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SoftBank’s investment will help the online retail investment service expand into the United States and ride a wave of consumer demand.

Gibson Brands led the live music venue developer’s first external funding round, which included funds linked to Goldman Sachs and LionTree.

Peter Na has departed from his position as director of Southeast Asia investments at Naver to head the venture firm's Singaporean office.

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

King’s College London has joined existing existing partners Imperial College London, University College London and University of Cambridge.

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

Homebuilder Icon boosted a corporate-backed series B round to $392m while FTX, Munich Re and Alphabet contributed to IoT technology developer Helium's $200m series D.

SoftBank made its latest foray into India’s growing B2B marketplace sector, as ElasticRun more than tripled its valuation to $1.5bn.

The diabetes testing product maker’s $86.8m Arkray 4U unit will seek out strategic entrepreneurs for its parent in areas such as digital medical equipment and functional food.

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

EPFL spinout MindMaze has raised $105m from investors including AlbaCore Capital, which had supplied $125m in capital only four months ago.