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Deals: January 21, 2022
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Jan 21, 2022Investors pour $20m into Flying Embers
Beam Suntory was among the investors in the organic alcohol brand's series C round, possibly the largest yet in the space.
Jan 21, 2022Daily Deal Round Up: January 20, 2022
Mental health app developer Lyra Health raised $235m from investors including Salesforce while blockchain development software provider Secret Network launched a $225m ecosystem fund.
Jan 20, 2022SoftBank sinks funding into Shoplazza and Big Health
Vision Fund 2 invested in e-commerce software provider Shoplazza and digital therapeutics developer Big Health as part of what is becoming a busy January.
Jan 20, 2022Wheel rolls out $150m series C
Salesforce was among the investors that backed the virtual health service’s latest round, helping it take its funding to $216m altogether.
Jan 20, 2022Mythical Games scores Polystream acquisition
Intel and Wargaming Group both exited the metaverse gaming platform developer in a deal which could be the first of several in the rapidly growing space.
Jan 20, 2022Powerlist Q&A – Rob Coppedge, Echo Health Ventures
Q&A with Rob Coppedge, CEO, Echo Health Ventures
Jan 20, 2022Deals: January 20, 2022
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Jan 20, 2022Ori Biotech orchestrates series B
UCL spinout Ori Biotech has raised more than $100m in a series B round led by Novalis LifeSciences, just over a year after closing a $30m series A round.
Jan 20, 2022Daily Deal Round Up: January 19, 2022
Volkswagen Group invested a nine-figure amount in 24M Technologies while SoftBank participated in a $100m series C round for Pixis.
Jan 19, 2022ByteDance bids goodbye to investment team
The digital media group has restructured its corporate venturing activities on the same day as China revealed proposals which would place investments under greater scrutiny.
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