REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Cin7, an Auckland, New Zealand-based provider of inventory management software (IMS) and point-of-sale (POS) solutions, received a majority investment from Rubicon Technology Partners, a US-based private equity firm that invests exclusively in enterprise software companies.
Jasper, an Auckland, New Zealand-based commercial real estate startup, raised $2.3M in seed funding.
Invert Robotics, a New Zealand-based inspection robotics company, closed an US$8.8m financing round.
Robotics Plus Limited, a Tauranga, New Zealand-based agricultural robotics and automation company, received a US$8M investment from Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.
Hiway Group, a New Zealand-based ground improvement services provider, received an investment from global private equity firm The Riverside Company.
Blackstar Capital Group (BCG) acquired a controlling stake in Whakatane, New Zealand-based Asset Finance Limited.
BioLumic, a Palmerston North, New Zealand — based creator of an ultraviolet (UV) crop yield enhancement system, closed a $5m Series A financing.
Nyriad Limited, a Cambridge, New Zealand-based exascale computing company, completed an US$8.5M Series A funding.
Coherent Solutions, an Auckland, New Zealand-based provider of high-end testing equipment for the optical telecommunications market, completed a $3m Series A funding.
Umajin Immerse, a Palmerston North, New Zealand and Boston, MA-based platform for the rapid collaborative creation and cross-platform publishing of applications, raised $5.5M in funding.
Unleashed Software, an Auckland, New Zealand-based inventory management platform provider, raised NZ$7.0m in Series C funding.
Libryo, a London, UK- and Cape Town-based legtech startup, raised $1m in seed funding.
New Zealand has always been the country where people could enjoy gambling even when other countries forbad all kinds of such entertainment.
The TSB Community Trust‘s commercial arm has reached an agreement to acquire the 51% shareholding in Fisher Funds it does not currently own.
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), a Redwood Shores, California-based multinational computer technology corporation, is to acquire Wercker, a San Francisco, California-based company that enables organizations and their development teams to achieve continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) goals with micro-services and Docker.