Content personalisation technology provider Movable Ink and carbon-negative concrete developer Brimstone each raised $55m, with Intel and Amazon respectively among the investors.

Call centre software producer Replicant closed a $78m series B round backed by Salesforce Ventures while Ashvattha Therapeutics raised $69m from investors including strategic partner Huadong Medicine.

Vishal Gupta, formerly a director at the SoftBank division that oversees its Vision Funds, has joined TA Associates in a similar role.

Corporate-backed medical imaging technology producer Lunit is preparing to float in South Korea while cancer drug developer Pheast secured $76m from investors including Alexandria Venture Investments.

Massachusetts Mutual Life's venture capital arm has formed a fourth fund, which will concentrate on European and Asia-Pacific investments.

Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group led Binhui Biopharm's $47m series B-plus round while Sigfox has been snapped up by UnaBiz for under $30m after raising over $300m.

Web3 security software producer Certik received $60m from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund 2 while corporate-backed automation technology provider Vicarious is being bought after raising over $250m.

Appliance management app developer Fresco's $20m round was co-led by Vorwerk and Instant Brands while NBCUniversal and Hearst helped media measurement software provider TVScientific raise $20m.

SK Hynix, Marvell and M12 helped data centre technology producer D-Matrix pull in $44m while health insurance provider SafetyWing raised $35m from investors including Digital Garage and CreditEase.

GCV Rising Stars Will Geiger and Brett Kadesh have taken up director positions at the CVC management services firm while Maddi Holman and Kathy Quigley have been appointed associates.