuhei Fujimoto
Foriio Creator-focused portfolio visualisation platform Media Japan N/A N/A 25/01/2023 United; SBI (SBI Investment), East Ventures
Edison Fu

Edison Fu is head of Asia development at Global Corporate Venturing.