MassMutual and Paypal took part in Aspire’s $100m series C round while Credit Suisse led Taurus’s $65m series B.
Funding
Singapore-based neobank operator Aspire has raised $100m in a series C round featuring MassMutual Ventures and PayPal Ventures, the corporate venturing arms of corporates MassMutual and PayPal. Lightspeed and Sequoia Capital SEA co-led the round, which included LGT Capital Partners and Picus Capital.
| Company | Company description | Sector | Country | Round | Round size($m) | Deal date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taurus | Digital asset infrastructure developer | IT | Switzerland | B | 65 | 13/02/2023 | Credit Suisse (lead), Deutsche Bank, Cedar Mundi Ventures, Pictet Group |
| Cerevance | CNS novel therapeutics developer | Healthcare | US | B | 51 (updated) | 13/02/2023 | Alphabet (Google Ventures), Takada Pharmaceuticals (Takeda Ventures), UPMC (UPMC Enterprises); Gates Frontier, Dementia Discovery Fund, Foresite Capital, Lightstone Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures |
| eMoBi | Electric tuktuk developer | Transport | Japan | Pre-seed | 30 | 14/02/2023 | Digital Garage (Open Network Lab’s Earthshot Fund); unnamed angel investors |
| Myinvestor | Neobank operator | Financial | Spain | N/A | 16.1 | 14/02/2023 | Andbank, El Corte Inglés Seguros, Axa Spain |
| Tracksuit | Brand tracking and marketing platform | Media | New Zealand | Seed | 4.6 | 13/02/2023 | Ascential; Blackbird Ventures (lead), Icehouse Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Mark Ritson |
| Quino Energy | Water-based organic flow battery technology | Energy | US | Seed | 1.25 | 13/02/2023 | Doral Group (Doral Energy Tech Ventures), Tecpetrol (TechEnergy Ventures); Energy Revolution Ventures, Anri |
| Indrones | Drone solutions software provider | Industrial | India | N/A | <1 ($844,977) | 13/02/2023 | MapmyIndia |
| CrisprBits | Affordable gene editing technology company | Healthcare | India | Pre-Seed | <1 ($250,000) | 13/02/2023 | VJ Group |
| Acall | Workstyle design platform | IT | Japan | B extension | N/A | 14/02/2023 | Mitsubishi UFJ (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital) |
| Solairo | AI-equipped customer service platform | Services | Japan | N/A | N/A | 14/02/2023 | Commerce One Holdings |
