SoftBank-backed barbershop booking service Squire raised $60m at a $750m valuation while card issuing platform developer Lithic was valued at $800m in a round featuring Exor.

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

Alphabet and Roc Nation-backed share and crypto trading platform developer RobinHood floated at the bottom of its range but still raised almost $2.1bn.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group-backed lending marketplace operator Figure has collected $200m in series D financing from investors including Blockchain.com.

Carbon-neutral blockchain technology developer Core Scientific raised $54m from Celsius while autoimmune disease therapy developer Topas Therapeutics took a BIVF-backed round past $47m.

Microsoft and Munich Re helped the cybersecurity insurance platform developer complete a series D round which took its overall funding to $272m.

Capital 49 will invest in companies developing technology utilising Airwallex's payment infrastructure, and has a $200m target for its close.

Denso took part in a $71m series D round for artificial intelligence technology provider Blaize while inflammatory disease drug developer Aristea closed a $63m Novo and Arena-backed round.

Ping An Global Voyager Fund has returned to back the asset management platform developer’s latest round, at a $4bn valuation.

The digital asset technology provider boosted its valuation to over $2bn in a round co-led by Siam Commercial Bank’s SCB 10X vehicle.