The $126m first close of Ascent Fund II comes after BCG-backed B Capital secured $820m for its second growth-stage fund last year.

Krafton has invested $22.5m in the esports event promoter, which counts Nazara as its majority shareholder.

CommerzBank, Monex Group, Coinbase and Digital Garage are set to exit the digital wallet provider in a Paypal acquisition reportedly sized below $200m.

Existing investor Deppon Express was among the participants in a round for the robotic forklift developer sized at roughly $15m.

Dell Technologies Capital returned for a round that took the cancer diagnostics technology developer's overall funding to $52m.

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

Deutsche Telekom-backed DTCP was among a group of investors that acquired a $270m stake in the cybersecurity management platform developer in a secondary transaction.

Allianz will collaborate on the development of new products with the digital financial services provider after supplying it with series C1 funding.

Kuaishou, Tencent, Sogou, Baidu and Sunshine Life are in line to exit the online answer platform developer, valued above $3.4bn in its last funding round.

The pharmaceutical firm is joining forces with China International Capital Corporation, the investment bank with which it launched a $1bn fund in 2019.