SoftBank and PayPal helped the payments platform raise a series B round, which will be used to further boost the expansion of its digital ecosystem.

SoftBank Vision Fund has returned to back the e-learning portal in a round which valued it at $3.44bn and lifted its overall funding to about $860m.

The transport provider is merging with publicly-listed Queen's Gambit Growth Capital at a $1.5bn valuation, with Zain and Agility both investing.

The biological ingredient technology developer, which counts BASF Venture Capital and Baidu Ventures as investors, raised more than $100m.

Ant Group-backed mobility serices provider has cancelled its initial public offering in the wake of regulatory crackdowns in its home country of China.

SoftBank-backed barbershop booking service Squire raised $60m at a $750m valuation while card issuing platform developer Lithic was valued at $800m in a round featuring Exor.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The Tencent-backed game publisher priced its shares at the top of their range in an offering set to take place on August 10 that will value it at $21.2bn.

Carbon-neutral blockchain technology developer Core Scientific raised $54m from Celsius while autoimmune disease therapy developer Topas Therapeutics took a BIVF-backed round past $47m.

Q&A with Ryota Suzuki, senior investment manager, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV