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Daily Deal Round Up: October 1, 2021
Corporate-backed asset management software developer Zero Hash raised $35m in series C funding while warehouse robotics provider VisionNav closed its own series C round.
Oct 1, 2021Daily deal net: October 1, 2021
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Oct 1, 2021Oyo eyes $1.16bn in initial public offering
The multicorporate-backed hotel platform is set to issue up to $942m of new stock in the offering while SoftBank plans to sell over $175m of its shares.
Oct 1, 2021Oxford Nanopore fetches $478m in IPO
Tencent, Nikon, Amgen and Illumina all scored exits as the DNA sequencing provider's shares popped in the wake of its flotation.
Oct 1, 2021Fanatics Trading Cards traps $350m
Endeavor was among the participants in series A round valuing the Fanatics-owned online trading card marketplace at $10.4bn.
Oct 1, 2021OfBusiness obtains $207m in series F funding
The material procurement services provider was valued at $3bn through a series F round featuring existing investor SoftBank.
Oct 1, 2021SoftBank charges $200m round for Ola Electric
Electric vehicle producer Ola Electric has tripled its valuation to $3bn in just two years having secured its latest funding in a round co-led by SoftBank.
Oct 1, 2021AlphaSense gets $180m funding allocation
Goldman Sachs co-led a series C round for the financial data repository that included Morgan Stanley, Citi, Barclays, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
Oct 1, 2021ContractPodAi drafts SoftBank to raise $115m
The legal digitisation software provider's series C round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and quintupled its valuation.
Oct 1, 2021Konfio compounds series E funding to reach $235m
SoftBank participated in a $110m extension to round valuing the business lending platform developer at $1.3bn, making it Mexico’s fourth unicorn.
Oct 1, 2021SBI seeks out $75m blockchain fund
SBI Ven Capital’s newly formed joint venture with Sygnum and Azimut will take part in crypto-oriented deals covering areas such as DLT and decentralised finance.
Oct 1, 2021Akamai to acquire Guardicore in $600m deal
The Deutsche Telekom, Access Industries, Dell and Cisco-backed cybersecurity software provider is set to be bought by Akamai Technologies.
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