Financial services provider Tribal raised $60m in a SoftBank-led series B round while Credit Saison invested $30m in a round for peer-to-peer lender Julo sized at up to $60m.

The pet services provider is joining forces with CHW Acquisition Corporation at a valuation just over half that at which former backer SoftBank invested in 2018.

Intel and Alibaba-backed database software producer MariaDB agreed a $672m reverse merger while predictive analytics provider Pecan AI was one of three GV investments.

Constuction materials marketplace RenoRun's $142m Schneider Electric-backed series B round headed up some large rounds for Canadian companies also including League and Ekona Power.

Netease is set to exit the video game developer in the third multibillion-dollar gaming acquisition so far this year.

AInnovation floated weeks after another SoftBank-backed AI technology provider, SenseTime, while a third - Cybereason - has reportedly filed for its own offering.

CSAA-backed digital home insurer Kin Insurance has backed out of a reverse merger while The Sandbox has committed $50m to a metaverse startup accelerator.

SAP is set to pay an undisclosed amount for a majority stake in the Ping An, Saudi Aramco and Telus-backed digital invoicing technology developer.

Corporate-backed IoT technology producer Sigfox has filed for bankruptcy protection, possibly a casualty of a wider clustering of venture capital investment.

Mobile banking app developer One and earned wage access service Even will form a new company with the Walmart subsidiary featuring Qualcomm, Progressive and PayPal as shareholders.