Industrial

Several corporates backed the blockchain technology developer in its latest round, boosting its valuation to $1bn. Valuations of blockchain tech companies have soared along with the interest in speculative assets classes inherently linked to the blockchain in recent times.

Smiths Medical and WuXi AppTec are exiting infusion pump developer Ivenix in an acquisition that could reach $240m, while AI software developer Syntiant raised $55m from investors including Renesas.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

Several corporates helped hydrogen refuelling service H2 Mobility Deutschland collect $122m while enterprise optimisation software developer Skan.ai closed a $40m Dell-led series B round

A roundup of exits, including IPOs and acquisitions, across the tech transfer ecosystem.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

VIB-backed venture capital firm V-Bio Ventures has reached the final close of its second fund and hired Shelley Margetson as managing partner.

Alibaba helped AR glasses provider Nreal take its funding to $200m in the past year while SGE led a $60m series D round for online coder recruitment service HackerRank.

Sompo Japan led a round which doubled the satellite developer’s overall funding to $200m and which is set to support its expansion plans.

Big Idea Ventures has added another five university partners to its Generation Food Rural Partners fund, ranging from Cornell to Washington State.

DigitalBridge Ventures led wireless adoption software developer Celona's $60m series C round while Papaya is paying up to $200m for Rakuten-backed payment platform developer Azimo.