Sectors

Country Garden Venture Capital returned to reinvest in Bluepha having led the the bioplastics developer’s series B2 round five months ago.

SoftBank is hopping on the meal-kit bandwagon having acquired a stake in Gousto at a valuation of $1.75bn.

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

Eikon Therapeutics was co-founded by UC Berkeley researchers, one of whom has already received a Nobel Prize for the underlying technology.

MassMutual Ventures was among the participants as Zluri became the latest software-as-a-service management platform developer to raise money.

Raw materials provider Vital Thin Film secured $188m in a round co-led by BYD while drug developers CinCor and Vigil raised a total of $292m in their initial public offerings.

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

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

Gokongwei, Sunway and YTL are among the participants in the vehicle resale platform developer’s latest round, which reportedly included Mediatek and Taiwan Mobile, at a $1.7bn valuation.

All existing shareholders including Alexandria Venture Investments contributed to the RNA drug developer’s series B round, following a $91.5m series A in mid-2020.