Several corporates helped the Montana State University-backed microbial protein developer take its total funding above $500m.

Tekfen, Bunge and Continental Grain have reinvested in the nitrogen fertiliser substitute producer through a series D round repotedly valuing it at almost $2bn.

Softbank Vision Fund 2, ADM, Danone Manifesto Ventures and SK helped the microbial protein developer take its total funding above $500m.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Salesforce Ventures co-led the corporate education resource provider's series D round, which took its overall funding to over $280m.

FirstCry has led a series A equity and debt round for GlobalBees, an e-commerce aggregator co-founded by FirstCry's CEO.

Temasek and Falcon Edge Capital co-led a late-stage round for the SoftBank-backed eyewear retailer valuing it at $2.5bn.

New Hope Group was among the participants in the dental clinic franchise owner's series B round, which lifted its overall funding past $200m.

Samsung, NTT Docomo and Huya helped the livestreaming technology provider close a round that took its overall funding to $166m.

WUSTL spinout Wugen has collected $172m in a series B round to progress its pipeline targeting several cancer indications.

Softbank enabled the cybersecurity software provider Cybereason to secure crossover financing at a valuation likely to have exceeded $3bn. This year seems set to be a record one for the broader corporate-backed cybersecurity space, with valuations spiking up.