Business-focused neobank Qonto raised $552m from investors including Tencent at a $552m valuation while SK provided $350m for Center for CDMO Breakthrough Medicines.

Country Garden Venture Capital returned to reinvest in Bluepha having led the the bioplastics developer’s series B2 round five months ago.

SoftBank is hopping on the meal-kit bandwagon having acquired a stake in Gousto at a valuation of $1.75bn.

MassMutual Ventures was among the participants as Zluri became the latest software-as-a-service management platform developer to raise money.

Raw materials provider Vital Thin Film secured $188m in a round co-led by BYD while drug developers CinCor and Vigil raised a total of $292m in their initial public offerings.

Gokongwei, Sunway and YTL are among the participants in the vehicle resale platform developer’s latest round, which reportedly included Mediatek and Taiwan Mobile, at a $1.7bn valuation.

All existing shareholders including Alexandria Venture Investments contributed to the RNA drug developer’s series B round, following a $91.5m series A in mid-2020.

Manulife and Shell helped the solar power provider raise the cash as Exelon-backed residential solar energy supplier PosiGen secured $100m, showing continuing interest in the solar power space.

Harel contributed to drug discovery technology developer Eikon Therapeutics' $518m series B round while a host of corporates are set to exit data management software provider Trifacta in a $400m acquisition.

Reliance Retail is now the largest investor in Dunzo, which is helping to expand the quick commerce model to India.