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SBI Life was among the 33 anchor investors that backed the legwear brand’s $61.2m round, disclosed the day before the latter went public.

We are offering a small excerpt from our latest quarterly report on corporate venturing in the oil and gas space.

Autonomous driving technology developer MaxiEye bagged nearly $50m in a Desay-led round while software testing technology producer Mabl raised $40m from investors including GV and Presidio Ventures.

Koch Disruptive Technologies helped molecular diagnostics system developer Sense Biodetection expand its latest round to $65m while Hilti bought portfolio company Fieldwire for $300m.

The venture capital market has expanded rapidly over the past few decades, maturing and diversifying with the development of a variety of investment strategies, including more widespread and sophisticated secondary transactions.

Sector report: Finance

Citi has exited neobanking software developer Digit and real estate analytics provider Reonomy in acquisitions each sized at over $200m.

The food ordering service has invested in Shiprocket, CureFit and Magicpin and is targeting $1bn in corporate venturing commitments.

Delivery Hero and DX Ventures co-led the social commerce platform developer's latest round, reportedly boosting its funding to over $366m in the past year.

Japan Post Capital returned to participate in the fresh produce delivery service’s latest close at a $1.2bn valuation, after two series E tranches disclosed recently.

Catapult Capital Partners will invest in consumer-minded startups, having already backed Simply Protein and Target 100 and secured an exit through the TSX-listed Flow Water.