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Daily deal net: March 3, 2021
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Mar 3, 2021Oscar's initial public offering tops $1.4bn
Ping An and Alphabet-backed health insurer Oscar priced an upsized offering on the New York Stock Exchange above its range to raise $1.44bn.
Mar 3, 2021CommerzVentures finds largesse for WeGift
WeGift has boosted its series A-plus round to $12m with a $4m investment by Commerzbank's venture capital arm.
Mar 3, 2021Sea Group sets aside $1bn for corporate venturing
David Ma will head the newly formed Sea Capital unit, which is set to allocate $1bn to consumer and enterprise technology developers in the coming years.
Mar 3, 2021Presage gets $13m financing provision
LabCorp Venture Fund, Bristol Myers Squibb and Takeda Ventures contributed to $7m in equity funding and a $6m convertible note for the cancer drug developer.
Mar 3, 2021Instacart gets $265m funding shipment
Fidelity Management and Research co-led a round that more than doubled the Amazon, Comcast and American Express-backed grocery delivery service's valuation to $39bn.
Mar 3, 2021Volocopter takes flight with $240m series D
Atlantia, Continental, Intel Capital, Klocke, NTTVC and Tokyo Century were among the investors in a round that took the air taxi developer’s overall funding to near $390m.
Mar 3, 2021Spire Global spies reverse takeover opportunity
The Qualcomm, Qihoo 360, Mitsui and Itochu-backed space data provider will be valued at $1.6bn and listed on the New York Stock Exchange once the merger closes.
Mar 3, 2021Corporates help eGenesis generate $125m
Xenotransplantation technology developer eGenesis took its total funding to $263m in a series C round backed by Bayer and Fresenius Medical Care.
Mar 3, 2021FogPharma finds $107m in series C
GV returned for a series C round that helped the precision cancer medicine developer increase its overall funding to over $180m.
Mar 3, 2021Olympus eyes Medi-Tate acquisition
Laborie is set to exit the medical device manufacturer after another of its investors, Olympus, announced its intention to pay $260m for its remaining shares.
Mar 3, 2021ACV Auctions aims for $100m in IPO
Online car dealership service ACV Auctions has filed to go public having previously raised some $360m in funding from investors including SoftBank.
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