Consumer

The GCV Digital Forum 2.0 last month combined Global Corporate Venturing’s regional and sector events – GCV Asia Congress, Synergize and Energy.

US-based vegetarian food producer Livekindly Collective closed $135m in funding from investors including food ingredient developer Griffith Foods.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

The Tencent-backed retail chain floated well above its range in New York and its shares have risen some 40% post-IPO.

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.