IP Group returned for the Bristol spinout's series D that will go to product development and commercialisation.

Vifor Pharma is snapping up Lundbeck and Baxter-backed vascular drug developer Sanifit for at least $231m while solar project developer SUN Energy closed $25m in funding at a $200m valuation.

Tencent helped the motion tracking technology developer secure series D funding that will go to product development and commercialisation.

Autonomous driving technology developer MaxiEye bagged nearly $50m in a Desay-led round while software testing technology producer Mabl raised $40m from investors including GV and Presidio Ventures.

NTT Docomo took part in a series A round for VR technology developer Hikky that stands at $57.1m so far while cancer therapy developer Ankyra raised $45m from investors including GV.

Existing investors Lilly Asia Ventures and SBCVC returned for the multiomics product developer's latest round, in which it raised nearly $100m.

Cybersecurity platform developer SafeBreach and home improvement technology provider Block Renovation each raised $50m or over in corporate-led rounds.

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

The Salesforce, Workday and ServiceNow-backed software integration provider raised the sries E financing at a $5.7bn valuation.