Sectors

Illumina Ventures was among the returning investors for the round that will help Kallyope prepare a weight loss treatment for clinical trials.

Naspers subsidiary OLX Group led a $120m round for the e-commerce app developers, which have agreed to merge, and will own 40% of the combined entity.

Salesforce Ventures is set to exit the MuleSoft consultancy in an acqusition by Capgemini less than six months after it invested.

Duke University, North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill grew their cumulative spinout tally year-on-year but are set for challenging times ahead.

Viva Biotech contributed to a round that will help Regenacy Pharmaceuticals push its diabetic peripheral neuropathy candidate into phase 2 trials.

RigUp, the GE Ventures-backed developer of an energy work management platform, has secured $28.7m of a targeted $78.7m round.

The corporate-backed mobile wallet provider has secured a blend of debt, equity and warrant financing totalling $29.7m from an investor called MK SPV IX.

The anti-fraud platform developer boosted its total funding to $36m in a round led by Microsoft's M12 unit and backed by existing investor PayPal.

The mapping software developer has secured $14.1m in a round led by venture firm Everest Venture Capital, two years after being spun off by SF Express.

Former NTUitive chief executive Jui Lim will lead the Singaporean government's deep tech-focused investment unit from this May.

TusStar-backed semiconductor laser developer Berxel received $14.1m in a round that was led by Vision Knight Capital.