Consumer

The Global and China L4 Autonomous Driving and Start-ups Report, 2021, found that except for a few companies, such as Waymo and Uber, which performed worse than expected, level four (L4) autonomous driving firms in other fields gained momentum.

Hikma led a $15m extension to surgical robotics developer Activ Surgical's series B round, now sized at $60m, while data collaboration software provider Hex raised $52m from investors including Snowflake and Databricks.

Animoca Brands, FTX, Adidas, Alphabet, MoonPay, Genies, Samsung and The Sandbox all took part in the the NFT platform developer's seed round at a $4bn valuation.

The on-demand grocery provider secured funding from Astra International and Syngenta as it looks to grow geographically.

Deutsche Telekom-backed DTCP was among the investors that pushed the cybersecurity management platform developer’s valuation to $2.6bn.

Artificial intelligence technology developer Aibee raised cash from Xiaomi at a unicorn valuation while industrial technology provider Bluetron received $78.6m.

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

Radiopharmaceuticals developer Precirix completed an $88m series B round featuring Novo while corporate-backed kitchen technology provider Bear Robotics raised $81m.

Oppo was among the investors that helped Holatek, the 36Kr and Alibaba-backed owner of intelligent projector system developer, complete its latest round.

Vestaire Collective is buying the Virgin-backed luxury fashion marketplace in a bid to increase its presence in a growing US market.

Monthly analysis: February 2022