Sectors

Bell Food Group and M Ventures have contributed to an initial $55m series B tranche for the cultured meat developer spun out of Maastricht University.

4490 Ventures, a VC firm aligned to University of Wisconsin-Madison, backed a series A extension intended to advance in-venue digital marketing technology company UpShow's product and recruitment plans.

UT Southwestern-founded Taysha Gene Therapies surpassed its goal after underwriters bought additional shares.

SF Holdings has joined forces with Citic Capital’s CCRE China Logistics to form a $308m fund that will focus on the logistics sector.

Tencent and Heyi Group are among the investors in line for an exit as Logicreation files to go public in China.

Tencent has led a round worth hundreds of millions of dollars for New Ruipeng, which is now valued at $4.4bn and also backed by Boehringer Ingelheim and Country Garden.

Roche has injected funding into Palladio, creators of a drug for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

OUP has injected follow-on funding into Palladio, creators of a drug for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2, PICC Group and Morningside Venture Capital co-led the round, which also attracted Tencent, China Life Insurance, SIG China and others.

Delivery Hero and SoftBank-backed Rappi has picked up more than $300m from a group of investors including T. Rowe Price Associates.

Tencent joined GL Ventures and YF Capital to co-lead a $176m funding round for Taimei Technology, while SoftBank China Venture Capital also invested.