KT and Kakao Ventures were part of AI chip developer Rebellions’ $72.8m series A round while Nvent helped provide $35.8m for cooling system provider Iceotope.

Legend Capital led a $150m series E round for ClinChoice while Wemix took part in a $31.8m round for Planetarium Labs.

Astra Group took part in a $41m round for digital bank Yap while GV led artificial intelligence developer platform Modular AI's $30m seed round.

Three carmakers helped semiconductor producer CanSemi raise $670m while 574 Invest, RATP Group and Groupe Chopard backed a $167m round for vehicle charging network Electra.

Chanel and Kraft Group were among the investors in Evolved By Nature’s $120m series C round, while Prosus led a $39m series B for Sharebite.

The cinema and kabuki studio’s Shochiku Ventures subsidiary will target virtual reality and entertainment digitalisation technology developers while its sister programme, Shochiku Accelerator, is accepting submissions until August 10.

Siemens and Volkswagen provided $450m for the latter's Electrify America subsidiary while Leaps by Bayer helped push ReCode Therapeutics‘ series B round to $200m.

Bertelsmann India Investments is diving into a growing funding gap for early-stage startups in the country.

Susquehanna Growth Equity has led a $62m series B round for speech-to-text software provider Speechmatics, while Fidelity’s Eight Roads unit led digital asset data aggregator Kaiko's $53m series B.

The Microsoft and Green Bay Packers-backed VC firm is raising a second vehicle more than triple the size of its predecessor, according to a filing.