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Grofers feeds on $200m

SoftBank Vision Fund has led a $200m funding round for Grofers that more than doubled the online grocer's valuation to $1bn.

May 15, 2019

Impossible Foods impresses with $300m

Alphabet-backed vegan burger producer Impossible will use the funding, secured at a $2bn valuation, to increase production capacity.

May 14, 2019

Life360 revolves to $105m IPO

ADT, BMW and Duchossois Group have achieved exits after people-tracking app developer Life360 became one of the few US-based companies to float in Australia.

May 14, 2019

Corporate venturing deal net: 6-10 May 2019

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

May 10, 2019

Harry’s edges towards $1.37bn acquisition

Edgewell Personal Care has agreed to acquire razor subscription service Harry’s in a cash and stock transaction that will allow Grace Beauty Capital to exit.

May 10, 2019

Target locates startups for 2019 accelerator

Nine startups will each receive $120,000 from Target and Metro through their accelerator, while eight more will get $10,000 through the Target Incubator.

May 8, 2019

OpenTable serves up Venga purchase

OpenTable will offer Venga's customer analytics software to its restaurant clients following the acquisition, which will allow Think Food Group to exit.

May 7, 2019

Natura retains $5m for startup investments

The comestics supplier plans to invest the capital in Europe and North America through a series of funds, starting with Dynamo Beauty Ventures.

May 7, 2019

Analysis: Beyond Meat cuts a $241m IPO

Meat substitute developer Beyond Meat, which has received backing from two corporate venturers, went public.

May 7, 2019

UHZ stays fit with Vay Sports

Vay Sports has been spun out of University of Zurich to commercialise a fitness app that exploits computer vision to monitor a user's posture.

May 6, 2019
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