Axa Venture Partners has helped put $60m into Virtuo, while Super collected $50m and Salto picked up $42m.

Checkout.com-backed Thunes has added $60m to its coffers, while Desktop Metal purchased Adaptive3D less than a year after Arkema invested.

Nexa3D has confirmed $55m in funding across several rounds, while BukuKas has added $50m to its coffers and both Label Insights and Mya Systems have been acquired.

Vark and Willbox have both raised funding, while Cisco has decided to buy Kenna Security and Guru Capital has purchased Oval Money.

Sector report: Media

Kyocera, Mitsui Fudosan and Japan Post hepled satellite technology developer Axelspace complete its series C round while PayPal is buying portfolio company Happy Returns.

Short-term accommodation provider Cohabs secured more than $70m in a round led by AG Real Estate, while Stampli, Impress and Tarana Wireless each raised $50m.

Human resources software provider Legion and edge cloud services provider Zenlayer each received $50m while Intel is exiting Sedona Systems in a $100m acquisition.

Bertelsmann helped crypto financial service provider Babel Finance close a $40m series A round while Blind raised $37m from investors including Cisco.

Legend Holdings' Legend Star unit led a round for optical chip producer Turing Quantum sized above $15m while several Japanese companies also raised money.