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The company, which is based in Indonesia, provides a wide range of services, from rides to payments to food delivery.

Gojek鈥檚 investors include , and . The company first raised money with its $2 million in December 2014, and has more than in funding, according to 附近上门.

The financing deal was finalized over the past week, Bloomberg reported. It鈥檚 an impressive sum that comes as the world economy feels the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. stock market, for example, has sunk and investors have suggested that there will be a slowdown in venture capital funding.

鈥淲e鈥檙e not stopping there as we are still seeing strong demand among the investment community to partner with us,鈥� co-CEOs Andre Soelistyo and Kevin Aluwi wrote in an internal memo to employees, which was obtained by Bloomberg. 鈥淭here are a number of exciting ongoing conversations that we will be able to update you on very soon.鈥�

Gojek competes perhaps most notably with Singapore鈥檚 , another ride-hailing giant that鈥檚 trying to be the 鈥渆verything in one鈥� app with rides, payments, food delivery and other services. Grab–which has nearly $10 billion in funding, according to 附近上门–and Gojek were reportedly in talks about a merger, though Gojek denied it, according to Bloomberg.

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Cubic Motion鈥檚 technology helps make facial animation in video games and movies more lifelike. The startup鈥檚 tech has been used for other games including 鈥� 鈥淢arvel鈥檚 Spider-Man鈥� and 鈥檚 鈥淕od of War.鈥�

The startup, which is based in Manchester, United Kingdom, has more than $20 million in funding, according to 附近上门. Epic Games did not disclose a purchase price.

The acquisition of Cubic Motion will complement , another company Epic Games bought in January 2019, the company said in a statement. 3Lateral makes technology to digitize human appearance and motion to look lifelike.

鈥淒igital humans are not only the next frontier of content creation, but also the most complex endeavor in computer graphics,鈥� Epic Games CEO said in a statement. 鈥淲ith Cubic Motion bringing their computer vision and animation technology and expertise to our digital human efforts, Epic along with our team at 3Lateral are one step closer to democratizing these capabilities for creators everywhere.鈥�

Cubic Motion is Epic Games鈥� , according to 附近上门. Its last acquisition was in November 2019.

Based in Cary, North Carolina, Epic Games makes video games including 鈥淔ortnite鈥� and 鈥淚nfinity Blade.鈥� It also makes Unreal Engine, a suite of tools for game development.

Epic Games鈥� investors include and , according to 附近上门.

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The new round, which included participation from new investors and , brings Roblox鈥檚 total funding to more than $335 million, according to CrunchBase data.

Roblox recently reached 115 million monthly active users and more than 1.5 billion hours of monthly engagement.

鈥淚f early-stage venture is about asking 鈥榃hat if it works?鈥�, later-stage venture is about asking and assessing, 鈥業s it working?鈥�,鈥� a16z general partners and wrote in a on the firm鈥檚 website. 鈥淲ith largely organic user sign-ups, highly recurring purchase behavior, a high margin structure for the platform, and a super strong value proposition for users (who derive hours of entertainment at a lower cost than they can find elsewhere), Roblox is cash flow positive. Roblox is working.”

Along with the new funding, Roblox has a secondary offering of up to $350 million to provide liquidity for early employees and stakeholders, according to a statement from the company. The company is now valued at $4 billion, according to .

Roblox last raised money in July 2018, when it pulled $150 million for its Series F, according to 附近上门. Its other investors include , and .

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