Several corporates backed a $68m series D round for microbiome drug developer Vedanta Biosciences while grooming brand owner Pangaea raised the same amount from investors including Unilever.

Telefónica-backed addiction treatment app developer Quit Genius raised $64m while oral care product maker NYSCPS received almost as much in a round featuring ByteDance.

Debt repayment platform developer InDebted received $18.4m from investors including MassMutual, while corporate-backed AdaptiveMobile, Immersal and Pocket Casts are all being acquired.

Greenhouse gas monitor GHGSat boosted a Schlumberger-backed round to $45m while Toyota’s Woven Planet subsidiary is buying spatial intelligence software developer Carmera.

Clean medicine developer Genexa roped in Unilever for its $60m series A round while Krafton led storytelling platform developer Pratilipi's $48m series D.

Flexport Ventures contrbuited to a debt and equity round which will boost product development for the export finance startup.

Electric aircraft developer Heart Aerospace raised $35m from investors including Mesa Air and United, while several corporates are set to exit remote access software developer Openpath.

Lilith Games helped artificial intelligence software developer Inspir.ai secure $46.3m while Microsoft AI spinoff Xiaoice closed its series A round at a billion-dollar valuation.

Munich Re and Microsoft helped CO2-to-chemicals technology provider Twelve raise $57m while Eli Lilly and Kaiser Permanente-backed CRO dMed-Clinipac secured $50m.

Drug discovery technology developer Standigm added $10m to the cash it raised from SK Chemicals last week while Six FinTech Ventures helped fintech software provider Toqio secure $9.4m.