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The digital advertising technology provider has launched a venture capital unit which has already completed its first investment.

University of Washington spinout Icosavax has filed for an initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, with financial terms yet to be set.

Drug discovery technology developer Standigm added $10m to the cash it raised from SK Chemicals last week while Six FinTech Ventures helped fintech software provider Toqio secure $9.4m.

The Samsung and Qualcomm-backed cybersecurity technology producer added over $180m to a $1.22bn offering last week.

The valuation is double that at which the Alphabet, Comcast and Axel Springer-backed, neighbourhood-focused social network last raised money.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 co-led a round for surveillance technology provider AnyVision, which counts Qualcomm and Robert Bosch as existing backers.

The Tencent-backed geospatial data technology developer will acquire a Nasdaq listing through the transaction, giving it an $850m implied enterprise value.

Swisscom and Hitachi-backed genomic data technology provider Sophia has filed to go public following some $250m in venture funding.

Mitsui and Nan Fung could exit the rare disease drug developer, which is set to float on the Nasdaq Global Select Market having set a $100m placeholder target.

The cybersecurity technology provider, backed by LG, Samsung, HP and Nvidia, added cash from Chrysalis Investments to a series D round now totalling $167m.

Marubeni and SBI have co-led a $15.3m round for the Mongolia-focused mobile credit app developer, investing alongside existing shareholder Techstars Ventures.