BMW and Ralph Lauren contributed to an $85m round for sustainable materials provider Natural Fiber Welding while Credit Saison invested $80m in virtual credit card service Julo.

Aiko Solar and Midea Capital were among the participants in a round which will support ongoing construction of Gaojing's solar wafer production facility.

Salesforce Ventures returned for a series C round which will support an ongoing acquisition spree for the digital transformation services provider.

Decentralised finance technology developer BloXroute raised $70m in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 while Ackermans & van Haaren helped digital health technology developer Medikabazaar score a $700m valuation.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

SIG Venture Capital led a round also backed by Tencent and PLDT that will help the mobile financial services provider launch additional products for its neobank.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a round for cloud software marketplace Pax8 that included Liberty Global Ventures at a $1.7bn valuation.

The AI-powered call centre technology developer raised fresh capital in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that also featured Zoom, Next47 and NGP Capital.

Alcon was among the participants in a round representing the first funding to be disclosed by the cellular ophthalmology therapeutics developer.

Exploiting research conducted at Kyoto Prefecture University of Medicine, Aurion Biotech is focusing on therapies that can restore vision.