Consumer

The corporate-backed venture firm has upped its stake in Delivery hero to 39% and has contributed to a $110m round raised by FoodPanda.

Alibaba would invest the cash at a valuation of about $5bn, only months after SoftBank invested $627m in Snapdeal at a $1.9bn valuation.

The bank-backed Business Growth Fund has invested in the UK-based menswear brand, taking a minority stake of undisclosed size in the company.

IDG Ventures has invested an undisclosed sum reportedly sized at several million dollars in the e-commerce company.

Google Ventures has participated in a $2m seed round for e-commerce aggregation app HeartThis, which combines more than 330 retailers in a single place.

Deal Analysis for February

With the slow recovery from the financial crisis and divestiture strategies undertaken by some big players, 2014 was marked by numerous exits by corporate investors in the industrials sector.

The fast-growing neighbourhood-based social network, backed by Comcast and Google, has now raised $210m in total as it prepares to monetise elements of the service.

Mother-focused social network operator Lamabang, backed by investors including VIPshop, has now raised about $130m in overall funding.

The Islamic women's fashion site has now raised $8.5m in just over two years.