Consumer

SoftBank Vision Fund has led a $200m funding round for Grofers that more than doubled the online grocer's valuation to $1bn.

Alphabet-backed vegan burger producer Impossible will use the funding, secured at a $2bn valuation, to increase production capacity.

ADT, BMW and Duchossois Group have achieved exits after people-tracking app developer Life360 became one of the few US-based companies to float in Australia.

Mobile payment platform PayPay raised $419m in funding from SoftBank. This is a deal from a space that has seen much growth in terms of the corporate-backed deal flow in recent years.

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

Edgewell Personal Care has agreed to acquire razor subscription service Harry’s in a cash and stock transaction that will allow Grace Beauty Capital to exit.

Nine startups will each receive $120,000 from Target and Metro through their accelerator, while eight more will get $10,000 through the Target Incubator.

OpenTable will offer Venga's customer analytics software to its restaurant clients following the acquisition, which will allow Think Food Group to exit.

The comestics supplier plans to invest the capital in Europe and North America through a series of funds, starting with Dynamo Beauty Ventures.

Meat substitute developer Beyond Meat, which has received backing from two corporate venturers, went public.

Vay Sports has been spun out of University of Zurich to commercialise a fitness app that exploits computer vision to monitor a user's posture.