Accounting services provider Contabilizei pulled in $60m through a SoftBank-led round while luxury food brand KoRo raised $54.9m from investors including The Social Chain and HV Capital.

Hikma led a $15m extension to surgical robotics developer Activ Surgical's series B round, now sized at $60m, while data collaboration software provider Hex raised $52m from investors including Snowflake and Databricks.

Tencent co-led the cross-border human resources provider’s latest round, which included pre-series B funding raised in the second half of 2021.

The deep tech venture fund linked to Imec has raised $166m for its second fund, more than halfway to its $277m target.

Digital asset exchange Zipmex increased its corporate-backed series B round to over $51m while Digital Garage-backed 1plusX in a $150m acquisition.

The consumer lending platform developer raked in nine figures through a round backed by strategic partner JP Morgan.

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.

The car producer will invest in everything from autonomous driving to non-fungible tokens through the newly launched Stellantis Ventures.

Artificial intelligence technology developer Aibee raised cash from Xiaomi at a unicorn valuation while industrial technology provider Bluetron received $78.6m.

Managing director Dede Goldschmidt spelled out the unit's investment strategy along with its place in Samsung's corporate VC activities and the state of the post-pandemic market.