Foresite et al. in $41.5m series-A for Bit Bio
Foresite Capital, Blueyard Capital and Arch Venture Partners have participated in a $41.5m series-A for cell coding company Bit Bio.
Foresite Capital, Blueyard Capital and Arch Venture Partners have participated in a $41.5m series-A for cell coding company Bit Bio.
Founders get new life for their products, while venture firms get exits for slower growth start-ups
Nikola Stojanow, æternity Blockchain co-founder and creator of AE Ventures investment company has begun his next journey with the creation of a new venture capital fund aimed at blockchain.
US private equity firm L Catterton will invest $250m into Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio Platforms. At the same time, Reliance Jio Platforms also saw its coffers bolstered by a $600m capital injection from venture
Venture capital house Matrix Partners China has hauled in at least $750m for its latest fundraise.
Spanish venture capital houses Asabys Partners and Alta Life Sciences have led a funding round for Barcelona-based biotechnology startup Inbrain.
Swedish industry-focused investment company Kinnevik has agreed to sell 23.2% of its stake in e-commerce company Qliro Group to private equity firm Rite Ventures for SEK 195m (€18.5m).
Astanor Ventures has led a series-A funding round for biotechnology startup Hyris.
Baring Vostok and RTP Global are fully exiting 2GIS, a Russian provider of mapping services, to state-run lender Sberbank and O2O Holding, a joint venture of Sberbank and internet company Mail.ru Group.
Austria-headquartered Apex Ventures is on the road for its second fund, focusing on digital health startups. Wolfgang Neubert and Kelly Klein talk to Harriet Matthews about the VC's current strategy and the future of healthtech
API development platform Postman has soared to a $2bn valuation thanks to a Series C investment round led by private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners.
Life sciences venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners has sold its portfolio company Corvidia Therapeutics to Novo Nordisk for $2.1bn.
JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs Growth, Barclays Ventures and law firm Linklaters have backed a $27m round for document digitisation and analysis platform H4, obtaining a minority stake in the business.
Iris Capital has led a $2.4m seed round for Monk, a Paris-based developer of an inspection system for car damages.
Highland Capital Partners Europe has backed a €21m series-C funding round for France-based retail supplier platform Alkemics, along with existing investors Cathay Capital, Index Ventures, SEB and Serena Capital.
Spanish venture capital firm Inveready has led a €5m investment in Barcelona-based fertility biotech startup Oxolife.
Venture capital house Elaia has led a €10m series-B funding round for Spanish hospitality startup The Hotels Network (THN).
