The fresh produce distribution service will invest in agricultural technology startups at seed stage, supplying technology and experience as well as cash.

Carbon-to-diamond technology developer Aether raised $18m in a Helena-led round while healthcare fintech startup Lynx emerged from stealth with $17.5m from investors including Commonwealth Care Alliance.

The corporate-backed virtual cosmetics app developer’s SPAC merger later this year is set to be boosted by $50m in financing from investors including CyberLink, Chanel, Shiseido and Snap.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Prosus Ventures has returned to back the on-demand delivery service, helping the company’s total funding reach nearly $129m.

Subsidiaries of Lennar and JLL helped provide $400m for homebuilder Veev while Sinar Mas is supplying $200m for digital wallet developer Dana.

South Africa-based cryptocurrency exchange Valr and healthcare operations software developer Qventus each raised $50m in corporate-backed rounds.

The headless commerce software provider received a capital injection from SoftBank as the e-commerce space looks to be more flexible.

Verizon-backed video software provider Beamr Imaging has filed to go public while cancer screening technology developer Mirxes raised $87m.