Consumer

Bumble Fund has secured $1m in capital commitments from its parent company and will invest up to $250,000 in female-founded startups.

Kinnevik bought a 15% stake in Rasmussen, Varner and Arctic-backed online grocer Kolonial in a primary and secondary transaction.

The copper goods producer has secured more than $45m in a round that included Xiaomi Ventures, reportedly as an existing investor.

SoftBank and eBay are among the exiting investors in the e-commerce marketplace, while Tencent and Microsoft will retain stakes.

Miele Venture Capital supplied an undisclosed amount of funding for KptnCook, developer of a blended recipe and grocery shopping app.

The BCC-backed online marketplace raised the cash over the course of this year, and is preparing to expand internationally.

Anti-food waste platform developer Karma has secured Electrolux as a strategic partner as well as an investor in a Kinnevik-led round.

The food delivery platform has almost tripled its valuation to $4bn in the five months since SoftBank led its $535m series D round.

Two corporate players backed gene therapeutics firm Orchard Therapeutics in a round that may indicate an uptick in investments in genetics-related tech for this year