Deals/Venture
Gradient, Partech lead a $3m seed round for Kaizo
Former partner at IBM Ventures Christoph Auer-Welsbach joins Kaizo as a co-founder
Jerusalem Venture leads $25m series-C for Pyramid Analytics
Investment brings the total funding raised by Pyramid Analytics to $66.5m
Investors participate in $34m series-B for SoftIron
Founded in 2012, SoftIron designs and builds purpose-built data-centre appliances
Accel in $20m series-B for Humio
US-based Accel is currently investing from its London VI vehicle, which closed on $575m
Siparex et al. exit Kiwatch to trade
Management team led by co-founders Williamson and Blanchard will stay on with the business
Consortium backs £100m round for Cazoo
Online car buying marketplace was backed by investors including DMG Ventures and Eight Roads
BayBG backs round for EverReal
Seed round extension follows the first round in November 2019, backed by HTGF and Seed X
Capricorn Partners, Novax back Prolupin
Existing investors Munich Venture Partners and eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners also participate
RTP Global et al. back €18.5m round for Penta
Existing investor HV Holtzbrinck co-led the round for the Germany-based banking platform
Evli leads $17m series-A for Refurbed
Company aims to reach $100m in GMV in 2020 and to expand to additional European markets
United Ventures leads €3m series-A for Fiscozen
United Ventures deploys capital from its €120m UV2 fund, which targets disruptive technology startups
BlackFin, MTech in €8m series-A for Akur8
Round for the French insurance technology business brings Akur8's total funding to date to €10m
Battery acquires WinWorker
GP is investing from its Battery Ventures XIII fund, which held a final close on $1.2bn in February 2020
Mobeus leads £3.5m round for Bella & Duke
Mobeus investment executive Joshua Henshaw will join the board of Bella & Duke
Trustbridge Partners et al. in $41m series-B for FiveAI
Existing investors including Lakestar also back the UK-based autonomous driving startup
Consortium in €50m series-B for MWM
Company will use the fresh capital to double its workforce by the end of the year
GA leads $130m series-B for Immunocore
Five existing investors, including Eli Lilly and RTW Investments, take part in the round
Draper Esprit leads $83m round for Thought Machine
Based in London and with an office in Singapore, Thought Machine employs around 80 people
Khosla leads $9m series-A extension for Sword Health
Vesalius Biocapital, Green Innovations, Founders Fund and Faber Ventures also take part in the round
Goldman Sachs et al. in $55m round for Jumo
Odey Asset Management and Leapfrog Investments also back the round
Georgian leads $25m series-C for Tractable
Series-C funding round nearly doubles the total funds raised by the company to $55m
Frog leads £7m round for SHE Software
Existing investor the Northern VCTs, managed by Mercia, also participated
Mayfair et al. in additional $150m series-D for Graphcore
Mayfair Equity Partners has led an additional $150m series-D funding round for Graphcore, a UK-based microchip designer.
Softbank invests $100m in Behavox
Behavox's CEO and other employees remain the largest shareholders in the business
