Hometap's home equity finance model - part of a wave of digitisation in the property finance space - has been validated again by an American Family-led round.

Salesforce Ventures helped supply $62m for business intelligence software developer Klue while GS Retail invested $55m in mobility services provider Kakao Mobility.

SoftBank’s Latin America Fund helped prayer app developer Glorify raise $40m at a $250m valuation while decentralised derivatives network Hxro Network secured $34m in a round featuring several corporates.

The crowdfunding service increased its latest round to $84.5m and has formed a joint investment vehicle with Lotte.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 invested in sneaker marketplace operator Soda at a $336m valuation while university application platform developer CollegeDekho increased its series B round to $35m.

Amber Group led the DEX platform’s latest round, participating together with about 50 investors including Gemini Frontier Fund, Alameda Research and Jane Street Capital.

Goldman Sachs and CLSA were among the investors that provided $63.4m to take the online lending marketplace's total funding to over $83m.

Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis made strategic investments in advanced battery developer Factorial Energy while celluar therapy developer Mana Therapeutics closed its $42m series A round.

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

The business invoice lender received series D funding from investors including Allianz X and BNY Mellon at a $1.1bn valuation.