Consumer

SoftBank’s Vision Fund returned to back the e-commerce business in a $1bn round. Our data suggest upward pressure on valuations in this space as well.

Honor Ventures aims to raise between $500m and $600m for investments in consumer tech startups.

Boyu Capital will manage the Shiseido Beauty Innovations Fund on behalf of the eponymous Japan-based cosmetics producer.

JD Health has backed a $93m series D round for Rimag, while a couple of India-based startups delivered exits.

The Ant Group, Aucfan, Emtek, Gree, Microsoft and Naver-backed digital marketplace owner’s shares on IDX jumped 25% on the first day of trading.

Main Sequence Ventures has contributed to a $53.3m series B-plus for V2Food, having already backed the initial $55m series B round last October.

Pulse Medical and BioMap are among the companies that raised nine-figure rounds, while Amwell bought two corporate-backed companies at once.

Israel-based specialty minerals and chemicals group has launched its programme to support businesses in the food tech and agtech space.

The offering would produce $500m, including up to $70.6m from the sale of new shares, and offer exits to Max Group and TVS.

New and returning investors have chipped into the ETH Zurich plant-based meat spinout’s pre-series B round, five months after it completed a series A.

Corporate-backed teleconferencing system provider Baijiayun raised cash at a $465m valuation while financial software provider Prime Trust closed a $64m round featuring Nationwide and Samsung Next.