SoftBank Ventures backs Indonesia logistics startup

Continuing a year of bumper investments for tech startups in the business of moving goods from A to B in Indonesia, Waresix today announced it has secured $100 million in its newest round of funding. On top of that, one of Waresix’s new investors is the prestigious SoftBank Ventures Asia, reports Ag Funder News this afternoon. Another of its new backers is Emtek, Indonesia’s $2.5 billion tech…

Temasek, SoftBank, C Ventures and others invest in US ConsenSys $450M Series D funding

United States ethereum (ETH) and decentralized protocols software company ConsenSys announced Tuesday the close of a $450 million financing ground, bringing its valuation to $7 billion. ParaFi Capital led this raise after participating in ConsenSys’ Series C round in November 2021, ConsenSys said in a statement. They were joined by new investors, including Temasek, SoftBank Vision Fund 2,…

Singapore’s Augmentus raises $5M in Series A funding led by Sierra Ventures

Augmentus, a Singapore-based firm in no-code robotics software, has successfully raised $5 million in Series-A funding. The round was led by Sierra Ventures, along with Cocoon Capital, Augmentus said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, the funds will be used to scale operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia, meeting increasing customer demand of various…

Japanese robotics firm Telexistence raises $170M funding from investors including SoftBank

Japanese robotics startup Telexistence (TX) has successfully raised a $170 million Series B round. TX said in a statement on Thursday that the funding including the follow-on investments from the lead investors in previous funding rounds, including Monoful Venture Partners, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, and Airbus Ventures. TX has also secured funding from new investors including SoftBank…

Singapore’s SUNRATE closes Series D-1 funding round with Prosperity7 Ventures as lead investor

SUNRATE, an intelligent global payment and treasury management platform based in Singapore, has announced on Tuesday that Prosperity7 Ventures, the diversified growth fund under Aramco Ventures, has made an investment in the company in its latest D-1 funding round. Prosperity7 Ventures led the D-1 funding round, which also included a subsequent investment by Softbank Ventures Asia, SUNRATE…

South Korea’s SeaVantage receives $1.3M funding led by We Ventures

SeaVantage, a South Korean-based startup in real- time ocean supply chain visibility has raised $1.3 million from We Ventures, IBK Capital, Lindeman Asia Investment, and BDC Labs. The funding round, led by We Ventures, follows the rapid growth the company has achieved as an increasing number of supply chain professionals have been turning to real-time visibility solutions to better manage and…

CoachHub raises $200M Series C, led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to democratize coaching worldwide

CoachHub, the leading global digital coaching platform, closed a $200M Series C funding round, led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The round will be used to further scale CoachHub’s product innovation and operations while accelerating the company’s global expansion. Following an $80 million round only eight months ago, this Series C brings the three-year-old company’s total funding to $330…

SoftBank backs $100M funding of Australia corporate education content hub Go1

Go1, an Australia-based corporate education content hub for on-demand training and resources, announced Monday it has raised over $100 million in its latest funding round closed in May. The round brings Go1’s total funding to over $400 million, increasing the company's valuation to over $2 billion, Go1 said in a statement. Participants in the round include AirTree Ventures, Blue Cloud…

SoftBank leads US intelligent workforce platform Observe.AI $125M Series C funding

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led the $125 milllion Series C funding in Observe.AI, an United State-based intelligent workforce platform that transforms contact centers through artificial intelligence (AI). Observe.AI said in a statement the round also saw the participation from Zoom Video Communications, Inc, Menlo Ventures, Nexus Ventures, Scale Ventures, Emergent Ventures, NGP Capital,…

New Zealand AI firm Soul Machines raises $70M Series B1 led by Softbank

Soul Machines, a New Zealand-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm, announced that it has raised $70 million Series B1 financing led by new investor SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Additional participation in this round comes from new investors Cleveland Avenue, Liberty City Ventures and Solasta Ventures, Soul Machines said in a statement. Existing investors including Temasek, Salesforce…