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April 25, 2024

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Includes 19 investment/acquisition/IPO queue events

IBM以64亿美元收购HashiCorp

HashiCorp is an enterprise-class services company dedicated to the development of revolutionary data center management technology, which allows developers to build a complete development environment with a single tool and improve development efficiency. IBM acquires HashiCorp for $6.4 billion.

COFE+ completed Series A+ financing

COFE++ is a manufacturer of freshly ground coffee robots, dedicated to providing personalized coffee according to customer taste preferences, offering specialty coffees from all over the world, such as French Oulet, Middle Eastern Mocha Chino, Japanese Green Tea Coffee, etc. Recently, COFE+ completed the second round of Series A financing, which was led by a well-known family fund that had not yet been disclosed.

Domestic investment events

1. Fucha completed an angel round of financing of 20 million yuan

Fucha is a Chinese beverage brand, and the brand belongs to Shandong Huien Catering Management Group Co., Ltd. With its unique taste, high-quality drinks, and unique cultural connotations, it has won the love and favor of consumers at home and abroad. Recently, Fucha announced the completion of an angel round of financing of 20 million yuan, which attracted the attention and investment of many investors.

2. Jianpiao Media received a strategic investment of RMB 50 million

Jianpiao Media is a cinema ticket gate media operator, with Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen as the core, combined with 29 provincial-level and thousands of cinema ticket gates across the country, from point to surface, Jianpiao Media takes the advantages of people and goods yards to provide brands with full-chain integrated marketing and promotion services from "brand promotion", "product promotion", "user conversion" and "terminal empowerment", creating greater advantages in resource sharing and platform sharing. Recently, Jianpiao Media received a strategic investment of 50 million yuan, and the investor was not disclosed.

3. Iron-fisted innovation completed an angel round of financing of nearly 25 million yuan

Iron Fist Innovation is an innovative tool brand, with the spray gun at its core, with a high-speed motor and fine nozzles added to the all-in-one gun for precise control. This technology can make the spray gun spray paint with finer particles, thinner when attached to the surface of the object, and a higher fault tolerance. Recently, Iron Fist Innovation has completed an angel round of financing of nearly 25 million yuan, and the investor has not disclosed it for the time being. The funds from this round of financing will be used for product development and landing.

4. Hanhai Quantum completed tens of millions of angel round financing

Hanhai Quantum is a service provider specializing in the research and development of software based on quantum mechanics, such as first-principles electronic structure calculation and molecular dynamics simulation. The business covers solid molecular material simulation calculation, new material prediction, intelligent data analysis, scientific research and teaching activities simulation and calculation demonstration, quantum mechanics science education and other fields, is a high-tech enterprise providing comprehensive software and hardware adaptation solutions and technical services. Recently, Hanhai Quantum announced the completion of tens of millions of angel round financing. The investment was led by Zhongke Chuangxing and followed by Hefei Seed Fund. The funds raised are mainly used for the research and development of new products and industrial applications.

5. Wanrun Optoelectronics obtained Pre-IPO financing

Wanrun Optoelectronics is a R&D and manufacturer of optoelectronic functional film series products. The company's main business is the research and development, production and sales of photoelectric functional film series products. The products are mainly used in consumer electronics industries such as smart phones, tablets, touches, etc., and secondly, the products also involve automobiles, household appliances, semiconductors, batteries, medical and many other fields. Wanrun Optoelectronics officially completed the Pre-IPO round of financing, which was jointly invested by Nuoyan Capital and BOE.

6. Paipai Pet received 31.5 million yuan in angel round financing

Paipai Pet is a pet service provider committed to providing a full range of high-quality pet services for the majority of pet owners. Paipai Pet recently successfully signed a contract with Zifang Capital and received an angel round investment of 31.5 million yuan.

7. Mingde Erudite received tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing

Mingde Erudite is a higher education service provider, deeply engaged in the field of adult education, focusing on serving the social in-service personnel academic improvement, vocational training, public examination editing, using the integrated model of offline traffic + digital media, using the Internet and cloud technology to help people in various industries complete online on-the-job learning. The business scope involves adult vocational education courses, adult college entrance examination tutoring, online higher education platforms, and online learning platforms. Recently, Mingde Erudite announced the completion of an angel round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, and the investors in this round have not yet been disclosed.

8. Lannacheng received RMB 300 million in Series B+ financing

Lannacheng is a developer of integrated diagnosis and treatment innovative nuclear drugs, focusing on the creation of the world's leading class 1 integrated diagnosis and treatment innovative tumor nuclear drug research and development platform, committed to providing more accurate and effective treatment options for cancer patients, and promoting the development of nuclear medicine in the world. The company has built a large-scale comprehensive laboratory integrating targeted drug synthesis, radiolabeling, preclinical cell and animal experiments, and molecular imaging. It has a number of global independent intellectual property rights of "albumin-conjugated-Evans blue modification" targeted nuclear drugs. A relatively complete nuclear diagnosis and treatment pipeline has been laid, with targeted drugs covering small molecules, peptides and antibodies, and products involving prostate cancer, solid tumors, gliomas, neuroendocrine tumors and other fields. Recently, Lan Nacheng received 300 million yuan in B+ round of financing, led by Shenzhen Capital Group, followed by Qianhai Ark, Yantai Finance, Longxin Investment and Aohua Clean Energy, completing the B+ round of financing with an amount of 300 million yuan and a pre-investment valuation of 1.95 billion yuan.

9. Trustgrade Pharma received $35 million in Pre-A round financing

Xinjie Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical R&D service provider, integrating cell drug R&D, drug clinical trials, hospital clinical recruitment, and hospital clinical management. The company has established eight industrial clusters, covering biopharmaceutical, cell therapy, genetic engineering, patient recruitment, medical services, drug metabolism and other fields. In order to accelerate the R&D and clinical trial stage of cell drugs, Xingrade Pharma has established a green channel for patient recruitment. Through hospital cooperation, the process is optimized and the approval time is shortened, and more convenient recruitment channels are provided for patients who need to participate in clinical trials, so that more patients can access advanced drugs and treatments in a timely manner. Recently, Xinbiao Pharmaceutical received $35 million in Pre-A round of financing, invested by Goldman Sachs (China).

Foreign investment events

1. InfiniGods raised $8 million in Series A financing

InfiniGods is a blockchain game development studio focused on creating web and mobile games with mythological elements, including puzzles, strategy, and city-building. InfiniGods closes $8 million Series A funding round with exclusive investment from Pantera Capital.

2. Cognition raises $175 million in Series A financing

Cognition is an AI programmer technology R&D application company, and has released an artificial intelligence programming assistant called Devin. It has full-stack skills that allow it to learn unfamiliar technologies, build and deploy applications end-to-end, fix bugs on its own, and train and fine-tune its own AI models. Recently, Founders Fund led a $175 million investment in startup Cognition, which was valued at $2 billion.

3. CartaBio completed tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing

CartaBio is an American developer of space omics technology. CartaBio has an exclusive license for the spatial omics technology platform: SAFE (scission-accelerated fluorophore exchange) technology platform. The platform is a new live-cell fluorescence imaging technology with spatiotemporal resolution, which has the advantages of high efficiency, rapidity, non-toxicity, accurate quantification, and low cost, and can realize simultaneous longitudinal analysis of multiple biomarkers of live cells or tissues. Today, CartaBio announced the completion of an angel round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, which includes Danen Capital, Coho Deeptech and Industrial Capital. Light Source Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor and industry incubator for this round of financing. This round of financing will be mainly used for the company's team building, application development of the SAFE platform, the upgrade and iteration of the unique multi-modal CellBERT large model platform, and the promotion of commercial applications.

4. Parloa raises €61.7 million in Series B financing

Parloa is a developer of a conversational AI platform that offers natural-sounding AI voices that use conversational AI to automate customer service, such as phone bots or chatbots. Parloa announced that it has raised €61.7 million in Series B funding led by Altimeter Capital, with participation from new and existing investors EQT Ventures, Newion, Senovo, Mosaic Ventures and La Famiglia Growth.

5. Framework received $18 million in strategic investment

Framework Computers is a modular notebook manufacturer that creates sustainable, user-friendly consumer electronics that can be easily serviced and upgraded. Framework recently announced the closing of a new funding round worth $18 million and said it plans to expand into other consumer electronics categories.

6. ThreatLocker raises $115 million Series D funding

ThreatLocker is a Zero Trust cyber security solution provider focusing on the field of information security services, providing users with effective Zero Trust cyber security solutions, the product suite works by blocking untrusted software such as package ransomware, scripts and libraries, etc., while denying application control, Ringfencing, storage control, Privileged access management and network access control to leverage known and unknown application vulnerabilities to deliver enterprise-grade server and endpoint security solutions. Recently, ThreatLocker raised $115 million in Series D financing, with investments from General Atlantic, StepStone Group, and Deshao Group.

7. Trace3d received a $2 million strategic investment

Trace3d是一家AR创作平台，提供的一系列创造力工具可以使用户在手机、AR眼镜、Vision Pro等一系列设备上轻松创建和部署沉浸式内容。 近日，Trace3d获得200万美元战略投资，Rev1 Ventures、Impellent Ventures联合领投，Sequoia Capital红杉、Andreessen Horowitz-a16z、Everywhere Ventures参投。

8. 英伟达NVIDIA收购Deci

Deci, an Israeli deep learning service provider, superficially accelerates runtime by preprocessing and loading data, selecting model architectures and hyperparameters (i.e., variables that affect the predictability of models), and optimizing inference models. In addition, the company is responsible for steps such as deployment, servicing, monitoring, and explainability. In addition, Deci's accelerator redesigned the model to create a new model with multiple computational routes, all optimized for a given inference device. Each route has a dedicated forecasting task, and Deci's route component ensures that each input data is directed to the appropriate route. Recently, NVIDIA announced the acquisition of Deci.

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