360 Security and CATL helped Hozon Auto close a $1.5bn series D while Origin Energy and Tokyo Gas backed a $550m round for Octopus Energy.

Reverse mergers

Satellite operator Eutelsat agreed yesterday to merge with portfolio company OneWeb, the UK-based developer of a satellite internet system. Eutelsat owned 22.9% of the company as of October 2021 and OneWeb’s other investors include satellite services provider Hughes Network Systems, telecommunications and internet group SoftBank and Hanwha Systems, a smart technology subsidiary of conglomerate Hanwha. OneWeb’s backers will get 230 million newly issued Eutelsat shares that will represent 50% of the enlarged share capital.

Funding

Company Company description Sector Country Round Round size($m) Deal date Investors
Hozon Auto Electric car manufacturer Transport China D 1,500 (updated) 21/07/2022 360 Security Technology, CATL; Dayone Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group, Qianhai FOF, Hongtai Aplus, Insight Capital, Dianshi Zichan
Octopus Energy Renewable energy supplier Energy UK N/A 550 (updated) 26/07/2022 Origin Energy, Tokyo Gas; Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), Generation Investment Management
Origin Quantum Quantum computing technology developer IT China B 148 26/07/2022 Bank of China (Bank of China Group Investment); Shenzhen Capital Group (Hotland Innovation Asset Management) (lead), Citic Securities, China International Capital Corporation
Balance Digital payment services provider Financial Israel B 56 26/07/2022 Salesforce (Salesforce Ventures), HubSpot (Hubspot Ventures); Forerunner Ventures (lead), Lyra Ventures, Gramercy Funds Management (Gramercy Ventures), Jeff Wisener, Marcelo Cortes, Ribbit Capital, Lightspeed Ventures, Avid Ventures, Upwest, Jibe
Nanosys Quantum dot and micro-LED display technology provider IT US B 50 25/07/2022 SoftBank (Fortress Investment Group) (lead); Centerbridge, Kilonova
Finexio Accounts payable services provider Financial US N/A 14 25/07/2022 National Bank Holdings Corporation (co-lead), Discover Financial Services; Mendon Venture Partners (co-lead), Post Road Partners, The Banc Funds, EOM Investments
Nas Academy Creator-focused e-learning platform Services Singapore B 12 27/07/2022 FTX (FTX Ventures); Pitango, Beco Capital, HOF Capital, Jack Conte, Nikhil Kamath, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Terass Real estate transaction digitalisation service Services Japan B 7.3 27/07/2022 Globis (Globis Capital Partners) (co-lead), SBI Holdings (SBI Investment) (co-lead), Mitsubishi UFJ (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital); Incubate Fund, Combo
Atato Licensed digital asset custodian Financial Singapore A 6 27/07/2022 Babel Finance, NFT1; AlphaLab Capital (lead), Febe Ventures, NGC Ventures, January Capital, SOSV,  Huashan Capital, Tom Trowbridge, Wing Vasiksiri, Dan Bertoli 
Packworks Micro-retail management software developer Consumer Philippines N/A 2 27/07/2022 Fast Logistics Group (lead), Telkom Indonesia (Arise); CVC Capital Partners, Asian Development Bank (ADB Ventures), Techstars, Ideaspace Foundation
Luca Japan Alternative investment platform developer IT Japan Angel 1.8 26/07/2022 Credit Saison (Saison Ventures); East Ventures, Launchpad Fund, Headline Asia, Finolab, Plug and Play
Spotlite Satellite imagery system developer Industrial Portugal Seed 1.5 25/07/2022 Indico (lead), EDP (EDP Ventures); Portugal Ventures, Shilling
Fondi English conversation practice-focused metaverse developer Services Japan N/A 1.2 27/07/2022 Coconala (Coconala Skill Partners), Digisearch & Advertising, CyberAgent (Cyber​​Agent Capital); Anri, Skyland Ventures, 90s, Now, Kei Nakazawa
PulsESG Environmental, social and governance management services provider Services US N/A N/A 25/07/2022 Accenture (Accenture Ventures)
Solena Materials Synthetic clothing fibre developer Consumer Germany N/A N/A 26/07/2022 Insempra
Minsetsu Investor relations communication platform Services Japan N/A N/A 27/07/2022 Japan Exchange Group, JPX Market Innovation & Research
Ubie AI-equipped symptom search engine operator Healthcare Japan N/A N/A 27/07/2022 Chubu Electric Power
Edison Fu

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