Optum Ventures led a round for home care provider DispatchHealth sized above $330m, while several corporates helped workload data software producer Weka raise $135m.

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M&A

Video game publisher Thunderful Group agreed to buy UK-headquartered video game studio Jumpship for an undisclosed sum allowing internet company NetEase to exit. The corporate had invested an undisclosed amount in Jumpship in 2018.

Company name Company description Sector Country Round Round size ($) Deal date Investors
DispatchHealth At-home care provider Healthcare US N/A 330 15/11/2022 Optum (Optum Ventures) (lead), Humana, Blue Shield of California, USAble/Cambia Health Solutions (Echo Health Ventures); Oak HC/FT, Questa Capital, Adams Street Partners, Olayan Group, Silicon Valley Bank, Pegasus Tech Ventures  
Weka  Data storage technology provider IT US D  135 15/11/2022 Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Micron (Micron Ventures), Nvidia, Qualcomm (Qualcomm Ventures), Samsung (Samsung Catalyst Fund), Hitachi (Hitachi Ventures); Generation Investment Management (lead), 10D, Atreides Management, Celesta Capital, Gemini Israel Ventures, Key1 Capital, Lumir Ventures, Mirae Asset (Mirae Asset Capital), MoreTech Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners
Maven Clinic Women’s virtual health clinic Healthcare US E 90 14/11/2022 CVS Health (CVS Health Ventures), Intermountain Healthcare (Intermountain Ventures); General Catalyst (lead), La Famiglia, Sequoia Capital, Oak HC/FT, Icon Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, Lux Capital
ADDX Private market stock exchange Financial Singapore Pre-B 78 (updated) 15/11/2022 KB Financial Group (KB Securities), Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET Venture Holding), Bank of Ayudhya (Krungsri Finnovate), United Overseas Bank; Hamilton Lane
Vow Cellular meat developer Consumer Australia  A 49.2 14/11/2022 Saudi Armaco (Prosperity7 Ventures), Toyota (Toyota Ventures), Wilbur Ellis (Cavallo Ventures); Blackbird (lead), Square Peg, Grok Ventures, Tenacious Ventures, HostPlus, NGS Super, Pavilion Capital
Ofload Road freight services provider Services Australia  B 40.5 15/11/2022 AP Moller (Maersk Growth); Jungle Ventures (lead), King River Capital, Bay Grove, Flash Ventures, Foundamental, Mars Growth
Yahaha User-generated content-focused metaverse developer Media Finland A+ 40 14/11/2022 Alibaba (co-lead), 37 Interactive Entertainment; Temasek (co-lead)
Owl Labs 360-degree video conferencing platform Services US C 25 14/11/2022 HP (HP Tech Ventures) (lead), Sourcenext; Matrix Partners, Spark Capital, Playground Global
Impact  Entertainment networking platform Media US B 15 14/11/2022 Skydance; Shasta Ventures (lead), Benchmark, Riviera Partners, Michael Lynton, Eric Fellner, Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Anthony Wood
Validic Remote care provider Healthcare US N/A 12 14/11/2022 Kaiser Permanente (Kaiser Permanente Ventures) (lead); Arkin Holdings (Arkin Digital Health), Green Park & Golf Ventures, Ziegler, Gore Range Capital, Greycroft Partners, SJF Ventures
iFeel Employee emotional management platform Healthcare Spain A 10.4 15/11/2022 Uniqa (Uniqa Ventures); Nauta Capital, undisclosed others
Smartnet Small business finance provider Financial Vietnam N/A 9.2 15/11/2022 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Butter Management software provider for food wholesale Services US A 9 14/11/2022 Alphabet (Gradient Ventures) (lead); Uncommon Capital, Notation Capital, Jack Altman
BasiGo Electric bus producer Transport Kenya N/A 6.6 15/11/2022 Toyota Tsusho (Mobility54) (co-lead); Novastar (co-lead) Trucks VC, Moxxie Ventures, My Climate Journey, Susquehanna Foundation, Keiki Capital, OnCapital
Joepegs NFT marketplace for the Avalanche blockchain Financial Bahamas Seed 5 14/11/2022 FTX (FTX Ventures) (co-lead), Avalanche Foundation, Cryptofish; Murloc
UrbanFox Fraud prevention software provider Financial Ireland Seed 3.6 14/11/2022 JetBlue (JetBlue Ventures) (co-lead); MiddleGame Ventures (co-lead), Furthr VC, IAG Capital Partners, Forward VC, WxNW, Twilightford
Thallo Blockchain technology developer for carbon credit markets Financial Egypt Seed 2.5 14/11/2022 Ripple; Arcan, Friendly Trading Group 2, Allegory, Cerulean Ventures, Flori Ventures, Climate Collective
Loopgolf Digital wallet developer for golf bets Financial US Pre-Seed 1.3 14/11/2022 Fox Development (Fox Ventures), Style With Substance (SWS Ventures); Jeff Cruttenden, Stephen Piscotty, Kris Rudeegraap
Allfresh Supply chain management platform Services India N/A N/A 14/11/2022 WayCool 
Houzy Home maintenance advice provider Services Switzerland N/A N/A 09/11/2022 Baloize, UBS
Rayze Social media platform for non-profits Media US N/A N/A 14/11/2022 Financial Finesse (Financial Finesse Ventures)
Astrid Entertainment Interactive universe game developer Media US N/A N/A 14/11/2022 NetEase (NetEase Games); Stardom Ventures, Tower 26 Ventures