Consumer

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 supplied funding to the influencer e-commerce platform developer at a $2bn valuation to help accelerate growth and boost international expansion.

Vifor Pharma is snapping up Lundbeck and Baxter-backed vascular drug developer Sanifit for at least $231m while solar project developer SUN Energy closed $25m in funding at a $200m valuation.

SBI Life was among the 33 anchor investors that backed the legwear brand’s $61.2m round, disclosed the day before the latter went public.

Autonomous driving technology developer MaxiEye bagged nearly $50m in a Desay-led round while software testing technology producer Mabl raised $40m from investors including GV and Presidio Ventures.

Koch Disruptive Technologies helped molecular diagnostics system developer Sense Biodetection expand its latest round to $65m while Hilti bought portfolio company Fieldwire for $300m.

Citi has exited neobanking software developer Digit and real estate analytics provider Reonomy in acquisitions each sized at over $200m.

The plant-based food producer increased its overall funding to almost $2bn in a round backed by existing investors that could include GV.

Sumer Juneja, Lydia Jett, Vikas Parekh and Dennis Chang have all ascended at SoftBank Investment Advisers, which runs the corporate's Vision Funds.

Advance Publications and American Express scored exits as the fashion subscription service floated at the top of its range in an upsized offering.

The corporate-backed bulk grocery retailer has ceased operations approximately a year after it was formed by a merger between Tongcheng Life and Linlinyi.