Sectors

HealthpointCapital has acquired a majority stake IlluminOss, the orthopaedic implants supplier that raised $28m in a series C round backed by SR One eight years ago.

Fresh from rejuvenating its corporate venturing team, Syngenta has launched a new accelerator in a bid to uncover novel food protein products.

US-based cybersecurity software developer DivvyCloud agreed to be acquired by security analytics provider Rapid7 for $145m in a cash and shares transaction that will give an exit to mass media group Discovery Communications.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

San Raffaele-Telethon gene therapy spinout Genespire has picked up series A funding from Sofinnova Partners to target inherited metabolic diseases and primary immunodeficiencies.

Despite uncertainty, Yahoo Japan’s corporate venturing vehicle will continue its efforts in innovation and technology in the Japanese ecosystem through collaborations with startups.

The investment and financial advice app developer raised the money at an $800m valuation, in a round led by $80m from LendingTree.

A consortium including Continental Grain, Bunge and Tekfen has pushed the crop nutrition product developer's total funding to more than $186m.

Samsung, Sompo, Nationwide and Micron took part in a series C round that will help the automotive technology developer expand its product offering and geographic footprint.

Andreessen Horowitz has led a $50m series D round for Figma that more than quadrupled the O’Reilly-backed design software developer’s valuation to $2bn.