Consumer

Alibaba´s financial subsidiary Ant has received approval from regulators which will allow a dual listing on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges and enable it to raise up to $35bn at a reported valuation of $250bn.

Rabobank’s Food & Agri Innovation Fund and UPL have backed a $10.2m round for the grain storage monitor developer.

Xiaomi led an eight-digit dollar round for the social shopping guide, which will use the funding to boost its product development and increase headcount.

Google has reportedly supplied the funding as part of a larger round with a $7.5bn pre-money valuation that the online marketplace aims to close at $1bn.

Naver, LG Tech Ventures and KDS Media Fund helped the product discovery technology provider raise $30m alongside $10m in debt financing.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Existing investor Cox Enterprises led a debt and equity round to increase its share in the indoor farm operator to a majority stake.

Tom Whitehouse, CEO at Leif Capital, moderated a discussion comparing cleantech investment with the first decade after the millennium.

Formed in the Big Bang, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the known universe and believed to comprise about 75% of matter. Hydrogen, therefore, is seen as one of the key elements in targeting net zero carbon emissions.

It is not an exaggeration to say that 2020 has been an eventful year for the oil and gas industry.

Esenagro contributed to a round that lifted the vegan mince and meat producer's overall funding to nearly $80m in the past year.