Filipino social entertainment platform Kumu has raised a Series C led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm with more than 40 years of experience scaling disruptive businesses internationally. Existing investors Openspace and SIG also participated. This transaction marks the largest equity financing to date for a Filipino startup
Willis Towers Watson – the global advisory behemoth with assets under advisory of USD6 billion in private equity investments – has described its process of manager selection with Private Equity Wire (see box), as it looks to ramp up its relationship with PE firms who have embraced the latest in
Yugabyte, a specialist in open source distributed SQL databases, has closed USD188 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round. The round, led by Sapphire Ventures, includes participation from Alkeon Capital, Meritech Capital, and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, as well as existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, 8VC, Dell Technologies Capital,
TIFIN, a fintech platform using AI for wealth and asset management, has held the successful closing of a USD47 million Series C funding round. TIFIN uses data and investment driven intelligence to drive personalisation for wealth management, and digital distribution for investment managers. The firm closes its Series C round
Hinge Health, a digital musculoskeletal clinic, has secured USD400 million in a Series E financing, at a USD6.2 billion valuation. Tiger Global and Coatue Management led the round, with Alkeon and Whale Rock acquiring ownership as part of a USD200 million secondary investment. “What makes this round special is that
BrainBox AI, a leader in autonomous building technology, today announced a USD24 million raise to further deploy its AI technology in the built environment and develop its next phase of innovation. The first close of its Series A round includes new lead investor, ABB, and investments by Esplanade Ventures and
Blockchain development platform Moralis has raised USD13.4 million in a seed funding round, led by EQT Ventures. The funding will be used for hiring and continued product development, enabling developers to build enterprise-scale blockchain applications rapidly, cutting cost and complexity. By providing a complete, end-to-end blockchain application development platform, Moralis
Sphere Fluidics, a company that has developed and is commercialising single cell analysis systems underpinned by its proprietary picodroplet technology, announced today that it has closed a USD40 million (circa GBP30 million) investment round. The round was led by Sofinnova Partners (Paris, France) and Redmile Group (San Francisco, USA) co-investing
Pan Cancer T, a biotech spin-off from the Erasmus MC dedicated to the discovery and development of novel TCR-T therapies against solid tumours, has closed an extended seed investment round. All current shareholders participated in the round, with Thuja Capital joining as a new investor. The undisclosed proceeds add to
AutoFill, a Dutch deep tech company specialising in inspection workflow processes for the automotive and rail industries, has secured EUR2.6 million in pre-series A funding. The round was led by Innovation Industries, with participation from Deeptech Labs, an accelerator initiated by Arm and The University of Cambridge, among others. Rick
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