The on-demand grocery provider secured funding from Astra International and Syngenta as it looks to grow geographically.

Multiple corporates helped call centre software producer Cresta raise $80m at a $1.6bn valuation while agricultural intelligence provider Apollo secured $40m in a round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2.

General Motors agreed to buy out SoftBank and invest a further $1.35bn in the autonomous vehicle developer, which it spun off four years ago.

Country Garden Venture Capital was among the investors in the Qualcomm-backed contract chip manufacturing service provider’s latest round, which took its total funding to $630m.

Artificial intelligence technology developer Aibee raised cash from Xiaomi at a unicorn valuation while industrial technology provider Bluetron received $78.6m.

Axa Venture Partners and MassMutual Ventures returned for the insurance comparison marketplace’s latest round, which included Brighthouse Financial, Global Atlantic Financial, IA Financial, Lincoln Financial and Pacific Life.

Intel Capital was among the investors bringing the fabless semiconductor producer’s total funding to over $350m and its valuation above $2.5bn.

Bayer's impact investment arm returned for the round's $45m second close, as Triumvera looks to progess its solid tumour therapeutic candidate.

Radiopharmaceuticals developer Precirix completed an $88m series B round featuring Novo while corporate-backed kitchen technology provider Bear Robotics raised $81m.

Oppo was among the investors that helped Holatek, the 36Kr and Alibaba-backed owner of intelligent projector system developer, complete its latest round.