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 CompanyCompany descriptionSectorCountryRoundRound size($m)Deal dateInvestorsSprintRay3D printing-based dental equipment providerHealthcareChinaD10010/10/2022SoftBank (SoftBank Vision Fund 2) (lead); Yiheng Capital, ZWC Ventures (ZWC Partners), CD Capital, Marathon Venture PartnersEclypsium Enterprise firmware protection platformITUSB2504/10/2022Intel (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 VenturesCabitalCryptocurrency trading platformFinancialSingaporeSeed403/09/2022Susquehanna International Group (co-lead), GSR (co-lead); Dragonfly (co-lead) SanidrinkFood industry-focused antimicrobial system developerIndustrialItalyN/AN/A27/09/2022Ferrarelle GennisiumNeonatal therapeutics developerHealthcareFranceN/AN/A10/10/2022Pierre Fabre (Pierre Fabre Invest)

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Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.