Siemens and Volkswagen provided $450m for the latter's Electrify America subsidiary while Leaps by Bayer helped push ReCode Therapeutics‘ series B round to $200m.

Susquehanna Growth Equity has led a $62m series B round for speech-to-text software provider Speechmatics, while Fidelity’s Eight Roads unit led digital asset data aggregator Kaiko's $53m series B.

Prosus helped B2B e-commerce platform ShopUp lift its series B round to $174m while SPIL Ventures co-led a $70m series C for trucking optimisation platform Deliveree.

SoftBank led contract management platform developer LegalForce's $102m series D round while several corporates exited logistics service provider GogoX in an $85m IPO.

Osage University Partners has added MicroTransponder to a small but mightly portfolio of medical device companies.

Illumina and Celgene could exit genome researcher Human Longevity in a reverse merger while Openly raised $75m from investors including Advance Venture Partners and Gradient Ventures.

The first investment by the RPA technology producer's new CVC unit is in a $51.5m round valuing workplace automation software developer AirSlate above $1.2bn.

Educational Testing Service was part of a $225m round for digital higher education provider UpGrad while SoftBank helped recruitment software provider Fountain extend its series C to $185m.

GV took part in food delivery service Wonder Group’s $350m series B round while two Hanwha subsidiaries contributed to a $145m round for eVTOL aircraft developer Overair.

Qualcomm bought portfolio company Cellwize for $350m while Northrop Grumman took part in a $135m round for radar technology producer Echodyne.