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Kaizen Platform caps off listing approval
The ad optimisation platform’s IPO will enable Colopl, Credit Saison, CyberAgent, Dai Nippon Printing, Denstu, Fidelity, GMO, Gree, Mizuho, NTT, SBI and Yahoo Japan to exit.
Nov 20, 2020Afresh rakes in $13m series A extension
Maersk Growth helped the food retail software provider increase the size of the round to $25m at a reported $100m valuation.
Nov 20, 2020Corporate venturing deal net: 16-20 November 2020
Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
Nov 20, 2020Sumitomo Life invigorates itself with investment fund
The $77.1m Sumisei Innovation Fund will run for a decade and back insurtech and healthtech developers, having partnered SBI Investment to identify investment opportunities.
Nov 20, 2020Daily deal net: November 19, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Nov 20, 2020KPN Ventures races into Speedinvest’s third fund
Europe-wide venture firm Speedinvest has now assembled $225m for its latest fund, which will target pre-seed and seed investments.
Nov 20, 2020Arezzo&Co fashions corporate venturing arm
ZZ Ventures will target developers of entrepreneurial education and content that encompass areas such as fashion, retail, tourism and cuisine.
Nov 20, 2020Enechange energises itself with IPO plans
Epco, Hitachi, Hokuriku Electric Power, Looop, Opt, Showa Shell, SK Gas, Sumitomo and Tokyo Gas are all set to exit the energy price comparison portal in an offering on TSE’s Mothers Market.
Nov 20, 2020Oracle organises Nor1 acquisition
SAP Concur is set to exit the pricing and merchandising software provider, which will be added to Oracle's Opera Cloud Suite.
Nov 19, 2020Forto courts corporates to raise $50m
AP Moller – Maersk returned in an Inven Capital-led round that lifted the freight management platform developer's total funding to $103m.
Nov 19, 2020SendCloud collects series B funding
Axa Venture Partners led a $14.9m round for the e-commerce fulfilment platform developer, which counts SanomaVentures as an earlier backer.
Nov 19, 2020Daily deal net: November 18, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
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