UPMC co-led Smile Digital Health’s $30m series B round while four pharmaceutical firms participated in iVexSol’s $23.8m series A.

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Fund

Brazilian electricity utility Copel (Companhia Paranaense de Energia) has formed a R$150m ($29.4m) corporate venturing fund to invest in startups focusing on renewable energy, including in green hydrogen.

Funding

Company Company description Sector Country Round Round size($m) Deal date Investors
Smile Digital Health Health data platform developer Healthcare Canada B 30 26/01/2023 UPMC (UPMC Enterprises); unnamed existing investors
iVexSol Viral vector manufacturing services provider Healthcare US A 23.8 26/01/2023 Bristol Myers Squibb, Charles River Laboratories, Asahi Kasei (Asahi Kasei Medical), BioLife Solutions; Casdin Capital
iSeller Point-of-sale and inventory managment technology provider Services Indonesia B 12 26/01/2023 Bank Mandiri (Mandiri Capital Indonesia), Kasikorn Bank (KVision); Intudo Ventures (lead), Openspace Ventures
Plantd Sustainable building materials producer Industrial US A 10 27/01/2023 American Family Insurance (American Family Ventures) (lead)
Calimero Network Software developer-focused Web3 network operator IT UK Seed 8.5 27/01/2023 GSR, Near Protocol (Near Foundation); Khosla Ventures (lead), Lyrik Ventures, FJ Labs, Warburg Serres
Medihive Virtual care software producer Healthcare Ireland N/A 7.6 27/01/2023 ResMed (ResMed Germany); unnamed existing investors
Caura Car payment management platform Transport UK N/A 5 29/01/2023 Lloyds Banking Group
PlanetWatch Provider of blockchain-equipped air quality monitoring network Services France Pre-A 3.3 26/01/2023 Algorand, Algorand (Algorand Foundation); Borderless Capital (lead); two unnamed French banks (debt)
Vector Photonics Laser-based semiconductor manufacturing technology developer IT UK N/A 3 27/01/2023 Foresight Williams (Foresight WAE Technology Funds) (co-lead); Clean Growth Fund (co-lead), UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund, Equity Gap, Scottish Enterprise
Redivivus Lithium-ion battery recycling service Energy and Natural Resources US Pre-seed 1 26/01/2023 Eneos (Eneos Innovation Partners)
DekaBank Operator of blockchain trading platform Swiat IT Germany N/A N/A 30/01/2023 Standard Chartered (SC Ventures), Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Comyno
DC1AB Online gaming platform Media UK N/A N/A 26/01/2023 My.Games (MGVC); Global Top Round
AMT Games Web and mobile game developer Media Switzerland N/A N/A 26/01/2023 My.Games (MGVC); Global Top Round
Forma Vision 3D-image streaming technology developer Media US N/A N/A 27/01/2023 Accenture (Accenture Ventures)
Edison Fu

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