Sectors

Less than a year after raising $72.6m in its series A round, Aerovate Therapeutics has gone public following an IPO worth more than $121m.

Main Sequence Ventures has returned for a $47m round, having previously co-led a $13.7m series B for the satellite launch technology producer.

Tyson Foods has thrown its weight behind Harvard spinout Soft Robotics to bring the series B total to $33m.

4490 Ventures has reinvested in Trainual, participating in a $27m series B round a year and a half after having co-led the series A.

University of Tokyo Innovation Platform has led a $15.3m funding round for VividQ, while the institution’s Edge Capital increased its capital commitment.

UK Innovate will unite the Office of Technology Commercialization and several other initiatives as the university reveals it launched six new spinouts.

The GV-backed medical supplies distribution service received the money from new and returning investors at a $2.75bn valuation.

The corporate-backed AI software producer has reportedly hiked its valuation close to $6bn in a round co-led by Altimeter Capital and Tiger Global.

Existing investor JLL Spark backed electric motor producer Turntide Technologies in a convertible note round which took its overall funding to $400m.

The Comerica Bank-backed conversational intelligence technology developer backed secured series C capital to take its total funding to $315m.

The Sumitomo-backed online logistics marketplace has reached another close of its series D1 round, the second tranche being led by Citic Capital.