Consumer

New retail holding company Ficus raised equity funding from EWTP Capital, which is backed by corporate parent Alibaba.

Media group Schibsted has exited the aftersales experience platform, which has been purchased by financial technology developer Klarna.

Several of the online fresh fruit and vegetable retailer's subsidiaries have filed for bankruptcy despite it raising more than $800m from investors including Alibaba and Suning.

Time-backed online marketing software producer Rokt pushed its valuation to $450m in a round led by TDM Growth Partners.

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.