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SoftBank and Foxconn are both looking to sell shares in the offering, which could represent confirmation of a recovery for the once troubled e-commerce platform operator.

Corporate-backed unicorns Via and Cohesity have both confidentially filed to go public while autonomous driving technology developer Haomo.AI raised nearly $157m.

E-scooter rental service Voi has joined the likes of Tier Mobility and Lime by raising a nine-figure amount, in a series D round that will fund European growth.

HungryPanda CEO Eric Liu spoke to Global Corporate Venturing about the Asian food delivery service's Hubert Burda-backed series D round.

Mobile wallet developer Momo grabbed $200m in a Mizuho Bank-led round valuing it above $2bn while silicon wafer producer Mieke pulled in $188m.

Qualcomm and Flipkart-backed CE Info has gone public and secured a market capitalisation of approximately $1.1bn.

China-based chipmakers Chipone Technology and Vastai Technologies raised a total of over $1.2bn while Reddit has confidentially filed to go public.

Digital banking platform operator Nu Holdings priced its IPO at the top of its range in New York, representing the first Brazil-originated flotation in three months.

Data and analytics companies raise money in the hundreds of millions, while GV spreads investments across multiple sectors.

Sony Innovation Fund and Innovation Growth Ventures both had a spectacular 2021, and various team members spoke to GCV about their latest investments in Cruz Foam, Delos, Identiq and Kiswe.

Mouro Capital has returned to back the real estate transaction platform in the largest VC deal in Spain that outstripped Glovo’s $529m series F round closed earlier this year, thanks to an increased interest in the proptech and iBuyer space in the local market.