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Daily deal net: September 21, 2021

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


Sep 21, 2021

Rising Stars Q&A – Chris Park, UL Ventures

Q&A with Christopher Park, investment director, UL Ventures

Sep 21, 2021

Investors serve Good Meat with $267m

Eat Just’s cultured meat subsidiary secured the funding from new and returning backers four months after a $170m tranche of the round.

Sep 21, 2021

Airwallex accesses $200m at $4bn valuation

Payment technology provider Airwallex was valued at $4bn in its series E round, following earlier funding from Salesforce, ANZ Bank, Tencent and Mastercard.

Sep 21, 2021

SoftBank sheds $1.69bn of Coupang shares

SoftBank has divested 57 million of its 625 million shares in the NYSE-listed e-commerce marketplace, having invested $3bn between 2015 and 2018.

Sep 21, 2021

Blueground accommodates $180m series C round

Jabbar Internet Group-backed flexible rental property provider Blueground has pulled in $140m of equity funding and $40m of debt through its latest funding round.

Sep 21, 2021

AvidXchange seeks Nasdaq listing

The Mastercard-backed payment software provider has raised over $1.2bn pre-IPO and has opted to float on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Sep 21, 2021

Illumina Ventures introduces $325m Fund II

Illumina has anchored the second fund to be closed by the venture firm it sponsors, with Ireland Strategic Investment Fund among the limited partners.

Sep 21, 2021

Pyxis Oncology files for IPO

The cancer treatment developer is set to go public in an offering which would represent exits for Pfizer Ventures, Leaps by Bayer and Ipsen.

Sep 21, 2021

Lightricks shines with $130m series D

The content creation tool developer was valued at $1.8bn through a series D round featuring Access Industries’ ClalTech unit, Harel Insurance and Finance and Migdal Insurance.

Sep 21, 2021

Monese monetises interest to raise $90m

Investec has returned to provide the first tranche of the PayPal and Avios-backed banking platform developer’s series C round, taking its total funding to $162m.

Sep 21, 2021

Tradesy traps $67m in series D round

The luxury fashion re-sale platform, which counts Virgin among its earlier investors, has pushed its overall funding past the $140m mark.

Sep 21, 2021
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