Google and Times Group helped boost ShareChat’s latest round to $520m while Animoca Brands has acquired a majority stake in portfolio company TinyTap for $38.9m.

Educational Testing Service was part of a $225m round for digital higher education provider UpGrad while SoftBank helped recruitment software provider Fountain extend its series C to $185m.

The Arm-backed accelerator picked six companies for its largest cohort yet, focusing on hardware, manufacturing and knowledge.

The joint vehicle between CJ Group's grain trading subsidiary and KK Fund will back Southeast Asia-based food, agriculture and biotech startups.

Qualcomm bought portfolio company Cellwize for $350m while Northrop Grumman took part in a $135m round for radar technology producer Echodyne.

Julio Ramundo is heading up the paper and pulp provider's newly formed corporate venturing unit, which is targeting forestry sustainability and efficiency technologies.

SR One co-led antibody therapy developer Ancora Biotech's $60m series A round while Al-Dhow Engineering helped coffee chain Flash Coffee secure $32.8m.

Adam Jackson has joined Robert Bosch Venture Capital from Bose, heading up the unit's newly formed Boston office.

American Family helped digital auto insurance portal Branch secure $147m while Anthem, Optum and CVS Health all contributed to a $140m round for home care platform developer CareBridge.

GV participated in tech apprenticeship platform Multiverse’s $220m series D round while Amgen, UCB, UPMC and Takeda helped genetics disease drug developer Code Biotherapeutics raise $75m.