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Fraunhofer Society has found minimal impact from lockdowns and the pandemic on the number of spinouts its institutes were able to generate last year.

Vision Fund and Advance Publications scored exits but the real estate portal operator ended up significantly downsizing its initial public offering.

Prosus Ventures reinvested in the food delivery app developer at a $5bn post-money valuation, pushing its overall funding past $2.4bn.

The social commerce platform developer upped its valuation to $2.1bn in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that included Facebook and Prosus Ventures.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the customer loyalty platform developer’s latest round, which valued it at over $1bn.

The central nervous system-focused drug developer has raised approximately $124m so far from investors including 3M.

The Alibaba, SoftBank and Xiaomi-backed mobile charger producer has floated below its range in a $150m initial public offering.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities was among the participants as the drug discovery technology provider closed its series C round.

Merlin Ventures' growth initiative is set to provide up to $5m in funding for cybersecurity software developers.

The neobank's latest round included Saison Capital, Tencent Cloud Europe and existing backers Snow Leopard Ventures and Positive Moves.

Google has provided fresh funding for Kakao’s on-demand ride hailing spinoff two months after it received $200m from Carlyle Group.