Chanel and Kraft Group were among the investors in Evolved By Nature’s $120m series C round, while Prosus led a $39m series B for Sharebite.

The cinema and kabuki studio’s Shochiku Ventures subsidiary will target virtual reality and entertainment digitalisation technology developers while its sister programme, Shochiku Accelerator, is accepting submissions until August 10.

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.

Bertelsmann India Investments is diving into a growing funding gap for early-stage startups in the country.

Former Experian Ventures investment director Chan Yip Pang has joined Vertex Ventures as an executive director.

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.

A range of corporates helped hydrogen system developer Electric Hydrogen raise $198m while Shell and Chevron backed fusion energy system developer Zap's $160m series C.

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.