Industrial

DSI Underground has acquired Edvirt, a virtual reality-based training services provider backed by Chalmers Ventures.

The construction materials marketplace operator was valued at $1bn in a round featuring Sistema Asia Fund.

The 3D printing technology developer has publicly launched with funding from a consortium featuring Hypertherm Ventures.

Microsoft, Porsche and Siemens have all scored another win as Markforged pursues a reverse merger that will net it $425m in gross proceeds.

SoftBank’s robotics portfolio company Berkshire Grey has lined up a reverse merger with Revolution Acceleration Acquisition Corp and will be valued at $2.7bn.

Symbio Robotics has received cash from the UC Berkeley-linked House Fund as it announces its official company launch.

The Evans Properties, Agro-Iron and Shrieve Chemical-backed organic fertiliser producer has pulled in new funding for its series C round.

Novo supported the first close of 2150's debut fund, which was anchored by NREP, the property developer that also incubated the venture firm.

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

Boreal Ventures will invest in deep tech companies emerging from ÉTS Montréal’s incubator Centech and the wider Quebec ecosystem.

South China University of Technology spinout POI-Tech is working on industrial internet applications and will use some of the money to expand R&D activities.