Consumer

Main Sequence Ventures has thrown its weight behind Nourish’s $11m funding round, which was co-led by Horizon Ventures.

Samsung has promoted Dede Goldschmidt to run the vehicle, whose previous co-heads Shankar Chandran and Francis Ho have begun a new fund with its former chief strategy officer, Young Sohn.

Q&A with Ricardo Latournerie, senior investment analyst, AC Ventures

The SoftBank and Alibaba-backed sports memorabilia retailer doubled its valuation to $12.8bn in a late-stage round that took its total funding near the $2bn mark.

ActionIQ has pushed its series C round to $100m following an extension from existing shareholders.

The lab-grown meat developer has picked up $47m in its series A round thanks to commitments from investors including Section 32 and Agronomics.

Q&A with Gonzalo Soriano, senior investment analyst, AC Ventures

The on-demand consumer delivery service more than doubled its valuation to $8.9bn in under six months, in a round backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 1.

Fosun Xingyuan Innovation Fund, reportedly an existing investor, helped the processed food provider secure $15.3m.

The newly established Tokai Venture Capital and Incubation unit will focus on the total life concierge concept.

Overview of three of the largest initial public offerings (IPOs) from 2020 in which the China-based internet company either scored an exit or increased its stake.