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 1.  The Impact of the Coronavirus on Software Valuation Multiples: Redpoint
     Ventures’ managing director Tomasz Tunguz (ThredUp) notes that forward
     multiples are down, despite elevated levels.
 2.  Inside the Bizarre, Boozy World of a Junior VC in Silicon Valley: Mike
     Raab, current director of the Garage in SF, regales us with descriptions
     of his time spent, among other places, at SXSW.
 3.  DocuSign acquires contract analytics and AI technology provider Seal
     Software, $188M.
 4.  Food delivery platform DoorDash files for IPO.
 5.  BV Investment Partners closes Investment Partners Fund X, middle-market PE:
     $1.1B.
 6.  Waymo (Mountain View, CA), autonomous driving technology: $2.25B from
     Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Mubadala Investment
     Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Magna International, AutoNation, Alphabet. It
     is the company’s first outside round.
 7.  Rigetti Computing (Berkeley, CA), full-stack quantum computing company:
     $71M from undisclosed sources.
 8.  MWM (Paris, France), music app builder: $55.9M led by Blisce/,
     participation from Idinvest Partners, Bpifrance, Aglaé Ventures, Xavier
     Niel.
 9.  mParticle (New York, NY), customer data platform for multi-channel consumer
     brands: $45M D led by Arrowroot Capital.
 10. Spinny (Gurgaon, Indian), used car marketplace platform: $43.7M B led by
     Catalyst Partners, KB Financial Group, participation from Accel, SAIF
     Partners, Alteria Capital.

--VC Reads--

-- Funding for female founders increased in 2019—but only to 2.7%: Fortune
reports that their percentage of deals has, moreover, not seen a similar uptick.

-- Why Getting More Women On Corporate Boards ‘Just Makes Economic Sense’:
Crunchbase reports that 70-80% of purchasing decisions in the consumer industry
are made by women.

--Deeptech--

-- AudioTelligence (Cambridge, UK), blind audio signal background noise removal
platform: $8.5M A led by Octopus Ventures, participation from Cambridge
Innovation Capital, Cambridge Enterprise, CEDAR Audio.

-- FlixStock (Gurugram, India), image cataloging platform based on products:
$2.5M led by Wavemaker Partners.

--Lifestyle--

-- Neeman's (India), cheap, environmentally-friendly shoes: $1M Pre-A from
Anicut Angel Fund, et al.

--Consumer Internet--

-- iPrice (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), e-commerce price comparison platform: $10M B
led by ACA Investments, participation from Daiwa PI Partners, Line Ventures,
Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund.

--Biotech/Health--

-- Evonetix (Cambridge, UK), DNA synthesis platform: $30M B led by Foresite
Capital, participation from Draper Esprit, DCVC. Morningside, Providence
Investment Company, Cambridge Consultants Ltd, Rising Tide Fund, Civilization
Ventures.

-- CN Bio (Cambridge, UK), organ-on-chip laboratory instruments: $90M from CITIC
Securities Investment, CN Innovations Holdings.

-- Primmune Therapeutics (San Diego, CA), toll-like receptor 7 agonists as
immunotherapies: $7M Seed from CAM Capital, Charlie McDermott, BioBrit, BioRock
Ventures.

-- PolyProx (Cambridge, UK), cancer treatments: $1.3M Seed led by LifeArc,
participation from Cambridge Innovation Capital, RT Capital, Cambridge
Enterprise.

--Industrial--

-- C16 Biosciences (New York, NY), synthetic palm oil producer using microbes:
$20M led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

-- Metanoia (Hsinchu, Taiwan), standalone high-speed xDSL and Gfast PHY
chipsets: $19.3M led by Taiwania Capital Investment, National Development Fund,
participation from Elan Microelectronics.

--Fintech--

-- Public.com (New York, NY), social-investing app: $15M B led by Accel,
Greycroft, participation from Dreamers VC J.J. Watt, Advancit Capital Sophia
Amoruso, et al.

-- Chqbook (India), financial marketplace for small business owners: $5M A led
by Aavishkaar Capital.

-- BucksApp (Miami, FL), cash advances for students to build their credit: $2M
from undisclosed sources

--DevOps--

-- Le Wagon (France), full-stack web development course: $19M led by Cathay
Capital, participation from AfricInvest.

--Data/Analytics--

-- Mostly AI (Vienna, Austria), data platform which extracts personal data for
privacy-friendly AI and big data innovation: $5M A led by Earlybird,
participation from 42CAP, Push Ventures.

--Legaltech--

-- FairShake (Oakland, CA), platform helping consumers sue large corporations:
$3M Seed led by First Round Capital, participation from Founder Collective,
BoxGroup, et al.

--GovTech--

-- Manty (Paris, France), decision platform for public employees: $2.7M from la
Banque des Territoires, Axeleo Capital.

--AI/ML--

-- Sonantic (UK), human-quality artificial voice technology for the games and
entertainment: $2.6M led by EQT Ventures, participation from Entrepreneur First,
AME Cloud Ventures, Bart Swanson.

--Sportstech--

-- Output (Dublin, Ireland), sensors to measure athletic performance: $1.45M
Seed led by Atlantic Bridge University Fund, participation from Elkstone
Partners, John Hearne.

--Agtech--

-- Agragene (San Diego, CA), crop pest protection products: $1.2M Seed led by
Ospraie Ag Science.

--Enterprise--

-- AzzurroDigitale (Padua, Italy), workforce management in production and
logistics plants: $1.1M from Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos, Alessandro Rimassa,
Francesco Beraldi.

--M&A/IPO/New Funds--

--M&A--

-- Salesforce acquires industry-specific cloud and mobile software provider
Vlocity, terms undisclosed.

-- IT solutions provider BMC acquires mainframe application development provider
Compuware, terms undisclosed.

-- Accenture closes acquisition of strategic data consultancy for UK finance
firms Mudano, terms undisclosed.

-- Athletic event management solutions Arbiter acquires online registration
solutions for schools FamilyID, terms undisclosed.

-- Customer engagement software provider Freshworks acquires AI/ML provider
AnsweriQ, terms undisclosed.

--IPO--

-- ZoomInfo Files for $500M IPO.

--New Funds--

-- Corsair Capital closes Fund V, fintech/enterprise, $1B.

-- Mainsail Partners closes Fund V, bootstrapped software companies: $531M.

-- QED Investors closes Fund VI, early/growth-stage fintech: $350M.

-- Fifth Wall Ventures closes Retail Fund, innovation for the global real estate
industry: $100M.

-- Anthemis holds first close of latest discretionary fund, fintech: $90M.

-- Innovestor holds first close of B2B Industrial Technology Fund: $33M.

--Funding Breakdown--

--Transportation--

1 Deal: $2,250,000,000

--Deeptech--

3 Deals: $82,000,000

--Lifestyle--

2 Deals: $56,900,000

--Consumer Internet--

2 Deals: $53,700,000

--Biotech/Health--

4 Deals: $47,300,000

--Adtech/Martech--

1 Deal: $45,000,000

--Industrial--

2 Deals: $39,300,000

--Fintech--

3 Deals: $22,000,000

--DevOps--

1 Deal: $19,000,000

--Data/Analytics--

1 Deal: $5,000,000

--Legaltech--

1 Deal: $3,000,000

--GovTech--

1 Deal: $2,700,000

--AI/ML--

1 Deal: $2,600,000

--Sportstech--

1 Deal: $1,450,000

--Agtech--

1 Deal: $1,200,000

--Enterprise--

1 Deal: $1,100,000

Inside VC's writer/curator Stephen currently lives in Berlin and is pursuing a
Master's degree in philosophy. He otherwise enjoys cooking Indian/Southeast
Asian cuisine, received his Bachelors in NYC, and lived almost two years in
Bucharest.

Editor: Beth Duckett, staff writer at Inside.

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