Consumer

The vertical farm network has pulled in $140m through a series D round led by SoftBank Vision Fnd and backed by commercial partner Driscoll's.

Griffith Foods helped plant-based food and media group Livekindly Collective increase its funding this year to $335m.

Corporates Walmart and Flipkart have renewed their commitment to the fresh produce distribution marketplace after initially striking up a strategic collaboration late last year.

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

You & Mr Jones put up a share of the funding as the consumer data technology provider took its overall funding to $60m.

Eli Lilly is to exit the genetic sequencing system provider Readcoor in a cash-and-share acquisition by 10x Genomics. This is one of the relatively few exits we have seen in this space over the past decade.

John Doherty, a GCV Powerlist award winner, becomes CFO as Walter Delph heads business.

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

University endowment-backed Will Ventures aims to unlock sports-related innovation across markets such as fitness, media and gaming.

Returning investor SoftBank Vision Fund came back for a round that valued the consumer product delivery platform at $3.9bn.

The Comcast, American Express and Amazon-backed grocery delivery service increased its valuation to $17.7bn in a round co-led by Valiant Peregrine Fund and D1 Capital Partners.