Volkswagen Group invested a nine-figure amount in 24M Technologies while SoftBank participated in a $100m series C round for Pixis.

Gemini and Smile Group were both part of the metaverse and NFT-fuelled game publisher's latest round, valuing it at $5.4bn pre-money as it makes big strides in venture capital investing.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Ocado and Virgin have returned to back the autonomous driving system provider, joining Microsoft to push its funding to $258m in total.

Johnson & Johnson, Novo and Alphabet all invested in the clinical data platform developer’s latest round, as big data analytics moves further into healthcare.

Bank of Montreal provided debt and equity financing for industrial product marketplace Inxeption, which raised $275m, while smart home product maker Orvibo received $158m.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Dell Technologies Capital has returned to back Exotec in a Goldman Sachs-led round that valued the automation robotics system developer at $2bn.

MSW Capital is among the funds managing $36m of venture capital cash for Banco do Brasil, which is controlled by the Brazilian government and listed in São Paulo.

Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment & Supply and Sunny Optical Technology Group have postponed their investments in Ant Group’s consumer finance unit after state-sponsored Cinda was required to halt its participation.