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Powerlist Q&A – John Banta, Blue Venture Fund

Q&A with John Banta, president and managing director, Blue Venture Fund


Dec 9, 2021

Lydia fills up with $100m

The mobile banking platform developer's latest round, co-led by Tencent, is the latest in a busy 2021 for the French tech sector.

Dec 9, 2021

GV gees up Freenome's $300m series D

The cancer diagnostics technology developer raised $300m from investors also including Kaiser Permanente, Intermountain, Novartis and Roche, but its machine learning model points to where GV is increasingly active.

Dec 9, 2021

Tencent makes Tyme in $180m series B

Tyme has taken funding from Tencent and CDC to close a series B round highlighting the appeal of digital banking in emerging markets.

Dec 9, 2021

Twilio twigs to $50m investment vehicle

The customer engagement software provider’s Twilio Ventures unit is the latest SaaS-focused corporate VC fund, following recent initiatives by Hubspot and Zoom.

Dec 9, 2021

Every curates $175m series C round

The animal-free protein producer formerly known as Clara Foods secured the cash from investors including Prosus Ventures, bringing its overall funding to $233m.

Dec 8, 2021

TrueNorth picks up $50m

Flexport is among the latest investors in the trucking management platform developer, a week after it backed TrueNorth peer CloudTruck.

Dec 8, 2021

Daily Deal Round Up: December 8, 2021

Incode and Odyssey Therapeutics each secured over $200m while Alvotech Holdings, BenevolentAI and Tomorrow.io have agreed reverse mergers at unicorn valuations.

Dec 8, 2021

Genesys generates $580m in Zoom-backed round

Salesforce Ventures led a round valuing the customer engagement software company at $21bn while Zoom continued to grow its corporate venturing bonafides.

Dec 8, 2021

Whydah wins $25m to push play-to-earn gaming

Play-to-earn funding continues to roll in, with the Vietnam-based game developer raising money from investors including Good Guild, Mask Network and KardiaChain.

Dec 8, 2021

Daily Deal Round Up: December 7, 2021

Professional education provider Platzi pulled in $60m through a Prosus-led round while e-commerce software producer Marketplacer took in $38m from investors including Salesforce Ventures.

Dec 7, 2021

Binance and Animoca Brands form $200m fund

Already active in blockchain gaming investment, the corporates are teaming up to accelerate the monetisation of the sector.

Dec 7, 2021
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