USA – eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY), a San Jose, CA-based global commerce leader, acquired 3PM Shield, a Chicago, IL-based provider of marketplace compliance solutions. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.Led by Robert Dunkel, founder and CEO, 3PM Shield provides an advanced AI-based brand protection and compliance software platform enhancing the buyer and seller trust. With the acquisition, […]
Archivio Categoria: venture capital funding
USA – Via, a New York-based TransitTech company, raised $110M in funding. The round, which valued the company at $3.5B, was led by 83North, with participation from new and existing investors including Exor N.V., Pitango, Janus Henderson, CF Private Equity, Planven Entrepreneur Ventures, Riverpark Ventures, and ION Crossover Partners. The company intends to use the funds to […]
USA – Juniper Square, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of partnership enablement for the private funds industry, raised $133M in funding. The round was led by Owl Rock, a division of Blue Owl, with participation from existing investors Ribbit Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and Felicis Ventures and new investors Fifth Wall and Pappy Capital.The company intends to use the funds to accelerate innovation, expand its […]
ITALY – Aryel, a Milan, Italy-based Augmented Reality powered martech startup, raised €3.7m in seed funding. The round was led by PranaVentures.The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the opening of new physical offices in reference markets, as well as to introduce additional product features.Led by Mattia Salvi, CEO, Aryel is an Augmented Reality […]
USA – Cerevance, a Boston, MA-based private, clinical-stage drug discovery and development company, announced an expansion of its Series B funding round with an additional close of $51m, bringing the total Series B financing to $116m. Backers included Gates Frontier, Dementia Discovery Fund, Foresite Capital, GV (Google Ventures), Lightstone Ventures, Takeda Ventures, UPMC Enterprises and Dolby […]
GERMANY – EatFirst, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of a corporate food ordering platform, acquired Feedr, a London, UK-based technology food business, from Compass Group UK & Ireland. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. With the acquisition, EatFirst will expand its offering to their existing customers across Europe and Australia. In parallel, Compass has […]
UK – Ocean 14 Capital, a London, UK-based impact fund focused exclusively on the multi-trillion-dollar ‘blue economy’, received an investment of €30m from Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group which represents the largest IKEA retailer. Following the Principality of Monaco’s €10m commitment from the sovereign wealth fund in September 2022, Ocean 14 Capital has now raised €130m. The fund previously completed an €80m first […]
USA – Complete Solaria, a San Ramon, CA-based solar technology, services, and installation company, received a $10M strategic investment from Foris Ventures. Foris Ventures, LLC, is an entity affiliated with John Doerr, Chairman of Kleiner Perkins.The commitment is part of a previously announced $30M bridge round, in support of Complete Solaria’s previously announced business combination with Freedom […]
UK – Omnio, a London, UK-based Banking-as-a-Service company, raised €12M in funding. Opentech participated in the round along with existing backers. Stefano Andreani, Opentech’s founder, will join Omnio’s Board and Executive Team.The company intends to use the funds to complete strategic plans, which include the imminent merger with Nordiska and Swiss Bankers. Following the merger, […]
UK – Summit Partners, a Boston, MA and London, UK-based alternative investment firm, closed its Fourth Europe Growth Equity Fund, at €1.4 Billion. The Fund IV will target minority and majority equity investments between €20m and €80m in Europe-based growth companies in key industry sectors, including technology, healthcare and life sciences, and growth products and […]