The robotics excitements drove the funding market for the digital industry last week.
Services and technologies
related to the e-commerce continue to secure interesting funding from investors
looking for established business models, susceptible to mitigate and reduce risks
and to provide a rapid ROI.
However, with $236M (Venture) pour in the robotics division of SoftBank, Alibaba
and Foxconn aim to bring Pepper, SoftBank's intelligent household robot, to
market.
Overall, Connectikpeople.co
has captured:
$10M / Series A for Mayvenn that gives hair
stylists an online shop and the
marketing materials they need to sell quality hair extensions to clients.
Founded in 2012, Mayvenn as raised a total of $13M.
Investors include: Andreessen Horowitz, Trinity Ventures, Core Innovation Capital and others.
$25M / Series B for
Tamr, that helps
companies understand and unify all of the disparate
databases across a company.
Major Investors include: New Enterprise Associates, Google Ventures, Hewlett Packard Ventures and others.
$45M / Series C for
Namely, an end-to-end HR, payroll, and benefits
platform for growing companies. Founded in 2012, Namely has raised $78M to
date.
Major Investors include: Sequoia Capital, True Ventures, Matrix Partners and others.
$7.0M / Series C for
Descomplica, an online education platform for the
Brazil market. Founded in 2011, Descomplica will use the new funding to expand
its course offering and launch new products and services.
Major Investors include: The Social+Capital Partnership, Valar Ventures, Valor Capital
Group and others.
$30M / Series B for
Aledade, a medical practice software provider that
gives doctors greater control over decision-making, and founded in 2014, has
raised $34.5M to date.
Major Investors include: Venrock , and ARCH Venture Partners.
$50M / Series B for
Homelane is an
India-based online home furnishing
marketplace that provides design options as well as setup and execution
services to customers. Founded in 2014, Homelane has raised $54.5M to date. Among major Investors,
we have: Sequoia
Capital.
$20M / Series B for
Azimo, a mobile money transfer startup out of
London, founded in 2012, is reportedly valued at just under $100M.
Major Investors include: Greycroft Partners, e.ventures, Frog Capital and others.
$40M / Venture for
Hello is the
creator of the Sense sleep tracker,
which provides more in-depth data about a person's sleep quality. The funding
values Hello between $250M and $300M.
Investors include: Temasek Holdings.
$65M / Series E for
Wahanda, an
Europe's largest online hair and beauty
marketplace, where customers can instantly book appointments at over 15,000
spas and salons. Wahanda will use the funding to keep growing in Europe and
expand to the U.S. with an acquisition in the next year.
Among major Investors, we have: Recruit Holdings.
$53M / Series B for
Mapbox; a mapping platform for developers to
design and publish custom maps that are fast at scale. Founded in 2010 and
bootstrapped for the first three years, Mapbox raised a $10M Series A in 2013.
Investors include: Foundry Group, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Thrive Capital and others.
$110M / Series A for
Bond Street ; a small business lending startup that
grants loans for between $50k to $500k, with an average interest rate of about
11%. Founded in 2013, Bond Street has raised $120M in equity and debt to date.
Major Investors include: Spark Capital and Jefferies Group.
$236M / Venture for
SoftBank Robotics Holdings;
the robotics division of SoftBank,
that will focus now on to bring Pepper, SoftBank's intelligent household robot,
to market.
Major Investors include: Alibaba and Foxconn Technology Group.
