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

UC Berkeley spinout SiFive has fetched a $2.5bn valuation in a series F round that pushed its overall financing to more than $350m.

Q&A with Victoria Lietha, principal, ABB Technology Ventures

UGent, VUB, UAntwerpen, UHasselt, ULiège, VITO and Imec are all among the partners of Qbic, which has raised $54m for its third fund.

Bernstein Management and JBG Smith helped accommodation provider Placemakr raise $90m while crypto custodian Hex Trust netted $88m in a round co-led by Animoca Brands.

The blockchain technology developer received backing from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Microsoft and UTA VC in a round more than doubling its valuation to $7bn.

Existing backer Zomato is set to purchase grocery delivery service Blinkit in a deal which will also give SoftBank Vision Fund and Bennett Coleman & Co exits.

First American Financial and National Association of Realtors were among the investors in the $70m equity portion of the real estate financing service’s latest round.

Macnica and Singtel Innov8 are set to exit the cybersecurity technology provider in a $617m cash and stock purchase by SentinelOne.

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

Hanwha Systems was among the participants in the satellite communication technology developer’s latest round, having originally agreeing to invest $30m in late 2020.