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Analysis: First-time corporate investors
Over the past few years, roughly a fifth to a quarter of all corporate investors whose deals we track appear to be newcomers.
Aug 23, 2021Daily Deal Round Up: August 20, 2021
M12 backed three deals in recent days, including a $50m series D round for Split.io that also featured fellow corporates Atlassian and ServiceNow.
Aug 20, 2021Danggeun draws in $162m for series D
SoftBank Ventures Asia and Kakao Ventures have joined a series D round that values the hyperlocal second-hand goods marketplace at $2.7bn.
Aug 19, 2021SoftBank delivers $160m to PatPat
PatPat has secured SoftBank Vision Fund 2 as an investor shortly after the company earlier picked up funding from investors including SIG.
Aug 19, 2021SoftBank helps serve Gelato with $240m
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 was among the investors in the tailor-made item platform operator’s latest round, which took its valuation past the $1bn threshold.
Aug 17, 2021Daily Deal Round Up: August 16, 2021
Ventricular assistance system developer CH Biomedical closed a Baheal-backed series D round while peer-to-peer lending platform Alami secured $17.5m in a round led by EV Growth.
Aug 16, 2021Analysis: OneWeb orbits $300m from Hanwha
A Hanwha subsidiary will take an 8.8% stake in the UK-based satellite connectivity provider OneWeb, helping it increase its funding to $2.7bn since it has resurrected from bankruptcy.
Aug 16, 2021Daily Deal Round Up: August 13, 2021
Siemens Next47 helped sales tool developer Aforza secure $22m while cosmetics brand Sparty raised $18m from investors including Akatsuki and Marui Group.
Aug 13, 2021Cart.com drives through $98m series B round
PayPal Ventures participated in the e-commerce services and software provider's third funding round, less than a year after it was founded.
Aug 13, 2021Daily Deal Round Up: August 12, 2021
SoftBank Ventures Asia led ERP software provider Mabang's $46.3m series B round while Mainport Innovation Fund exited electrification technology developer ViriCiti.
Aug 12, 2021Powerlist Q&A – Martin Tschopp, Prosus Ventures
Q&A with Martin Tschopp, CEO, Prosus Ventures (formerly Naspers Ventures)
Aug 12, 2021Daily Deal Round Up: August 11, 2021
Nanox is paying up to $230m for corporate-backed medical technology developers Zebra Medical Vision and USARad, while electronics marketplace JustFit raised over $46m.
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