GSK, Johnson and Johnson and Asahi Kasei helped take Pulmocide’s series C round to $144m while Slingshot raised nearly $41m from investors including Lockheed Martin.
Reverse merger
Circle, the US-based blockchain payment platform backed by corporates FTX, Baidu, Bitmain, CreditEase and Wanxiang, has terminated a reverse merger agreement with New York-listed special purpose acquisition company Concord Acquisition Corp. The deal was first announced in July 2021, potentially valuing the merged entity at $4.5bn, before Circle managed to double its valuation seven months later.
M&A
Cryptocurrency group Animoca Brands has acquired…
