WEBUY bags US$ 6M in Series A funding
Singapore-based social e-commerce startup WEBUY has raised US$ 6M in a Series A round of funding, led by Wavemaker Partners. Other investors who participated in the funding round include Centauri Fund, KB Financial Group, and Global Founders Capital (GFC). The latest round brings WEBUY’s total funding raised so far to US$ 9M. Proceeds from the funding round will be used...
Top 10 gaming startups in Japan
The gaming industry in Japan started in the ’60s and today, Japan comes in third place in terms of digital game revenues. In 2014 Japan had a share of 29.2% on global app shares and had generated approximately 5.6 million dollars in just a year. In just a year, Japan was contributing almost 30% to the global revenue. However, this...
SINAI raises US$ 3.8M in seed funding
SINAI Technologies, a San Francisco-based leading decarbonization software platform which enables tracking energy use and reducing the carbon footprint of companies has raised US$ 3.8 million in a seed funding round held in October 2020. This round was led by Afore Capital with other participants including Abstract Ventures, Coelius Capital and the founders of Eventbrite and PlanGrid. It plans to use...
BrokerTech Ventures Accelerator Invites Applications for its 2021 Cohort
BrokerTech Ventures, the first broker-led convening platform and accelerator focused on delivering innovation to the insurance broker industry, opened its application window for its 2021 BrokerTech Ventures Accelerator program on 29 October 2020. About BrokerTech Ventures Founded in 2019 by Dan Keogh and Mike Victorson, BrokerTech Ventures provides avenues for the best minds in insurance and technology to collaborate and bring...
Chicago-based HealthTech firm Homethrive raises US$ 18M
Homethrive, a Chicago, Illinois-based healthtech company, raised US$ 18M in Series A funding. The round was led by 7wireVentures and investment firm Pitango HealthTech. The company has raised US$ 18M in funding till now. The proceeds will be used to accelerate its expansion into health plans and the self-insured employer market as well as further build out its technology stack...
Kodit.io brings in €100 million debt and equity funding
Kodit.io, a Helsinki based real estate startup has raised €100 million debt and equity funding in a round led by NREP, one of the leading real estate investors on 29th October 2020. The real estate enterprise raised its €1.7 million seed funding 2 years ago. After which they also bagged equity and debt mixed, €3 million Series A funding and...
Vibenomics raises US$ 6.5 million Series A2 funding
The Indianapolis based AOOH (Audio Out Of Home) advertising enterprise Vibenomics has closed its series A2 funding at US$6.5 million on 28th October 2020. This funding round was led by BIP capital ( they also led series A funding earlier for Vibenomics), and an Indianapolis enterprise Elevate Ventures. The funding includes US$ 4.5 million of equity funding and another US$...
AgTech startup Apeel Sciences raises US$ 30M in funding
California-based agricultural technology startup, Apeel Sciences has raised US$ 30M in a funding round held in October 2020, from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Temasek, and Astanor Ventures. Proceeds from the funding will be used by the startup to deliver its products to smallholder farmers in developing markets and connect them to new markets, together with the markets in the...
Eightfold AI raises US$ 125M in Series D round
US-based firm Eightfold AI raised US$ 125M in Series D funding round on 27 October 2020. The total funding amount raised by the company stands at US$ 176.8M. The Series D funding round was led by General Catalyst. Other participants include investors from previous rounds, including Capital One Ventures, Foundation Capital, IVP and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Eightfold claims that it...
California based Theta Lake secures US$ 12.7M funding
Theta Lake, the recognized leader in modern collaboration security and compliance solutions for Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, Zoom and more, raised US$ 12.7M in Series A funding. The company’s total funding stands at US$ 20 million. The Series A funding round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Other participants include Cisco Investments, notable angel investors from the enterprise collaboration...
