Consumer

Sony and Pksha Technology helped the vertical strawberry farm operator raise cash that will go to increasing production and widening its product range.

Innovative region: South Korea

The Novel Group and CAA-backed wholesale marketplace platform developer has taken in funding from investors including Brighton Park Capital and Imaginary Ventures.

SoftBank Vision Fund is scoring an exit from the Korea-based online marketplace, which is going public in 2021's largest IPO so far.

Deutsche Post is in line for an exit from the cross-border e-commerce platform through a prospective $100m initial public offering about a year after investing.

Duke University's contactless security system developer agrees to list through a reverse takeover, providing an exit to OUP.

The vegetarian food brand has closed an $18.3m round co-led by Vorwerk Ventures and backed by fellow corporate investor Gaydoul Group.

Vorwerk Ventures and Blue Horizon Ventures have co-led a series A round for the ETH Zurich spinout selling plant-based meat products.

Telstra Ventures returned to help the mobile commerce platform developer close a round co-led by Inovia Capital and Lion Capital.

Bill Ford becomes the third managing director of portfolio operations group at ICV after three years as Coca-Cola's director of venturing and portfolio management.

Ping An and Alphabet-backed health insurer Oscar priced an upsized offering above its range to raise $1.44bn. The offering is part of the broader health space, which has seen many exits in the past years.