SoftBank Vision Fund 2 co-led a $150m round to allow the metaverse technology developer to push its overall funding past $750m.

Wipro and Intel backed customer experience platform developer Lilt's $55m series C while Pfizer is buying corporate-backed respiratory virus therapeutic developer ReViral for up to $525m.

Mitsui took part in oncology therapy developer Ensem Therapeutics' $67m series A round while Bioventus is paying up to $450m to buy the rest of portfolio company CartiHeal.

Q&A with Meryem Aydin, senior investment analyst, Amadeus Ventures

The electronics subscription service received $110m in equity and $220m in debt financing from a consortium including Assurant, SevenVentures and Mirae Asset-LG Electronics New Growth Fund.

The round which pushed the ETH Zurich-linked carbon capture system developer's overall financing past the $800m mark.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

Christine Martin has officially taken over as head of Cambridge Enterprise Seed Funds, having already been in charge in an interim capacity.

Crypto.com, Huobi and BitMart invested in cryptocurrency scaling technology developer Boba Network at a $1.5bn valuation while natural fibre composite provider Bcomp netted $34.9m in a BMW-led round.

Swiss Re was among the participants in a round which pushed the carbon capture system developer's overall financing past the $800m mark.