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From e27:

Data-driven venture investment platform Hatcher+ today announced the completion of the 100th investment from its H2 fund and the closing of a $7.5m (US$5.5m) seed funding round.

Describing the funding round as oversubscribed, Hatcher+ stated that it plans to use the investment to further develop its predictive analytics engine and business process automation platform.

“Over the past year, we’ve invested in startups at a rate of three a week, which is a fairly unprecedented rate of investment. And to date, these investments have mainly been in Australia, Europe, India, and the US,” said John Sharp, Co-Founder and Partner at Hatcher+.

“Our goal now is to aggressively expand our investment activity into China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and the Middle East in partnership with leading advisory firms and co-investment partners, and to expand our deal analysis footprint through tie-ups with leading service providers to the VC industry,” he continued.

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