Sectors

The venture capital market has expanded rapidly over the past few decades, maturing and diversifying with the development of a variety of investment strategies, including more widespread and sophisticated secondary transactions.

Sector report: Finance

Sinopharm, Sinovac Biotech and Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals all took part in the liquid chromatography technology provider’s series D round.

The bespoke education programme operator’s $1.4m startup accelerator will focus on edtech startups in a bid to explore hitherto unknown technologies.

Corporate LPs Syngenta, Adisseo, Esco Lifesciences and Cavallo Ventures all contributed to the agriculture-focused venture firm's sophomore fund.

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

The food ordering service has invested in Shiprocket, CureFit and Magicpin and is targeting $1bn in corporate venturing commitments.

Xiaomi has re-upped its commitment to the lidar chip developer through a $70m extension, having already co-led the round's first tranche five months ago.

Koch Disruptive Technologies returned for a round valuing the consumer finance provider at $6bn pre-money.

Delivery Hero and DX Ventures co-led the social commerce platform developer's latest round, reportedly boosting its funding to over $366m in the past year.

Japan Post Capital returned to participate in the fresh produce delivery service’s latest close at a $1.2bn valuation, after two series E tranches disclosed recently.