Sectors

Etsy is acquiring the Gen Z-focused social commerce platform Depop, giving an exit to Lumar. The transaction and its large size may be indicative of a potential momentum for exits from emerging enterprises in this space.

Airbus-backed space mapping software provider LeoLabs closed a $65m round while Qualcomm took part in supply chain technology developer Locus's series C funding.

Alexandria Venture Investments has contributed to the debut round for newly launched protein therapeutics startup Stablix Therapeutics.

The newly rebranded Toyota Ventures will split the cash between its Toyota Ventures Climate Fund and Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund.

Salesforce Ventures has returned to back the sales analytics technology developer’s latest round, which brought its overall funding to $584m and valued it at $7.25bn post-money.

The data management software producer was valued at $1.2bn in a round that included Snowflake Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital.

Less than a year old, the rapid grocery delivery service has secured $240m in a series A round co-led by Naspers-founded Prosus.

WuXi AppTec co-led a round for Junshi and Yitai-backed Stemirna, which is putting the funding into development of an mRNA vaccine for covid-19.

The e-commerce software provider has been acquired by CDK Global after approximately $24m in funding from investors including Liberty Mutual.

Sham Innovation Santé is set to exit the oncology diagnostics test developer in an cash-and-stock acquisition expected to close later this year.

Qualcomm Ventures and Samsung Ventures are in line for exits as the cybersecurity technology provider - valued at $3bn as of November - looks to float.