Loyal Valley Capital led a USD100m Series B for Arctic Vision, a China-based clinical-stage ophthalmology company focused on developing therapies for pan-ocular diseases, with participation from Tencent, Octagon Capital, and New World Development Group CEO Dr. Adrian Cheng, and follow-on from Nan Fung Life Sciences, Pivotal bioVenture Partners… Read More
Owl Ventures and Full In Partners led a EUR29.4m (approximately USD35m) Series B for Ukraine-based edtech Preply, with follow-on from Point Nine Capital, Hoxton Ventures and All Iron. Angel investors including Delivery Hero co-founder and CEO Niklas Ostberg, Booking.com co-founder Arthur Kosten, Unity Technologies co-founder David Helgason and… Read More
FountainVest Partners led a USD100m round for Ushopal, a China-based e-commerce platform for luxury brands, with participation from Zhongyuan Capital, Hengxu Capital and Dazhong Zhongsong Fund, and follow-on from Cathay Capital. Read more… Read More
Avenir Growth Capital and Tiger Global Management led a USD170m Series C for Flutterwave, a digital payments platform for African businesses, at a reported valuation of ~USD1b, with participation from DST Global, Early Capital Berrywood, Green Visor Capital, Greytcroft, Insight Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Worldpay FIS and 9yards Capital. Read More
Redpoint eventures, Riverwood Capital, Astella Investimentos, DGF Investimentos, TPG Growth and Endeavor Catalyst have exited RD Station (formerly Resultados Digitais), a Brazil-based marketing automation platform for small businesses in Latin America, through a sale to TOTVS, a Brazilian enterprise software solutions platform, at a reported BRL2b (approximately USD348.7m)… Read More
Jungle Ventures has made an undisclosed investment as part of a Series D for India-based insurtech Turtlemint. The latest investment brings the overall capital raised through the Series D to USD46m. GGV Capital led the USD30m first tranche in November 2020. Read more… Read More
Temasek Holdings has entered into a strategic partnership with LeapFrog Investments. As part of the partnership, which will take the form of a multi-fund investment by Temasek to anchor LeapFrog’s future funds, Temasek has committed USD500m to LeapFrog. Read more… Read More
FinTech Collective led a USD14m Series A for Mexico-based pay-on-demand startup minu, with participation from VEF, XYZ Ventures, FJ Labs, DocuSign founder Tom Gonser and Gusto CFO Mike Dinsdale. QED Investors, Next Billion Ventures and Village Global followed on. The round includes USD2.5m in debt from Banco Sabadell… Read More
SunFunder has reached a USD70m final close for its Solar Energy Transformation (SET) Fund, a blended finance vehicle focused on distributed solar and storage investments in Africa and Asia. Investors in the fund include U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the Development Bank of Austria (OeEB), Swedfund, Bank… Read More
Patria Investments has reached a BRL800m (approximately USD140.5m) first close for its first Core Infrastructure Fund. The vehicle will seek to invest in high-quality, operational power generation and transmission assets in Brazil. Read more… Read More
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