BBC Studios bought portfolio company Firebird Pictures while SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a nine-figure round for dental product maker SprintRay.
M&A
BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of broadcaster BBC, has acquired a portfolio company, Firebird Pictures, which is a UK-based script provider for television shows. BBC Studios had invested an undisclosed amount in the latter in 2019.
Video game publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has acquired a majority stake in portfolio company and Germany-based peer Limbic Entertainment. The corporate had previously provided an undisclosed amount of funding for Limbic in late 2020.
Funding
| Company | Company description | Sector | Country | Round | Round size($m) | Deal date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SprintRay | 3D printing-based dental equipment provider | Healthcare | China | D | 100 | 10/10/2022 | SoftBank (SoftBank Vision Fund 2) (lead); Yiheng Capital, ZWC Ventures (ZWC Partners), CD Capital, Marathon Venture Partners |
| Eclypsium | Enterprise firmware protection platform | IT | US | B | 25 | 04/10/2022 | Intel (Intel Capital), KDDI (KDDI Open Innovation Fund), Allianz (AV8 Ventures); Ten Eleven Ventures (lead), J-Ventures, Global Brain, Andreessen Horowitz, Madrona Venture Group, Alumni Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Oregon Venture Fund, Translink Capital, Ubiquity Ventures |
| Cabital | Cryptocurrency trading platform | Financial | Singapore | Seed | 4 | 03/09/2022 | Susquehanna International Group (co-lead), GSR (co-lead); Dragonfly (co-lead) |
| Sanidrink | Food industry-focused antimicrobial system developer | Industrial | Italy | N/A | N/A | 27/09/2022 | Ferrarelle |
| Gennisium | Neonatal therapeutics developer | Healthcare | France | N/A | N/A | 10/10/2022 | Pierre Fabre (Pierre Fabre Invest) |
