Payment technology provider Airwallex was valued at $4bn in its series E round, following earlier funding from Salesforce, ANZ Bank, Tencent and Mastercard.

Ideo contributed to female-focused debit card provider Sequin's $5m seed round while Nikon has exited motion data software developer Wrnch.

The investment manager has become a limited partner in CSIRO-founded Main Sequence Ventures, which announced its $194m Fund 2 in April this year.

SoftBank has brought in former Redpoint eVentures partners Rodrigo Baer and Marco Camhaji to work on its recently launched second Latin America-focused fund.

SoftBank has made its first direct investment in Saudi Arabia, injecting capital into Unifonic as the company looks to expand internationally.

Online furniture retailer Gaia, warehouse robot provider Locus Robotics, recruitment platform developer Canvas and ESG software producer Measurabl all raised $50m.

The corporate has followed its $5bn first Latin America fund by channelling $3bn into a Fund II which may be boosted by external investment.

The Vayner Capital-backed visual design tool provider has secured funding at a $40bn valuation, five months after a $71m round.

Main Sequence Ventures has returned for Prospection’s series B round, having already participated in the company’s $6.7m series A last year.

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