Globant and Mercado Libre both invested having partnered the coding education provider on a two-year programme about to launch.

The SIG-backed social network developer doubled its valuation to $250m in a round coming less than a year after it raised $35m.

The event community platform developer secured the series C funding at a $325m valuation and plans to more than double headcount this year.

First American Financial and Shea Ventures contributed to a round that reportedly made the second-hand home marketplace the fastest US company so far to achieve unicorn status.

Asher Bio has launched with $55m in series A financing to commercialise research partially conducted at WashU and Leiden.

Lundbeckfonden Ventures and Chiesi Ventures have once again invested in the ocular oncology therapy developer, which has now raised $191m in total.

AlsOK, IIJ and KDDI have returned to back the cryptocurrency exchange and standardisation services group’s $61.6m round, joining fellow corporates Japan Post, Mitsubishi, NTT and Secom.

DSM Venturing was among the investors in a round that will help the lab-grown meat developer widen its product range.

XtalPi and Astellas Venture Management contributed to a $45.6m round that took the drug discovery technology provider's total funding to over $60m.

Parkwalk Advisors has returned to back a $46m round for PhoreMost, weeks after the latter’s spinout Neophore attracted $21m in a series B.