Consumer

The Indian subsidiary of the consumer goods conglomerate has set up a $27.9m vehicle to invest in sustainable technology developers.

Vanderbilt University joined fellow LPs including Consumer Technology Association in an oversubscribed close for the diversity-focused Harlem Partners Venture Fund I.

Temasek could reportedly invest in CureFit at a valuation of $800m, three years after UC-RNT Fund supplied $25m to the wellness services provider.

Temasek could reportedly invest in CureFit at a valuation of $800m, less than six months after Unilever Ventures participated in a $120m round for the wellness services provider.

Cellular Agriculture was spun out of University of Bath in 2016 as the UK’s first startup in the cultured meat space, but its ambitions go far beyond a lab-grown burger.

The number of flotations of companies that have previously received corporate backing has been growing over the past years but by the end of 2019 they may register a slight slowdown.

SHV Holdings,' NPM Capital fund reinvested in online grocery retailer Picnic as part of a round that will fund construction of a huge new distribution centre.

The second-hand clothing marketplace is now valued at $1.1bn, having raised money from backers including Burda Principal Investments.

The furniture rental service pulled in $17.5m from a round led by Crescent Enterprises' corporate venture capital vehicle as it prepares to expand into the Middle East.

V2Food has secured series A funding on the back of its strategic partnership with burger retail chain Hungry Jack's.

Plant-based burger manufacturer Impossible Foods is hoping to more than double its current valuation of $2bn, having already raised some $750m from investors including GV.