Salesforce, ANZ and Tencent helped Airwallex boost its series E round to $300m while Hermes-Epitek chipped into a $30m series A for Ochre Bio.

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Funding

Company Company description Sector Country Round Round size($m) Deal date Investors
Airwallex Payment infrastructure developer Financial Australia E 400 (updated) 11/10/2022 Salesforce (Salesforce Ventures), ANZ (1835i Ventures), Tencent; Square Peg, Sequoia Capital China, Lone Pine Capital, Hermitage Capital, G Squared, Vetamer Capital
Ochre Bio Chronic liver disease drug developer Healthcare UK A 30 10/10/2022 Hermes-Epitek; Khosla Ventures, Backed VC, LifeForce Capital, Selvedge, AixThera, LifeLink, European Union (EIT), Alice Zhang, Kristen Fortney, Marty Chavez
Global Mobility Service Automotive creditworthiness visualisation platform Transport Japan E 13.4 11/10/2022 USS; Tokyo University of Science (Tokyo University of Science Innovation Capital)
Blackbird Web3 hospitality platform Services US Seed 11 06/10/2022 Circle (Variant Ventures), IAC; Union Square Ventures (co-lead), Shine Capital (co-lead), Multicoin Capital 
Solestial Space-focused solar panel developer Energy and Natural Resources US Seed 10 11/10/2022 Airbus (Airbus Ventures) (lead), AE Industrial Partners/Boeing (AEI HorizonX); GPVC, Stellar Ventures, Industrious Ventures 
Flickstree Video content and marketing platform Media India Pre-B 5 10/10/2022 Samsung (Samsung Ventures); Venture Catalysts Group (lead), Orbit Startups, LionRock Capital, Fuld & Co, Lets Venture, AB Claymore, Angelbay, Sourav Ganguly
Arch Crypto asset management platform Financial US Seed 5 11/10/2022 SoftBank (Upload Ventures), Ripio (Ripio Ventures); DCG (lead), Soma Capital, GBV, Devlabs, Platanus Ventures
Artium Online music learning platform Media India N/A 3 10/10/2022 Jetsynthesys; Chiratae Ventures (lead), Anicut Capital, Whiteboard Capital, Madhusudhan R, Priyamvada Balaji, Varun Alagh, Piyush Shah, Vikas Dosala
Elyzio Blockchain gaming multiverse
developer
Media US Pre-Seed 2 10/10/2022 Solana (Solana Ventures); Vgames (lead), Shima Capital, Paribu Ventures, Abdelmounaim Derraz
Hubbler  No-code software development platform IT India Seed 1.5 10/10/2022 LenDenClub (LenDenClub Alpha) (lead); Artha Venture Fund, Unicorn India Ventures
Knock on the Door Owner of epilepsy diagnostics platform Nanacara Healthcare Japan N/A N/A 11/10/2022 Cmic Holdings
Novars Developer of connected battery product MaBeee Energy and Natural Resources Japan N/A N/A 11/10/2022 Zojirushi Corporation
Agrist Agricultural robotics technology developer Industrial Japan Pre-B N/A 07/10/2022 i Cubed Systems (i Cubed Ventures), Mizuho Bank (Mizuho Capital), Mizuho Leasing (Future Creation Fund), Eneos (Eneos Innovation Partners); Drone Fund, Kemuri Ventures (Food Future Fund), Incubate Fund, Dogan Beta, Miyazaki Taiyo Capital
Edison Fu

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