Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s $200m SMBC Asia Rising Fund will back fintech companies in Southeast Asia and India.

America’s Frontier Fund hired Faran Nouri, formerly global head of Lam Capital, for a role focusing on microelectronics investments.

Semih Kaçan, formerly investment manager at Swisscom Ventures, has taken up the new position after nearly two years and a half at the unit .

Mia Hu, formerly investment associate at Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, has been named investment director at the unit.

NCSoft invested $15m in Mysten Labs to take the latter’s series B round to $300m while Porsche backed Xanadu’s $100m series C.

Suzano and Yara participated in Agrolend’s $145m latest round while Xencor contributed to Zenas BioPharma’s $118m series B.

Xiaomi provided $68.9m in series C funding for Atech Automotive while Intel and Micron were part of Eliyan’s $40m series A round.

Cable One provided $50m for Ziply Fiber while Mercuria co-led a series C round the same size for The Mobility House.

The Amazon Climate Pledge Fund has pledged to invest more than $50m in female-led climate technology companies and has teamed up with USAID for the project.

Paragon Biosciences was part of Emalex Biosciences’ $250m series D while CMA CGM and AP Moller participated in an $80m round for Project44.