Online furniture retailer Gaia, warehouse robot provider Locus Robotics, recruitment platform developer Canvas and ESG software producer Measurabl all raised $50m.

Funding

Telecommunications and internet group SoftBank has led a $50m series C round for Mexico-based online furniture retailer Gaia through its Latin America Fund, Entrepreneur reported on Monday. Rise Capital, FJ Labs, Strive Ventures, Amador Ventures, Alpha4Ventures, Inversiones Consolidadas, Humboldt Management, French Partners and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) also took part in the round. Gaia had raised $2.5m from Capital Invent, Rise Capital, FJ Labs, Variv Capital and Cubo Capital in 2016, $15m in series B funding from investors including…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.