Tsinghua Research Capital has participated in a $23m series A-plus round for the self-driving technology developer.

Based on research at University of Washington and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Zap Energy is working on a nuclear fusion reactor.

Sparx has returned to lead the OUVC-backed cell-based therapeutic technology developer’s series B round, which brought its overall funding to almost $45m.

The industrial supplies provider has secured $220m overall after a series E round backed by Harvard Management Company.

Electric vertical aircraft developer Beta Technologies has attracted investors including Amazon, which invested through its Climate Pledge Fund.

SoftBank has led a $260m series C round for the warranty policies provider, which also featured PayPal and Nationwide.

Eat Just has established a new cultured meat subsidiary Good Meat with $170m in funding supplied by UBS O’Connor, Graphene Ventures, K3 Ventures and others.

Intel Capital returned for a $100m series C round raised by online food retailer Goldbelly, having previously taken part in a $20m series B two and a half years ago.

Meituan-Dianping has once again invested in the commercial robot maker through a $77.8m series C round that also included an unspecified strategic investor.

Capital One Ventures and Citi Ventures have featured in the series B round for the cloud-native authorisation software developer.