Sectors

SoftBank led 5G chip developer Eigencomm's $157m series C round while smart bank Seba Bank raised $120m in its own series C, which included Alameda Research.

The $43.7m ME Innovation Fund is part of a $100m corporate venturing initiative revealed by the electrical product provider in mid-2020 and will invest in digital and green energy companies.

Tencent led a nine-figure round valuing the hospitality software provider at $1.25bn as the industry’s digitalisation gathers pace.

Q&A with Stéphane Longuet, co-founder and managing partner, Convivialité Ventures

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

UChicago Startup Investment Program has contributed once more to Foxtrot’s funding, participating in the convenience store operator’s $100m series C round.

Rush University Medical Center is among the backers of Transcarent’s series C round, which pushed the company’s overall financing to $298m.

The diagnostics technology developer has raised another $290m from existing investor Roche, which will support it as it looks to expand its products to additional cancers.

Synthetic DNA producer DNA Script and personalised health plan provider Transcarent each closed $200m corporate-backed series C rounds.

The footfall analytics software developer scored a $1bn valuation through a series C round featuring Majestic Realty, the latest real estate operator to invest in the property data sector.

The digital education services provider was valued at $3.4bn in a Prosus-led round which included fellow corporates Tencent, Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank.