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Primary graduates to next funding grade

The Grace Beauty-backed online childrenswear brand has secured $19.8m according to a securities filing, to take its overall equity funding to $32.5m.

Celularity surfaces with $250m

The placenta-based regenerative therapy developer’s investors include Celgene, United Therapeutics, Sorrento Therapeutics, Human Longevity and Genting.

Roche to pay $1.9bn for Flatiron Health

GV and LabCorp will exit the oncology research software provider in an acquisition by Roche, which bought a 12.6% stake in 2016 at a $1.2bn valuation.

Walmart begins talks for Flipkart stake

Walmart could buy more than 40% of the e-commerce company at a higher valuation than the $12.5bn at which SoftBank Vision Fund invested in August.

NVP initiates $1.5bn fund

The Wells Fargo-backed venture firm has closed its largest ever fund, having secured $1.5bn to invest from seed to late stage.

HighRadius hits next stage with new funding

PNC and Citi Ventures have co-led a round of undisclosed size that came just five months after the accounts receivables software provider raised $50m from SGE.

Skydio records $42m series B

Skydio, the developer of an autonomous flying camera, has disclosed $70m in funding, including a series B round featuring technology partner Nvidia.

UK-based fashion e-commerce brand Farfetch is preparing to interview bankers for an initial public offering that would enable e-commerce firm JD.com to exit, CNBC reported on Tuesday citing sources familiar with the matter. The offering could take place before the end of 2018 in New York and could value the company at as much as… Continue reading Farfetch to test IPO waters

Payfone takes $23m funding call

MassMutual Ventures and Synchrony Ventures have come on board as investors as the identity authentication technology provider prepares to expand into new sectors.

GV helps UJet finds higher altitude

Customer interaction platform UJet has raised $25m in a GV-led series B round that included Citi Ventures, lifting its overall funding to more than $45m.

HackerRank rises with $30m

Randstad Innovation Fund has backed a series C round for HackerRank, a software skills assessment platform developer that has now raised $58m in total.

InfluxData infers interest in $35m series C

The Bloomberg Beta-backed data analysis software provider took its total funding to $60m in a Sapphire Ventures-led round.

JD.com to package $2.5bn for logistics spinoff

Corporates Tencent and China Life are among a range of investors participating in the round, which will fund the newly independent JD Logistics.

EBay writes off $61m from Snapdeal venture

The e-commerce firm led rounds for Snapdeal totalling $184m in 2013 and 2014, but has written off $61m of its investment according to a financial report.