Thomas Reuters and Siemens participated in DataGrail’s $45m series C round while AyoConnect boosted its series B to $25m.
Bankruptcy
Kayu Raya Indonesia, the Indonesia-based owner of online furniture retailer Fabelio, has filed for bankruptcy, Bisnis Indonesia has reported. Its investors include telecommunications firm Telkom Indonesia’s MDI Ventures unit, which co-led a $9m round in mid-2020 that reportedly took its total funding to $20m.
Fund
US-based talent management group United Talent Agency has teamed up with investment firm Investcorp to form a venture capital partnership through a vehicle called UTA.VC. The unit will invest in culture and technology-focused startups.
Funding
| Company | Company desription | Sector | Country | Round | Round size($m) | Deal date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataGrail | Data privacy platform | IT | US | C | 45 | 12/10/2022 | Thomas Reuters (Thomson Reuters Venture), Siemens (Next47); Third Point Ventures (lead), Sixty Degree Capital, Felicis Ventures, Operator Collective, Cloud Apps Capital |
| AyoConnect | Open finance API provider | Financial | Indonesia | B | 28 (updated) | 13/10/2022 | Susquehanna International Group (SIG Venture Capital) (lead), Kakaku.com, Bank Mandiri (Mandiri Capital Indonesia), CreditEase (CE Innovation Capital), PayU, Prosus; Tiger Global, Paul Bernard, Patamar Capital, Jeff Lin, Ilham Habibie, Finch Capital, Brama One Ventures, Amand Ventures, AC Ventures |
| Elenas | Female-focused social commerce platform | Consumer | Colombia | B | 20 | 11/10/2022 | Grupo Bolivar, Mercado Libre; Dila Capital (lead), FJ Labs, Endeavor (Endeavor Catalyst), Broadhaven Ventures, Leo Capital, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Lab) |
| Chronograph | Private market technology company | IT | US | N/A | 20 | 11/10/2022 | Nasdaq (Nasdaq Ventures); Summit Partners (lead), Carlyle |
| Autowise.ai | Autonomous road sweeper developer | Transport | China | B3 | 14 | 11/10/2022 | SenseTime Group (SenseCapital); Opple Captial, Shanshan Capital, SkyChee Ventures |
| Rye | Ecommerce software developer | Consumer | US | N/A | 14 | 11/10/2022 | Electric Feel Entertainment (Electric Feel Ventures), Solana (Solana Ventures); Andreessen Horowitz (A16z Crypto) (lead), L Catterton, Goat Capital, Electric Ant, Andre Iguodala, Javale McGee, James Beshara |
| Arta | Fulfillment technology provider for collectible goods | Services | US | A | 11 | 13/10/2022 | Axa (Axa Venture Partners) (lead); Corazon Capital, Coelius Capital, Pari Passu Venture Partners, Mu Ventures |
| NocoDB | Database-focused smart spreadsheet provider | IT | US | Seed | 10.5 | 11/10/2022 | Cisco (Decibel) (lead); OSS Capital, Sport England (Together.Fund), Uncorrelated Ventures, Ram Shriram, Matt Mullenweg, Naval Ravikant, Jeff Hammerbacher, Spencer Kimball, Bob Young, Chad Hurley, Tod Sacerdoti, Bertrand Diard, Girish Mathrubootham |
| Vozy | AI-equipped voice software provider | Media | Colombia | Pre-A | 5 | 11/10/2022 | Global Omnium (GoHub Ventures) (lead), Globant; Starling Ventures, SaxeCap, Arash Ferdowsi, Alan Rutlegde, Enlaces. |
| Gomu | NFT infrastructure startup | Financial | Singapore | Seed | 5 | 13/10/2022 | Coinbase (Coinbase Ventures), Credit Saison (Saison Capital); Defiance Capital |
| Lifestores Healthcare | Pharmaceutical supply chain service | Healthcare | Nigeria | Pre-A | 3 | 12/10/2022 | CFAO Group (Health54) (lead); Aruwa Capital Management |
| MetaBeat | Music-based NFT platform | Financial | South Korea | N/A | N/A | 11/10/2022 | KuCoin (KuCoin Labs), DigiFinex; Global Blockchain Innovative Capital, NGC Ventures, AC Capital, Nexus One, Finngram, BCI, Alchemic, Alphanonce |
| AI-Link | Digital industrial 5G infrastructure provider | Telecoms | China | N/A | N/A | 12/10/2022 | AsiaInfo (lead), Singtel Group (Singtel Innov8) |
| Pupil | Spatial data technology developer | IT | UK | N/A | N/A | 12/10/2022 | Grosvenor |
| Zoapi | Conferencing workspace platform | Services | India | N/A | N/A | 13/10/2022 | WeWork India |
| Integrity Heat & Air | Heating system provider | Industrial | US | N/A | N/A | 12/10/2022 | Royal House Partners |
