Astonishing $750M in Private Equity captured last week to fund the digital economy.
Nearly $1.206B
poured in the digital economy last week in terms of funding.
Trends or segments fostred include: transportation app, mobile games, architectural
dynamic glasses, digital media, online grocery store, Bigdata, e-commerce and non-toxic
household products have been fostered.
So, overall Connectikpeople.co can recall:
$6.3M / Series A for
Bounce Exchange that enables clients to transform their web traffic by serving content tailored to
different visitor segments. Bounce Exchange will use the $6.45M in funding for
software to boost online transactions.
Investors
include: Contour Venture Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Justin Yoshimura and more.
$26M / Series B for
Super Evil Megacorp
!; a company that developing core games
for tablet, mobile, and emerging platforms. Super Evil plans to use the
$26M in funding to create hardcore e-sports games for mobile devices.
Investors include: Index Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Crosscut Ventures and others.
$30M / Series B for
Grey Orange. The
company is creating hardware and
software products for warehousing industry, and plans to use the $30M to
create new products, expand its executive team, and expand globally into the
Asia Pacific, European and Middle Eastern markets.
Investors include: Tiger Global Management.
$8.0M / Series B for
Who What Wear; an
online platform for original style and
content that caters to trend-setting fashion lovers and their followers. henceforth
the company plans to grow its content business, expand internationally, and
launch its own ecommerce product.
Investors include: Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Mesa Ventures and more.
$150M / Private Equity for
View, that develops
architectural dynamic glasses that
adjust in response to external conditions and user preferences. The company has
raised $438M in total equity funding to date, and will use the new capital to
expand production.
Investors include: Madrone Capital Partners, NZ Super Fund and Corning Incorporated.
$200M / Private Equity for
Vox Media; a digital media company managing Vox.com,
The Verge, SB Nation, and Re/code. With the new capital from NBCU, the two
companies will collaborate on digital and video advertising as well as video
programming initiatives.
Investors include :NBCUniversal, Inc.
$8.0M / Series A for
Livspace; an interior design and home furnishings
e-commerce startup in India. The new funding is an extension of the
company's Series A round, and will be used to expand into more cities and
develop its mobile app.
Investors include: Bessemer Venture Partners, Helion Venture Partners and Jungle Ventures.
$10M / Venture for
IndoorAtlas developing,
indoor mapping technology that uses
magnetic positioning to help users discover their locations. The latest round
brings the company's total funding to $25M.
Investors include: Baidu.
$120M / Series B for
Editas Medicine
developing genome editing tech to
treat the underlying cause of a broad range of diseases at the genetic level.
Editas has raised over $200M in funding to date.
Investors include: Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Omega Funds and more.
$12M / Series A for
Talena ; a Silicon
Valley startup working on building the next-generation
data management platform. Talena plans to use the $12M in funding to expand
product development, customer support efforts and go-to-market.
Investors include: Intel Capital, Canaan Partners and ONSET Ventures.
$45M / Series E for
DoubleDutch , that creates
mobile applications designed to capture
and surface data from live events and conferences. They plan to use the
$45M in funding to grow into monetizing more players in the events industry.
Investors include: Index Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, KKR and more.
$50M / Series C for
BigBasket.com, a
Bengaluru-based online grocery store.
BigBasket.com plans to use the $50M in funding to grow and expand in order to
compete with other companies in the field.
Investors include: Bessemer Venture Partners, Helion Venture Partners, Zodius Capital and more.
$40M / Series B for
Massdrop; a community-driven commerce platform
that connects people with other enthusiasts in topics ranging from men's
fashion to quilting.
Investors include: First Round, Mayfield Fund, August Capital and more.
$100M / Series D for
Honest Co. ; a
consumer goods company that emphasizes the use of non-toxic household products. The company has raised $222M to date.
Investors include: Institutional Venture Partners (IVP),Wellington Management, AllianceBernstein and others.
$400M / Private Equity for
GrabTaxi ; a
Southeast Asia transportation app using simple, cost effective mobile-based technology that is aimed
at local taxi markets.
Investors include: China Investment Corporation.
