Sectors

Banking firm BBVA returned to reinvest in Neon, part of a group of digital banking portfolio companies it has built, increasing its stake to nearly 30%.

GV returned to reinvest in the customisable home developer’s series C round, taking its overall equity funding to $148m.

Animoca Brands has joined multicorporate-backed MCP to provide $10m for its Japanese spinoff, announced alongside a $30m startup accelerator formed with startup studio Brinc.

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

Sector report: services

Lockscreen content provider Glance is raising $200m from Jio Platforms at a unicorn valuation while Sobot, Smart Logic and Akulaku each secured $100m.

The newly formed OpenSea Ventures comes weeks after its NFT marketplace parent raised $300m, and it forms part of a surging corporate investment community in the space.

Fujifilm, Tokyu and Persol’s newly formed investment vehicles will help their respective corporate parents expand their open innovation roadmaps.

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

SEI Ventures is seeking disruptors in the fintech space having expanded from seed-stage deals, according to unit chief Russ Kliman.

The mobile game developer is looking to make acquisitions having raised funding from investors including Access Industries at a $1.4bn valuation.