Intelligent road technology developer Cavnue raised the cash in a series A round co-led by Ford Motor Company while two other strategic partners, Globalvia and Landstar, also invested.

GAC has returned to lead the Tencent and Guangzhou Public Transport-backed automated taxi developer’s latest round, which included WeRide and Pony.ai.

Corporate-backed medical imaging technology producer Lunit is preparing to float in South Korea while cancer drug developer Pheast secured $76m from investors including Alexandria Venture Investments.

Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group led Binhui Biopharm's $47m series B-plus round while Sigfox has been snapped up by UnaBiz for under $30m after raising over $300m.

BMW i Ventures and Telekom Innovation Pool both invested in a series A round for the IoT system provider, which had developed dedicated technology products with their parent companies.

Web3 security software producer Certik received $60m from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund 2 while corporate-backed automation technology provider Vicarious is being bought after raising over $250m.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

Appliance management app developer Fresco's $20m round was co-led by Vorwerk and Instant Brands while NBCUniversal and Hearst helped media measurement software provider TVScientific raise $20m.

The cricket-themed NFT platform developer pulled in a nine-figure sum through a round led by Dream Sports and backed by Animoca Brands.

SK Hynix, Marvell and M12 helped data centre technology producer D-Matrix pull in $44m while health insurance provider SafetyWing raised $35m from investors including Digital Garage and CreditEase.