Salesforce, ANZ and Tencent helped Airwallex boost its series E round to $300m while Hermes-Epitek chipped into a $30m series A for Ochre Bio.
Funding
| Company | Company description | Sector | Country | Round | Round size($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 |
