WI Harper Group | September 14, 2021 | Source: TechCrunch GrubMarket, which provides software and services that help link up and manage relationships between food suppliers and their customers, has raised $120 million at a $1B+ pre-money valuation in a Series E round of funding. The funding is coming from a wide mix of new…
WI Harper Group | September 13, 2021 | Source: XWPharma WWI Harper-backed XWPharma, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of therapeutics, announced its first-in-human study evaluating XW10508 – the Company’s novel, patented, glutamatergic NMDA antagonist and AMPA activator in development as an oral, once-daily therapy for the treatment of depression and chronic…
WI Harper Group | September 10, 2021 | Source: la Repubblica XEV, a company that manufacturers electric vehicles (EV) through utilizing mature 3D printing technology, has partnered with Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi or ENI (“State Hydrocarbons Authority”) to develop an efficient and sustainable offering for urban mobility. ENI will be the first in Europe to provide…
WI Harper Group | July 21, 2021 | Source: TechCrunch Epic!, an eponymous digital reading platform for kids aged 12 or younger, has been acquired by Byju for $500 million. The deal involves both cash and stock, and Epic! founders Kevin Donahue and Suren Markosian will continue to run the business. Since 2013, Epic! has…
WI Harper Group | July 19, 2021 | Source: TechCrunch Kdan Mobile, a company that provides a wide range of cloud-based software, including AI-based tech for organizing documents, has raised a $16 million Series B. The round was led by South Korea-based Dattoz Partners (which will also take a seat on Kdan’s Board of Directors)…
WI Harper Group | July 16, 2021 | Source: Kindstar WI Harper Group-backed Kindstar Global (Beijing) Technology, Inc. (9960.HK), has successfully landed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. At the proposed IPO price of HK$9.78 per share, Kindstar will have a market cap of HK$8,8570 ($1.1 billion), with total net proceeds of HK$1,931.1 million ($250…
WI Harper Group | June 23, 2021 | Source: Reuters Embark, a leading autonomous trucking company, will merge with blank-check firm Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp II at a $5.2 billion valuation. Through the (sustainability-focused) SPAC, Embark is expected to raise $615 million, including a $200 million private investment from: Mubadala Capital, CPP Investments, Sequoia Capital…
WI Harper Group | June 21, 2021 | Source: Business wire Circle Pharma, a macrocycle drug discovery and development company focused on intractable cancer targets, announced that it has raised $66 million in an oversubscribed Series C financing. The financing was co-led by The Column Group and Nextech Invest. All investors from the prior round…
WI Harper Group | June 8, 2021 | Source: PR Newswire In pursuit of its 2030 ambition to reduce the use of fossil fuel-based plastics by half before the end of the decade, Kimberly-Clark announced a partnership with WI Harper-backed biotech company RWDC Industries to advance sustainable technology for consumer products that provides much-needed solutions to the world’s…
WI Harper Group | June 2, 2021 | Source: The Business Times ENGINE Biosciences, a biotech company that applies machine learning as well as large-scale biology testing to discover precision medicine-based therapies for cancer and other diseases, has raised $57 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by US-based healthcare focused venture capital…
