Sectors

SoftBank and Tencent provided a combined $150m to co-lead a series F round valuing the trucking services marketplace at $1bn.

Red Apple Group is exiting the smart trolley provider, which is being taken over by Instacart in a cash-and-stock deal.

Cambridge Innovation Capital-backed flexible electronics manufacturer PragmatIC Semiconductor has raised the capital from undisclosed investors.

NYU’s deep learning technology developer has pushed its overall funding to $100m in a series C round backed by the university.

Digital health drives healthcare investments to record heights

Battery swapping service Sun Mobility closed $50m in funding from Vitol while Sinopharm-backed drug developer Sinotau raised the same amount in a series D-plus round.

Xiaomi returned for the smart home appliance producer’s series C round, which also featured Country Garden Ventures.

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

Google Cloud bolstering the cybersecurity software provider's latest round with a $50m investment that took its total funding to $713m.

SoftBank, Alphabet and GLP helped the digital freight management service reach unicorn status as it looks further develop its technology and scale operations.

Amgen, Merck & Co, Pfizer, Intermountain and McKesson were among the investors to jointly acquire a majority of the clinical trials software producer's shares.