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

The Beenos, Toyota Tsusho and Digital Garage-backed second-hand car marketplace has secured the first portion of a $200m round at a reported $1.2bn valuation.

Wipro has returned to back a $47.6m second close for the Amazon, L’Occitane and Times Group-backed beauty service provider’s series C round at a reported $300m valuation.

Naver Financial Corporation co-led the grocery ordering app operator’s series D round, which included fellow corporate venturer Z Venture Capital.

500 Startups and TDK Ventures share insights on how today’s multinationals are catalysing innovation.

Denso took part in a $71m series D round for artificial intelligence technology provider Blaize while inflammatory disease drug developer Aristea closed a $63m Novo and Arena-backed round.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a round for the IoT tagging technology developer that was backed by several other corporate investors.