SoftBank helped the raw materials procurement company secure $160m in a series E round, which will finance its acquisition strategy.

Abico Group, Gree, Mixi and Otto Group are all among the LPs that helped the venture firm close its fourth fund, which is set to back about 40 Asia-based internet, e-commerce and fintech startups.

Corporate-backed teleconferencing system provider Baijiayun raised cash at a $465m valuation while financial software provider Prime Trust closed a $64m round featuring Nationwide and Samsung Next.

Info Edge, Intel, SoftBank and Tencent are all in line for exits as PolicyBazaar files for an initial public offering in India.

SoftBank and PayPal helped the payments platform raise a series B round, which will be used to further boost the expansion of its digital ecosystem.

Orange Ventures returned in a round that boosted the digital payment technology producer's overall funding to $106m.

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.