Consumer

Fabrics trading platform developer Baibu has closed a series C-plus round led by GLP subsidiary Hidden Capital and has now raised $540m inside three years.

Tyson Ventures has returned for the plant-based shellfish substitute provider's series A round, bumping its total funding up to $26m.

Tencent was among the investors that added $280m to the business e-commerce marketplace's series D round, valuing it at $3.1bn.

Jubilant Foodworks is providing $12.9m for the barbeque restaurant operator at a valuation of about $115m.

Kirin has become the first known corporate investor to take a small stake in the beer brand, in a deal valuing it a bit below $300m.

The Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks and Milwaukee Brewers joined Microsoft in backing an impact investment arm of venture capital fund TitletownTech.

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Battery producer Sila Nanotechnologies, previously backed by a number of corporates, raised its latest multimillion dollar round, tripling its valuation.

SanomaVentures will exit the Netherlands-based cash rewards platform developer, which has been purchased for an undisclosed sum by its peer, Bonusway.

Today’s deal net round ups the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem that have occurred over the holiday period.

Alibaba-backed cross-border fund eWTP co-led an eight-figure round for milk-focused beverage brand Lacheer.