Duke Energy is among the investors in Source Global, which has created panels that generate clean drinking water from sunlight and water vapour.

Bikini brand Frankies Bikinis received $18m from strategic investor Victoria's Secret while department store retailer Lojas Renner has formed a $31m investment vehicle.

Multiple corporates helped call centre software producer Cresta raise $80m at a $1.6bn valuation while agricultural intelligence provider Apollo secured $40m in a round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2.

Radiopharmaceuticals developer Precirix completed an $88m series B round featuring Novo while corporate-backed kitchen technology provider Bear Robotics raised $81m.

MUFG Innovation Partners contributed to mobility financier Moove's $105m series A2 round while MS&AD and Nationwide helped insurance software developer Socotra raise $50m.

SAIC Motor’s Hengxu Capital helped allosteric drug developer Nutshell Therapeutics close a $40m round while cancer therapy developer Impact Therapeutics secured series D1 funding.

Schibsted Ventures participated in a round which pushed the smart energy provider's overall funding to over $170m as it eyes European expansion.

Carbon-to-diamond technology developer Aether raised $18m in a Helena-led round while healthcare fintech startup Lynx emerged from stealth with $17.5m from investors including Commonwealth Care Alliance.

Subsidiaries of Lennar and JLL helped provide $400m for homebuilder Veev while Sinar Mas is supplying $200m for digital wallet developer Dana.

South Africa-based cryptocurrency exchange Valr and healthcare operations software developer Qventus each raised $50m in corporate-backed rounds.