Consumer

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

GV returned for consumer goods stock exchange StockX’s $110m series C round, which valued the company at more than $1bn and brought its total funding to $150m.

Chernin Group took part in a series B round that increased the total funding raised by celebrity message video service Cameo to nearly $66m.

Pablo Moro Casquete has left his head of innovation role at Mutua Madrileña to join Telefónica’s Innovation Investment arm, having previously worked for the telecoms firm for over a decade.

CureFit had held discussions with SoftBank Vision Fund over a $200m investment, but Unilever Ventures has instead stepped up as part of a $120m round.

The fast fashion retailer has invite banks to apply for roles in the offering, having raised its first external financing in a Tencent-backed round last year.

CureFit had held discussions with SoftBank Vision Fund over a $200m investment, but Unilever Ventures has instead stepped up as part of a $120m round.

Booster, a fuel delivery service backed by Stanford-StartX Fund, has collected $56m in series C funding from investors including Enterprise Holdings and Total.

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

Industrial e-commerce platform Zhenkunhang raised a $160m corporate-backed series D round, which forms part of the emerging e-commerce space

Limited edition sneakers trading platform Nice has secured tens of millions of dollars in a series D round led by the SoftBank-backed TPG-SV China Ventures fund.