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Citi and Sony helped Superpedestrian raise $125m while Dott boosted its latest round to $155m with help from Prosus, as the e-scooter sector looks to expansion.

MIT spinout Superpedestrian has collected $125m in a series C round that attracted Sony Innovation Fund and Citi Impact Fund.

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CSAA-backed digital home insurer Kin Insurance has backed out of a reverse merger while The Sandbox has committed $50m to a metaverse startup accelerator.

Despite being the first year spent entirely during the pandemic, 2021 underlined the strengths of the ecosystem with spinouts raising nearly $39.2bn.

Baidu and Geely committed $400m to Jidu, their joint venture from the hot electric vehicle space. The proceeds from this latest transaction will go to R&D and mass production of cars.

Baidu and Tencent are among the investors that will score an exit if the online auto aftersales platform goes public in a Hong Kong offering.

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SoftBank's Vision Funds took part in a $260m series F round for online finance provider Creditas and led last-mile delivery service Paack's $225m series D.

Baidu and Geely injected the cash in their electric vehicle joint venture and the proceeds will be used for R&D and mass production of the cars.