SAP.io took part in email software provider Sedna's $34m series B round while Byju's picked up BCC-backed learning app developer Toppr in a deal reportedly sized at about $150m.

Branding services provider Tailor Brands raised $50m in a GoDaddy-led series C round while Orix is set to exit hiring software developer PandoLogic in a $150m acquisition.

ArcelorMittal led the rechargeable battery developer's series D round with a $25m investment through its XCarb vehicle.

Telefónica-backed addiction treatment app developer Quit Genius raised $64m while oral care product maker NYSCPS received almost as much in a round featuring ByteDance.

Analysis: oil and gas Q2 2021

The global electricity market is worth around $3 trillion a year and is only likely to get bigger. But if electricity power generation fails to keep up with demand securely and flexibly, what trade-offs need to be made for which devices gets what level of allocation?

Greenhouse gas monitor GHGSat boosted a Schlumberger-backed round to $45m while Toyota’s Woven Planet subsidiary is buying spatial intelligence software developer Carmera.

Clean medicine developer Genexa roped in Unilever for its $60m series A round while Krafton led storytelling platform developer Pratilipi's $48m series D.

Q&A with Andrea Course, venture principal, Shell Ventures

General Motors, Hyundai, Kia, Geely, SAIC Motor, Koch Industries, Foxconn and LG took part in a $200m PIPE supporting a $3.6bn reverse merger for lithium-metal battery developer SES.