Penske Media paid $100m for a 20% stake in Vox Media while Tencent and Hachshara Insurance took part in a $62m round for One Zero.
Funding
US-based media and information services provider Vox Media has received $100m in funding from mass media group Penske Media Corp, the New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal values Vox at $500m, roughly half the valuation at which it last raised money, in 2015.
| One Zero | Digital banking platform | Financial | Israel | N/A | 62 | 05/02/2023 | Tencent, Hachshara Insurance Company; Shashua, West Coast Equity Partners, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Provident Fund), OurCrowd, SBI, Julius Baer |
| Garuda Therapeutics | Blood stem cell therapy developer | Healthcare | US | B | 62 | 07/02/2023 | Mass General Brigham (Mass General Brigham Ventures), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (Alexandria Venture Investments); Northpond Ventures (lead), OrbiMed Advisors, Cormorant Asset Management, Aisling Capital, Sectoral Asset Management, undisclosed others |
| Exotrail | Space mobility services provider | Industrial | France | B | 58 | 07/02/2023 | CELAD; BPIfrance (SPI fund and Innovation Defense Fund) (lead), Eurazeo, 360Capital, Karista (Paris Region Venture Fund), Irdi Capital Investissement, Innovacom, iXO Private Equity, NCI-Waterstart, BNP Paribas, BPCE Group (Banque Populaire Val de France) |
| Fabric8Labs | 3D printing technology provider | Industrial | US | B | 50 | 08/02/2023 | Intel (Intel Capital), Schneider Electric (SE Ventures), TDK (TDK Ventures); New Enterprise Associates (lead), Imec (Imec.Xpand), Lam Capital |
| Ushur | Customer experience automation platform | Services | US | C | 50 | 07/02/2023 | Aflac (Aflac Ventures); Third Point Ventures (lead), Iron Pillar, 8VC, Pentland Group (Pentland Ventures) |
| Carbonplace | Carbon credit transaction network operator | Financial | UK | Seed | 45 | 08/02/2023 | BBVA, BNP Paribas, CIBC, Itaú Unibanco, National Australia Bank, NatWest, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, UBS |
| Car IQ | Vehicle payment technology developer | Financial | US | B | 30 (updated) | 07/02/2023 | State Farm (State Farm Ventures), Telus (Telus Ventures), CSAA Insurance Group (Avanta Ventures), Visa, Bridgestone, Navistar, Circle K, Blackberry; Forte Ventures (lead), Scrum Ventures, Quest Venture Partners, Plug and Play, Alpana Ventures |
| Entropik | AI-integrated market research platform | Services | India | B | 25 | 08/02/2023 | Susquehanna International Group (SIG Venture Capital); Bessemer Venture Partners (lead), Alteria Capital, Bharat Innovation Fund, Trifecta Capital |
| Evonetix | DNA synthesisation technology developer | Healthcare | UK | B | 24 | 07/02/2023 | Providence, Capgemini (Cambridge Consultants); Foresite Capital (lead), Molten Ventures, Morningside, DCVC, Civilization Ventures |
| Monix | AI-powered digital lending platform | Financial | Thailand | Pre-IPO | 20 | 08/02/2023 | Siam Commercial Bank (SCBX) (lead); Lombard Asia |
| Conquest Planning | Financial planning and advice portal | Financial | Canada | A | 17.8 | 07/02/2023 | Fidelity (Fidelity International Strategic Ventures) (lead), BNY Mellon, Royal Bank of Canada; Portage |
| Liminal | Developer of battery manufacturing inspection technology | Energy and Natural Resources | US | A2 | 17.5 | 06/02/2023 | Northvolt; ArcTern Ventures (lead), Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Chrysalix Venture Capital, Good Growth Capital, University of Tokyo (University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners), Volta Energy Technologies, Impact Science Ventures, Helios Climate Ventures |
| Breef | Marketing agency-focused project management platform | Media | US | A | 16 | 06/02/2023 | Bertelsmann (BDMI), United Talent Agency (UTA.VC), Afterpay (Touch Ventures); Greycroft (lead), UC Berkeley (The House Fund) |
| Moderne | Code migration automation platform | IT | US | A | 15 | 07/02/2023 | Intel (Intel Capital) (lead), Allstate (Allstate Strategic Ventures); True Ventures, Mango Capital |
| Mattiq | Atomic and nanomaterials analytics platform | IT | US | Seed | 15 | 07/02/2023 | Canterbury Scientific (CS Ventures); Material Impact (lead), Kairos Ventures |
| The Ugly Company | Dried food snack provider | Consumer | US | A | 9 | 07/02/2023 | Sun Valley Packing (lead); Value Creation Strategies, Justin Timberlake, Valley Ag Capital Holdings |
| BharatAgri | AI-equipped farming technology provider | Industrial | India | A | 8.2 (updated) | 07/02/2023 | Annapurna Group (Ratnagiri Impex); Capria Ventures (lead), Omnivore, India Quotient, 021 Capital, Sanjiv Rangrass |
| Rembrand | Video-focused product placement software developer | Media | US | Seed | 8 | 07/02/2023 | United Talent Agency (UTA.VC) (co-lead); Greycroft (co-lead) |
| Lizee | Recommerce software producer | Consumer | France | A | 7.6 | 19/01/2023 | MAIF (MAIF Impact); Lyra Venture, Circular Investment Fund |
| Lineaje | Security management platform for the software supply chain | IT | US | Seed | 7 | 07/02/2023 | Tenable (Tenable Ventures) (lead); Dreamit Ventures, Veear Capital, Belltower Fund Group |
| Kognitos | Enterprise automation software provider | IT | US | Seed | 6.75 | 07/02/2023 | Wipro (Wipro Ventures); Clear Ventures (lead), Engineering Capital |
| Palm.hr | Mobile-focused employee management platform | Services | Saudi Arabia | Pre-A | 5 | 08/02/2023 | Almajdouie Holding (Raed Ventures); Speedinvest (lead), Wamda Capital |
| Webacy | Provider of Web3 asset security software | IT | US | N/A | 5 | 07/02/2023 | Mozilla (Mozilla Ventures), Digital Garage (DG Daiwa Ventures), Quantstamp, Origin Protocol, Metaverse HQ; GMJP, Gary Vaynerchuk, AJ Vaynerchuk, Soma Capital, CEAS Investments, Dreamers, Miraise, Pareto Holdings, Quiet Capital, LOI Venture |
| Moonhub | AI-driven recruitment software provider | Services | US | Seed | 4.4 | 07/02/2023 | Alphabet (GV); Khosla Ventures (lead), AIX Ventures, Day One Ventures, unnamed angel investors |
| Cusmat | Virtual reality-based employee training platform | Services | India | A | 3.5 | 07/02/2023 | MapMyIndia; Arkam Ventures (lead), Unitus, Better Capital, Venture Catalysts, 9 Unicorns, We Founder Circle, Mumbai Angels Network, Dholakia Ventures, Ice VC, Legacy Asset |
| Aiir Innovations | Provider of aircraft engine inspection technology | Industrial | Netherlands | N/A | 2.3 | 07/02/2023 | Hearst (HearstLab Europe), Mainport Innovation Fund; Borski Fund (lead) |
| Meala FoodTech | Plant-derived meat substitute developer | Industrial | Israel | Pre-seed | 1.9 | 08/02/2023 | Strauss Group (Kitchen FoodTech Hub) (lead), Royal DSM (DSM Venturing); Milk & Honey Ventures |
| CytoCan | Fusion protein drug developer | Healthcare | China | Seed | 1.5 | 07/02/2023 | XtalPi; Forcefield Venture (lead), Bopu Capital |
| Blockfenders | Enterprise data sharing platform | IT | India | Pre-seed | 1.5 | 07/02/2023 | NGinx (FortyTwo); Blume Ventures, Together Fund, Veda VC, Behind Genius Ventures, Better Capital, Arka Venture Labs, Global Devc, Eximius Ventures, GSF Fund, Pointone, Upsparks, Anand Deshpande, Rashid Mayes, Dinesh Agarwal, Dinesh Gulati, Gaurav Kapur, Henry Zitou, Nitish Mittersain |
| Cedro Finance | Omnichannel liquidity protocol provider | Financial | US | Pre-Seed | 1.5 | 07/02/2023 | Mask Network; Infinity Ventures Crypto, Sam Thapaliya |
| Ampotech | Building energy management tool provider | Energy and Natural Resources | Singapore | Pre-A | 1.3 | 08/02/2023 | Kuok Maritime Group (KSL Maritime Ventures); Earth Venture Capital (lead), Silicon Solution Ventures, Seeds Capital |
| Chari | B2B ecommerce marketplace | Consumer | Morocco | N/A | 1 | 07/02/2023 | Orange (Orange Ventures) |
| NFTically | Provider of NFT marketplace creation software | Consumer | India | N/A | 1 | 07/02/2023 | Polygon (Polygon Ventures) (co-lead); Spartan Group (co-lead), Blockchain Founders Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, Mafatlal, Subhash Ghai |
| Stippl | Social travel planning platform | Services | Netherlands | Pre-Seed | <1 ($430,000) | 03/02/2023 | ClickPatrol; Volve Capital (lead) |
| CrediLinq.Ai | B2B online financing platform | Finance | Singapore | Seed | N/A | 08/02/2023 | MS&AD (MS&AD Ventures); Big Sky Capital, 1982 Ventures, White Venture Capital, 500 Global, Sequoia Sprouts, Arkana Ventures, GK Plug and Play Indonesia, Sketchnote Partners, Boleh Ventures, Epic Angels, unnamed angel investors |
| Looking Glass Factory | 3D holographic display platform | IT | US | N/A | N/A | 07/02/2023 | Accenture (Accenture Ventures) |
| Hudson MX | Media advertising-focused payment software provider | Financial | US | N/A | N/A | 07/02/2023 | Ascential; Unnamed investor (lead) |
