Consumer

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

Bikini brand Frankies Bikinis received $18m from strategic investor Victoria's Secret while department store retailer Lojas Renner has formed a $31m investment vehicle.

The grocery delivery service has slashed its valuation by almost 40% post-coronavirus, though that still represents a hefty increase for corporate backers Comcast, American Express and Amazon.

The sportswear distributor’s $24.6m Goldwin Play Earth Fund will run for a decade and focus on environmentally friendly materials, sustainable manufacturing and sports-related healthcare and education.

The drone technology provider raised capital from a host of corporates, bringing its total funding to over $84m.

Accounting services provider Contabilizei pulled in $60m through a SoftBank-led round while luxury food brand KoRo raised $54.9m from investors including The Social Chain and HV Capital.

The Global and China L4 Autonomous Driving and Start-ups Report, 2021, found that except for a few companies, such as Waymo and Uber, which performed worse than expected, level four (L4) autonomous driving firms in other fields gained momentum.

Hikma led a $15m extension to surgical robotics developer Activ Surgical's series B round, now sized at $60m, while data collaboration software provider Hex raised $52m from investors including Snowflake and Databricks.

Animoca Brands, FTX, Adidas, Alphabet, MoonPay, Genies, Samsung and The Sandbox all took part in the the NFT platform developer's seed round at a $4bn valuation.

The on-demand grocery provider secured funding from Astra International and Syngenta as it looks to grow geographically.

Deutsche Telekom-backed DTCP was among the investors that pushed the cybersecurity management platform developer’s valuation to $2.6bn.