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Coinbase is among the investors helping the new NFT exchange provide alternatives to OpenSea.

Web3 services provider Venly and genomic analysis technology provider Genome Insight each raised $23m while Rui Ye Lian helped Cedarlake Capital close a $189m fund.

Kaiser Permanente backed the India-based rapid delivery challenger as it squares up against bigger rivals.

Migdal and Menora Mivtachim helped renewable energy infrastructure developer Fu-Gen with fresh funding which will help expand its operations in the UK and Finland. This is a deal from the renewable energy space, which continues to see much momentum in the context of energy transition.

Content personalisation technology provider Movable Ink and carbon-negative concrete developer Brimstone each raised $55m, with Intel and Amazon respectively among the investors.

Info Edge's corporate venturing activities are being boosted by Singapore-owned Temasek, which is committing 50% of the capital for three of its funds.

Vishal Gupta, formerly a director at the SoftBank division that oversees its Vision Funds, has joined TA Associates in a similar role.

Q&A with Lukasz Garbowski, investment director, Btomorrow Ventures

Sector report: energy Q1 2022

Corporate-backed medical imaging technology producer Lunit is preparing to float in South Korea while cancer drug developer Pheast secured $76m from investors including Alexandria Venture Investments.

Web3 security software producer Certik received $60m from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund 2 while corporate-backed automation technology provider Vicarious is being bought after raising over $250m.