Helium's $30m series B attracted several international corporates, and its healthcare software suite is an example of how Nigeria's companies are moving on from traditional areas like fintech.

Frontier Airlines, Volaris and Wizz Air - none of which were CVCs two months ago - helped the startup raise $50m, but their purchasing power might end up being more important to the company's future.

Selva Ventures closed its second fund at $34m, securing support from Unilever and others in the consumer and professional sports sectors.

Google's second big investment in Anthropic in three months puts it head to head with Microsoft-backed OpenAI in the generative AI race.

Ensoma's $135m series B was one of five big rounds for early-stage drug developers week despite a pharma sector that is becoming ever more selective.

SoftBank's $120m sale of Paytm stock at a loss came in the same week as valuation cuts for Swiggy, Ola and Zomato as India's once promising startup scene hits turbulence.

Quest agreed to acquire cancer diagnostics startup Haystack Oncology while GV took part in oncology drug developer Antiva’s $53m series E round.

Avalanche Energy CEO Robin Langtry tells us why Toyota and Autodesk are investing in a nuclear fusion startup, and why its reactors are going to be used to power satellites.

Education provider Globis closed its seventh VC fund at $543m while Heritage Medical Systems, Exor and Alexandria participated in RNA drug developer Orbital’s $270m series A round.

Axa IM Alts co-led a $106.5m round for bacterial therapeutics startup Vedanta while Bloomberg Beta participated in generative AI developer Replit’s $97.4m series B.

Telstra Ventures helped savings app developer Super raise $85m while ING Ventures was part of database software producer Weaviate's $50m series B.

Amazon, Munich Re and Qualcomm backed the second tranche of Span's latest round, while Associated British Foods helped lift KoRo’s series B to $82.7m.

Nvidia was part of cloud infrastructure provider CoreWeave’s series B round while Dell chipped into cybersecurity startup Halcyon’s $50m series A.

Black-focused online streamer Mansa and hip hop content platform Rock the Bells both closed corporate-backed rounds this week, part of the changing face of new media.