Technology Private Placement and M&A Transactions Review Week Ending November 5, 2023

Koyeb: The company raised $7 million of venture funding in a deal led by Bertrand Diard and Floriane de Maupeou on November 2, 2023. MongoDB, The Raise Phiture Foundation Inc., ISAI, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Robin Vasan, Udi Nachmany, Hank Vigil, Zachary Smith, Justin Ziegler, Alexis Le-Quoc, Marc Jalabert, Amirhossein Malekzadeh, Philippe Besnard and Fabrice Bernhard also participated in the round. The company’s platform provides upgraded ways to run web applications, APIs and event-driven workloads across clouds.

SLOOH: The company raised an estimated $5 million of venture funding from Connecticut Innovations, Michael Paolucci and other undisclosed investors on November 1, 2023. The company is a provider of online telescopes for educational purposes.

Bronco Ai: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Glasswing Ventures, 8VC and Contrary in November 2023. The company is a developer of artificial intelligence-based enterprise software designed for analyzing business data.

Digital Dream Labs: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Beresford Ventures in November, 2023. The company is a developer of educational technology that offers on-screen environments and consumer robotics.

Moonshot AI: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Oceans Ventures in November 2023. The company offers a platform that leverages generative AI to optimize e-commerce stores automatically.

Vyrill: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Beresford Ventures in November 2023. The company is a developer of a marketing and intelligence platform that provides consumer insights from video data.

Zendar: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from NXP Semiconductors on November 3, 2023. The company is a developer of high-resolution automotive imaging radars for autonomous vehicles.

Round Hill Music / Concord Music: The company was acquired by Concord Music, via its financial sponsor Great Mountain Partners, through a $470 million public-to-private LBO on October 31, 2023. Round Hill Music Royalty Fund Ltd is dedicated to investments in revenue generating music copyright assets.

System ERA Softworks / Devolver Digital: The company was acquired by Devolver Digital for $40 million on November 1, 2023. The company is a developer of video games based in Seattle, Washington.

BigShots Golf / TopGolf Callaway Brands: The company, a subsidiary of Invited, was acquired by TopGolf Callaway Brands for $29 million on November 1, 2023. The company offers a full service golf gaming and entertainment expereince.

Digital Eclipse / Atari: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Atari for $20 million on October 31, 2023. The company preserves video games by porting 8-bit games to multiple platforms like consoles and PCs.

Interval / Meter: The company was acquired by Meter for an undisclosed amount on November 2, 2023. The company is a developer of backend internal tools designed to help developers build user interfaces, without the need for frontend code or API endpoints.

iSIZE / Sony Interactive Entertainment: The company was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony, for an undisclosed amount on November 2, 2023. The company is an operator of a deep-tech company intended to enhance video streaming with advanced machine learning.

Movers+Shakers / Stagwell: The company was acquired by Stagwell through an LBO on November 2, 2023 for an undisclosed amount. The company is an operator of a creative agency intended to connect brands to culture through social media marketing and content creation.

Multiverse Media / SpaceNews: The company was acquired by SpaceNews, via its financial sponsor Pocket Ventures, through an LBO on October 31, 2023 for an undisclosed amount. The company is an operator of an integrated media company focused on space exploration, science and technology.

Status / ClientSuccess: The company was acquired by ClientSuccess for an undisclosed amount on November 1, 2023. The company is a developer of a project management platform designed to automate repetitious or manual onboarding tasks.

Wundermachine / Jelly Entertainment: The company was acquired by Jelly Entertainment for an undisclosed amount on November 2, 2023. The company is a developer of online casino software specializing in mini-games and customized game creation.

Quadrille / Inverto: The company was acquired by Inverto in October 2023. Quadrille Ingénierie is a French software and services provider of secure over-the-air content delivery.