Mental health app developer Lyra Health raised $235m from investors including Salesforce while blockchain development software provider Secret Network launched a $225m ecosystem fund.

The newly launched investment company will exclusively co-invest in spinouts from UCPH.

The digital media group has restructured its corporate venturing activities on the same day as China revealed proposals which would place investments under greater scrutiny.

Porter Alliance for Innovative Medicines will be equipped with $130m to advance research from Stanford’s Innovative Medicines Accelerator.

Nestlé is throwing its weight behind the Eureka Fund, a vehicle focused on spinouts from 27 research centres and universities across Italy.

Shell Ventures intends to invest the capital over the next six years to support energy technology startups and scale-ups.

The cryptocurrency exchange is leaning futher into venture investments, expanding its fund to $500m and hiring a new partner.

MSW Capital is among the funds managing $36m of venture capital cash for Banco do Brasil, which is controlled by the Brazilian government and listed in São Paulo.

Car leasing service Dishangtie Car Rental completed a $200m series D round featuring Ingka while crypto-asset software producer Lukka raised cash in a corporate-backed round valuing it at $1.3bn.

Amy Wu joined the newly formed FTX Ventures from Lightspeed Venture Partners, where she had overseen the firm's investment in FTX as a partner.