– Prospection has successfully raised $45m from institutional investors in a Series B round, cornerstoned by new investor Ellerston JAADE with participation from existing shareholders Main Sequence and Horizons Ventures.
– Prospection uses real world data, powering evidence to deliver better patient outcomes. Its powerful AI algorithms follow millions of de-identified patients over time to search for patterns in their health and treatment journey. Uniquely, these algorithms can ingest multiple longitudinal patient and commercial datasets globally from varied sources such as governments, insurers, healthcare providers/institutions and health records, to produce rich and accurate insights at high speed.
– These datasets are turned into actionable, medical insights to help determine the best treatment plan for a patient, locate patients who would benefit from improved therapeutic decisions and be written into publishable evidence for scientific journals.

– Owlstone Medical is a Cambridge UK-based global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine.
– Company raised $58m in funding.
– The round was led by Horizons Ventures, which now takes a seat on Owlstone Medical’s Board, and is joined by other existing and high-profile new investors from Asia, the Middle East and the United States.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate the company’s commercialization of its Breath Biopsy tests.

– Alpaca, a fintech startup, raised $50m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Tribe Capital and joined by Spark Capital, Portage Ventures, Social Leverage, and Horizons Ventures.
– The company plans to secure 100 partners for its equities trading tech by the end of 2021.

– Genvid is a NYC-based provider of interactive livestreaming technologies and services.
– Company announced $113m Series C funding.
– The round was co-led by existing investors Valor Equity Partners and Atreides Management with participation from new investors Third Point Ventures, Cobalt Capital, LightShed Ventures, XN, and Lux Capital, existing investors Galaxy Interactive, Horizons Ventures, OCA Ventures (via OCA’s new growth equity fund), and Makers Fund and strategic partners Huya, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, and Samsung Ventures.
– The company intends to use the funds to establish Genvid Entertainment LLC, a new publishing subsidiary dedicated to producing Massive Interactive Live Events.

– wefox is a digital insurance company based in Berlin.
– The company raised US$650m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by Target Global with participation from existing investors OMERS Ventures, Gsquared, Merian, Horizons Ventures, Eurazeo, Mubadala, Creditease, Salesforce Ventures, Speedinvest, Alma Mundi Ventures, Victory Park Capital, GR Capital, Mountain Partners, Seedcamp, and Sound Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to expand into the US and Asia within the next two years while strengthening its presence in its existing markets in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Poland.

– Bad Robot Games, the Bad Robot’s video game division, completed a $40m Series B funding.
– The round was led by Galaxy Interactive, with participation from existing investors Horizons Ventures, Iconiq Capital and Tencent.
– The financing follows the formation of its internal development team, Bad Robot Games Studio, and the hiring of CEO Anna Sweet in early 2020.
– Bad Robot Games will use the new capital to build out its internal Games Studio and continue to ramp up the team with additional hiring.

– Modern Meadow is a biofabrication company based in New Jersey and Brooklyn.
– Company raised $130m in Series C funding.
– Key Partners Capital led the round with participation from Astanor Ventures, Horizons Ventures and Cape Capital.
– The new investment will be used to invest in research and development across material science and biotechnology.

– Otter.ai announced that it has raised $50m in a Series B led by Spectrum Equity, with continued participation from Horizons Ventures, Draper Associates, GGV Capital, Draper Dragon Fund, and others to capture unprecedented demand for its online meeting productivity tools.
– John Connolly, Managing Director of Spectrum Equity, will join Otter.ai’s Board of Directors.
– Otter.ai’s AI-powered collaborative note-taking and productivity app work seamlessly with video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Google Meet and with phone calls and other voice communications.
– The round includes a $10m convertible note.