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Vertical take-off and landing jet developer Lilium went public by joining forces with Nasdaq-listed SPAC.

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

Several investors exited the SoftBank and Mahindra-backed, infant-focused e-commerce platform in a primary and secondary round valuing it at $2bn.

The Amazon and CAA-backed home fitness technology provider was valued at $1.6bn in a series E round that took its total funding to $450m.

The Amazon-backed food delivery service raised $2.07bn in its initial public offering only to see its shares fall some 25% on its opening day.

The grocery e-commerce marketplace’s latest round was co-led by Alibaba, and the proceeds will be used to boost its supply chain capabilities and product range.

Rabo Corporate Investments helped the vegan media and food provider boost its Griffith Foods-backed round by $200m and take its overall funding to $535m.

The $27.5m round was led by PayU and included another of the e-commerce platform's existing investors, Info Edge Ventures, as well as Google.

The SoftBank-backed automotive e-commerce platform developer ACV Auctions has gone public in an IPO. The company is part of the vehicle marketplace space which has seen much attention from corporate venture investors.

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

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