Technology Private Placement and M&A Transactions Review Week Ending January 29 2023

Komprise: The company raised $37 million of venture funding from Multiplier Capital, Canaan Partners and Celesta Capital on January 24, 2023. Top Tier Capital Partners also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an intelligent data management platform designed to transform the way data is stored and managed.

Hume: The company raised $12.7 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Union Square Ventures on January 27, 2023. Northwell Holdings, Comcast Ventures, LG Technology Ventures, Wisdom Ventures and Evan Sharp also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an expressive communication toolkit designed to provide large-scale training datasets and models needed to build empathic technology that can serve human emotions.

Emperia: The company raised GBP 8.2 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Base10 Partners on January 24, 2023, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at GBP 18.42 million. Sony Innovation Fund, Stanford Venture Capital Holdings, Dastore, Background Capital, Concept Ventures, Daphni, and Jay Radia also participated in the round. The company is an operator of a virtual store platform intended to boost sales and customer engagement through immersive virtual stores and galleries.

Boom Entertainment: The company raised $5.9 million of venture funding from undisclosed investors on January 26, 2023. The company is a developer of a next-generation gaming cross-platform designed to launch and promote custom gaming experiences.

DC1AB: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from My.Games Venture Capital and Global Top Round on January 26, 2023. The company is an operator of a game development and publishing company intended to offer skill-based and strategy-inspired video games.

Forma Vision: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Accenture Ventures on January 26, 2023. The company is a developer of a holographic meeting platform designed to offer face-to-face remote meeting experiences.

GeoComply Solutions: The company received an undisclosed amount of development capital from Arctos Sports Partners and Norwest Venture Partners on January 25, 2023. The company is a developer of geolocation compliance technology intended to provide reliable, accurate and precise geolocation services for the iGaming industry.

Spaces: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Social Discovery Ventures, Gaingels and Mana Ventures on January 26, 2023. Mark Suster, Sean Rad, Sam Altman and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a group chat platform.

Jeeng / OpenWeb: The company was acquired by OpenWeb for $100 million on January 26, 2023. The company is a developer of an email marketing application.

Emtropy / SupportLogic: The company was acquired by SupportLogic for an undisclosed amount on January 25, 2023. The company is a developer of a customer service interaction intelligence platform.

Fanory / JetSynthesys: The company was acquired by JetSynthesys for an undisclosed amount on January 24, 2023. The company is an operator of a monetization platform for social media creators.

Fatmap / Strava: The company was acquired by Strava for an undisclosed amount on January 24, 2023. The company is an operator of a mobile digital mapping platform.

Hāpara / Cordance: The company was acquired by Cordance through an LBO on January 24, 2023 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of an education management platform intended to give teachers and administrators greater visibility into digital learning experiences.

Internet Video Archive / Fabric: The company was acquired by Fabric for an undisclosed amount on January 23, 2023. The company is an operator of an entertainment data business that provides information on movie and TV content.

Mompozt / GamesPad: The company was acquired by GamesPad for an undisclosed amount on January 25, 2023. The company is an operator of a video production business intended to serve agencies, brands and game developers.

Object Matrix / DataCore: The company was acquired by DataCore for an undisclosed amount on January 24, 2023. The company is a developer of an integrated and automated hybrid cloud storage platform intended to preserve digital content.

Sémantiweb / European Digital Group: The company, a subsidiary of Webedia, was acquired by European Digital Group, via its financial sponsor Montefiore Investment, through an LBO on January 26, 2023 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a provider of semantic analysis and marketing reading services for brands.

UVI / Image Line: The company was acquired by Image Line, via its financial sponsors Ulysses Management and Waterland Private Equity Investments, through an LBO on January 24, 2023 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of software instruments, effects and soundware for the music and audio market.