Consumer

Burda Principal Investments returned for a series D round that lifted flower delivery service Bloom & Wild's total funding to at least $130m.

The payment tech space saw a flurry of activity in mid-January with two series D rounds and an aborted acquisition at corporate-backed companies.

Jeff Housenbold was a former GCV Rising Star award winner having joined SoftBank as a managing partner for its Vision Fund almost four years ago.

Dave Smith was a former GCV Powerlist award winner at Corning and sat on the board of X Display and Versalume.

Bilibili’s esports spinoff has secured $27.8m through a round led by the corporate-backed Zhejiang Chuangxiang Culture Fund that included B-Ray Media.

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

The JF Shea-backed social commerce marketplace priced its shares above the range in an offering valuing it at about $3bn.

Weber has bought the smart oven producer, one of its portfolio companies, in a deal that allows Amazon Alexa Fund to exit.

The newly formed DX Ventures starts with more than $60m and nine portfolio companies under managing director Duncan McIntyre.

Rich Products Ventures has helped the meal delivery service secure $10.3m to hike its overall funding to $26m.

Group buying service Xingsheng Youxuan raised the money at a $5bn valuation and has reportedly secured upwards of $1.8bn in the past 18 months.