Gaorong Capital and CTS Capital led a more than CNY500m (~USD74m) Series C for Intellective Biologics (Zhixiang Bio), a China-based contract development and manufacturing organization that focuses on macromolecular biopharma process development, with follow-on from Fuho Capital, CNCB Investment Limited, Founder Securities, Win Harbor Capital and others.Read… Read More
Riverwood Capital led a USD35m round for Geopagos, an Argentina-based digital infrastructure payment platform, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst. The round is the startup’s first major institutional funding since launch nine years ago. Read more… Read More
India-based fintech CRED acquired Smallcase, an India-based wealth management platform backed by Blume Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Amazon and others, for ~USD400m. Smallcase raised USD140m at a reported USD6.4b valuation in June as part of its Series F round led by GIC. Read more… Read More
Apis Partners, through its fund Apis Growth Fund I, has agreed to exit its 11.7% stake in Retail Capital, a South Africa-based fintech that provides SME financing, to TymeBank, another Apis Partners portfolio company, for an undisclosed amount. Read more… Read More
Tabby, a UAE-based BNPL startup, secured a $150m credit facility from Atalaya Capital Management and existing lender Partners for Growth. The company raised a USD54m Series B extension in March led by Sequoia Capital and STV. Read more… Read More
Singularity Ventures, through its Growth Opportunities Fund, and SWC Global led a USD20m Series B for WebEngage, an India-based full-stack CRM platform, with participation from Unmaj Corporation, NB Ventures, Shashwat Nakrani (BharatPe) and Gopal Srinivasan (TVS Capital), and follow-on from India Quotient, Blume Ventures and Indian Angel Network’s IAN Fund. Read More
Sarmayacar and Shorooq Partners led a USD11m round for OneLoad, a Pakistan-based logistics and fintech platform serving micro-retailers and run by EP Systems. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invested in OneLoad in November 2021, and IFC invested in 2020. Read more… Read More
Monashees and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led a USD10m seed round for NG.CASH, a Brazil-based digital money management platform targeting the Gen Z demographic, with participation from 17Sigma and Norte Ventures. Read more… Read More
Suzhou Ribo Life Science, a China-based clinical-stage biotech with a focus on nucleic acid research,raised USD40m in the first tranche of a Series E led by Panlin Capital and Sany Foundation’s Trinity Innovation Fund, with participation from new investors. The startup raised a CNY673m (~USD95m) Series C in 2020 from… Read More
Tabby, a UAE-based BNPL startup, secured a $150m credit facility from Atalaya Capital Management and existing lender Partners for Growth. The company raised a USD54m Series B extension in March led by Sequoia Capital and STV. Read more… Read More
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