Sectors
NCSoft invested $15m in Mysten Labs to take the latter’s series B round to $300m while Porsche backed Xanadu’s $100m series C.
Suzano and Yara participated in Agrolend’s $145m latest round while Xencor contributed to Zenas BioPharma’s $118m series B.
Xiaomi provided $68.9m in series C funding for Atech Automotive while Intel and Micron were part of Eliyan’s $40m series A round.
Cable One provided $50m for Ziply Fiber while Mercuria co-led a series C round the same size for The Mobility House.
The Amazon Climate Pledge Fund has pledged to invest more than $50m in female-led climate technology companies and has teamed up with USAID for the project.
Paragon Biosciences was part of Emalex Biosciences’ $250m series D while CMA CGM and AP Moller participated in an $80m round for Project44.
Databricks, Dell, HPE and Salesforce were all part of Alation’s $123m series E round while Alphabet took part in AMP Robotics’ $91m series C.
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas took part in ColdQuanta’s $100m series B round while Tesi provided $31.6m in series B funding for VoltAero.
Geely's subsidiary, GLy Capital Management of Hong Kong participated in Volocopter's $182m extended series E round, with Neom, the Saudi Arabia-based sovereign wealth fund leading the financing
Sumitomo participated in Zebra Labs’ $5m round while investors including FTX Ventures and Aptos provided $3m in pre-seed funding for Martian.
Octopus Energy Generation invested $127m in Be.EV while Centene Corporation and HopeLab took part in Hazel Health’s $51.1m series C1 round.
The Samsung-backed relationship therapy app developer has just raised pre-seed funding as part of what could be a vanguard of startups catering for couples.
Wells Fargo, Greystar, Invitation Homes and Prosus were part of Blit Rewards’ $150m round while Mouro Capital co-led Vesttoo’s $80m series C.
Gradient Ventures participated in a $40m series A round for The Coterie’s while Legal & General led MoneyHub’s $39.5m series B.
FTX, Coinbase, Huobi and Protocol Labs backed the startup keeping an eye on crypto sentiment, a measure that can be profitable or costly.
The unit is set to lead a $100m round for Horizon Robotics as part of $60m investment in data-focused companies, taking its total 2017 spending to almost $570m.
Peter Cowley, founder of corporate venturing unit Martlet, won the Angel Investor of the Year award at the beginning of this month from UK trade body the UK Business Angels Association. The award will mean Cowley will be a figurehead for the promotion of angel investing in the UK.
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