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Analysis: Shapeways goes public in a reverse merger
Shapeways is another company from the 3D printing space, which has gone public through a reverse merger, after its peer Desktop Metal in 2020. The additive manufacturing space has seen a somewhat modest interest from corporate investors in the past decade.
May 3, 2021CVS Health sets up $100m fund
CVS Health Ventures has been launched to formalise an investment strategy that has backed the likes of Unite Us and LumiraDx.
May 3, 2021Daily Deal Round Up: April 30, 2021
Driverless vehicle developer EasyMile closed a $66.4m round featuring Alstom and Continental while UCB and LivaNova-backed EEG technology developer Ceribell secured $53m.
Apr 30, 2021Daily deal net: April 30, 2021
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Apr 30, 2021JD Logistics gets go-ahead for IPO
JD.com's logistics spinoff, which counts China Life and Tencent as investors, has received approval for an offering set to be between $3bn and $4bn in size.
Apr 30, 2021Tata gets assent for BigBasket majority purchase
Alibaba could potentially sell $550m of shares in the deal, which has been given approval by regulators and which will give Tata a 64% stake in return for $1.2bn.
Apr 30, 2021Paxos finds path to $300m
PayPal Ventures has returned to take part in the virtual currency platform developer’s series D round, which secured it a $2.4bn post-money valuation.
Apr 30, 2021Darktrace races to $230m IPO
The cybersecurity technology provider, which counts SB Isat among its early investors, has gone public in its home country.
Apr 30, 2021Vaccitech accesses public markets
GV, Tencent and Gilead Sciences will exit the vaccine and infectious disease drug developer in an initial public offering sized at about $110m.
Apr 30, 2021Vectra AI harvests $130m in funding
The Intel, Juniper Networks, Nissho and Wipro-backed cloud security software provider has closed a round that took its total funding to $330m.
Apr 30, 2021Modern Meadow manages $130m series C round
The Evonik and Continental Grain Company-backed bio-based materials producer has appointed a new CEO alongside its latest funding round.
Apr 30, 2021Wasabi warms up with $112m series C
Fidelity led a series C round for NTT Docomo-backed cloud storage services provider Wasabi that increased its valuation to $700m.
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