Sectors

Osage University Partners is among the investors in Northwestern spinout Vanqua Bio’s $85m series B round.

UNC Chapel Hill’s agricultural technology developer AgBiome has increased its overall funding to $230m following the series D round.

The American Express and Salesforce-backed payment software developer tripled its valuation to $4bn in its latest funding round.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a series C-1 round for the irregular produce marketplace that lifted its overall funding to nearly $527m and valued it at $2bn.

The Vayner Capital-backed visual design tool provider has secured funding at a $40bn valuation, five months after a $71m round.

Ribbon will pursue a national expansion with $75m in series C funding and $75m more working capital raised from investors including First American Financial.

Alibaba reinvested in the enterprise management software producer's latest round through cloud computing subsidiary Alibaba Cloud.

The online real estate portal's valuation shot from $1bn to $1.5bn in a series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

Eli Lilly was among the investors in neurodegenerative disease drug developer Vanqua Bio’s $85m series B round.

Fibonacci VC’s second fund is double the size of its debut vehicle, thanks to commitments from LPs including Xiamen C&D and China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Group.

R/GA, Oak View Group and 32 Equity are set to exit POS technology developer Appetize in an acquisition by SpotOn potentially sized at about $300m.