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The diversified therapeutics developer has filed to go public in the United States a year after Pfizer contributed to its $310m series A round.

Tencent and Prosus Ventures were among the investors leading the small business wholesaler's latest round, bringing its total funding to almost $120m.

UChicago spinout Pyxis Oncology is aiming to raise more than $153m in its initial public offering, having set a price range of $14 to $16.

The data storage software provider has been bought by PacketFabric for an undisclosed amount, three years after a Cisco-led series A round.

Continental Grain, Syngenta and Ascot contributed to a $46.5m round which will support hiring and geographical growth for the commodities insurance provider.

China Communications Construction has backed the enterprise cybersecurity insurance provider’s $15.5m round, as did Nio Future Capital.

The vertical farming system developer has completed a $26m round that included KT&G and E1, with the cash to go to international expansion.

Sesame Ventures helped lazy eye treatment developer Luminopia raise $12m while UPS, Qualcomm and Mercado Libre exited courier marketplace Mandaê in a purchase by Nuvemshop.

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

Amazon, Ford, Cox Enterprises and Abdul Latif Jameel each own stakes in the electric vehicle maker sized at 5% or higher, as it targets a reported $80bn valuation in the offering.

SoftBank invested $125m through a $160m private placement as portfolio company and cancer drug developer Exscientia went public in an offering sized at nearly $305m.