Softbank Corporation's corporate venturing unit helps the France-based advertising platform secure an estimated $800m valuation.
France-based online advertising platform Criteo has succeeded in raising €30m ($38.7m) in its series D round, with Softbank Capital, the corporate venturing unit of Japan-based Softbank Corporation, as the sole disclosed participant.
The Paris-based firm is now estimated to be valued at $800m following raising $63.4m in venture funding since 2006 when it held its series A. That round was worth $6.6m, and saw participation from private equity firms IDInvest Partners and Elaia Partners. In 2008, the firm announced a…