Strategy | Financing Highlight
Private Placement / Financing Transactions
Homa Games: The company raised $100 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Headline and Quadrille Capital on October 12, 2022. Eurazeo, Northzone Ventures, Singular, Fabric Ventures, and Bpifrance also participated in the round. The company is a developer and publisher of mobile games, with a focus on hypercasual and idle titles.

Metalenz: The company raised $30 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Neotribe Ventures on October 12, 2022, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $106 million. TDK Ventures, 3M Ventures, Intel Capital, M Ventures, Baidu Ventures, Hegemon Capital, Braemar Energy Ventures, Foothill Ventures, Osage University Partners, Global Brain and SGInnovate also participated in the round. The company is a developer of meta-optics designed to help in high-volume applications including consumer electronics, mobile phones, and automotive.

Trendsi: The company raised $25 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Lightspeed Venture Partners on October 10, 2022, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $110 million. Peterson Partners, Basis Set Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Burst Capital, Footwork, Liquid 2 Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Eric Yuan, and Shan-Lyn Ma also participated in the round. The company is an operator of an e-commerce application designed to offer a tool to facilitate the online buying and selling of goods.

Chronograph: The company raised $20 million of Series X venture funding in a deal led by Summit Partners on October 11, 2022. Nasdaq Ventures and The Carlyle Group also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a data management and analytics platform designed to offer portfolio monitoring, reporting, and diligence tools to private capital investors.

Diagrid: The company raised $20 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Norwest Venture Partners on October 12, 2022, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $55 million. Amplify Partners, Quiet Capital and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an enterprise software system designed to simplify, de-risk, and navigate distributed systems.

SiLC: The company raised $18.5 million of venture funding from undisclosed investors on October 14, 2022. The company is a developer of photonic sensors and 3D imaging applications designed to address the growing needs of autonomous devices.

ZoneTV: The company raised CAD 22.5 million of venture funding from Block Communications on October 10, 2022. The company is a developer of a multi-channel network created to deliver a personalized entertainment experience.

Assiduus: The company raised $15 million of Series A1 venture funding in a deal led by Pulsar Capital alongside 9Unicorns, Venture Catalyst, StrongHer VC, Carlos Cashman, Rajan Navanion and other undisclosed investors on October 12, 2022. The company is a developer of an e-commerce management software designed to help build, grow and scale brands on various eCommerce platforms.

Foxglove: The company raised $15 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Eclipse Ventures on October 11, 2022, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $45 million. Amplify Partners, Kyle Vogt, Pieter Abbeel, Daniel Kan, Randall Kent, Samy Al Bahra, Jesse Endahl and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of visualization and debugging platform designed to accelerate robotics development.

Kyra: The company raised $15 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Bonnier Ventures on October 12, 2022. Guardian Media Group, Firstminute Capital, Torch Capital, and LionTree also participated in the round. The company is an operator of an online media production firm intended to pioneer youth-focused entertainment in the digital world.

AirVine Scientific: The company raised $10 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Crosslink Capital on October 12, 2022. Lauder Partners, Orbit Venture Partners, Valley Capital Partners, and Octave Ventures also participated in the round. The company is a developer of wireless technologies designed to improve the way indoor network infrastructures are deployed and operated.

Mursion: The company raised $5 million of venture funding from undisclosed investors on October 14, 2022. The company is an operator of an online virtual reality training platform designed for professional learning.

Vozy: The company raised $5 million of venture funding in a deal led by GoHub Ventures on October 10, 2022. Globant Ventures, Plus, Starling Ventures, Enlaces, Alan Rutlegde and Arash Ferdowsi also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a voice artificial intelligence platform designed to improve the way companies interact with customers.

Nickelytics: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from BDev Ventures on October 12, 2022. The company is a developer of an out-of-home advertising platform.


M&A Transactions
Brainium / PLAYSTUDIOS: The company was acquired by PLAYSTUDIOS for $70 million on October 13, 2022. The company is a developer of mobile games.

Ameex / Perficient: The company was acquired by Perficient for an undisclosed amount on October 11, 2022. The company is a provider of digital technology solutions intended to bring together content, commerce and technology to deliver an omnichannel experience to its clients.

Armature Studio / Meta Platforms: The company was acquired by Meta Platforms for an undisclosed amount on October 11, 2022. The company is a developer and publisher of gaming software Resident Evil 4 VR.

Camouflaj / Meta Platforms: The company was acquired by Meta Platforms for an undisclosed amount on October 11, 2022. The company is a developer and publisher of gaming software and is the studio behind Marvel’s Iron Man VR and Republique.

Help Get Sponsors / Events.com: The company was acquired by Events.com for an undisclosed amount on October 13, 2022. The company is a developer of sponsorship software designed to serve events, media, sports properties, and non-profit companies.

Linkett / Adomni: The company was acquired by Adomni for an undisclosed amount on October 10, 2022. The company is a developer of a digital signage analytics platform designed to offer live audience data for digital out-of-home advertising.

Mon Petit Gazon / Ligue de Football Professionnel: The company was acquired by Ligue de Football Professionnel for an undisclosed amount on October 12, 2022. The company is a developer of a virtual league fantasy football game.

Present Creative / Greentube: The company was acquired by Greentube, a subsidiary of Novomatic, for an undisclosed amount on October 11, 2022. The company is a developer and designer of art and games intended to serve the gaming industry.

WompMobile / DexCare: The company was acquired by DexCare for an undisclosed amount on October 13, 2022. The company is an operator of a SaaS platform intended to convert websites to accelerated mobile pages and progressive web applications.

ZenSports / KeyStar: The company was acquired by KeyStar  for an undisclosed amount on October 10, 2022. The company is a developer of a peer-to-peer sports betting platform designed for users to create and accept sports bets.


Source: Pitchbook Data, Inc.

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