Citi Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Telstra Ventures all invested in blockchain infrastructure provider Blockdaemon's series D round while GV backed cybersecurity software provider Obsidian's $90m series C.

BMW and Ralph Lauren contributed to an $85m round for sustainable materials provider Natural Fiber Welding while Credit Saison invested $80m in virtual credit card service Julo.

Aiko Solar and Midea Capital were among the participants in a round which will support ongoing construction of Gaojing's solar wafer production facility.

Decentralised finance technology developer BloXroute raised $70m in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 while Ackermans & van Haaren helped digital health technology developer Medikabazaar score a $700m valuation.

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

Alcon was among the participants in a round representing the first funding to be disclosed by the cellular ophthalmology therapeutics developer.

Recombinant protein technology provider Healthgen netted over $87m while shared living space provider Hmlet is buying corporate-backed peer Habyt and Uniswap Labs is launching an investment vehicle.

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

Creo Capital and Legend Capital helped energy storage system developer MS Energy raise an eight-digit sum while Truora and Medfin each received $15m in corporate-backed rounds.

Pfizer Ventures was among the investors in Triana’s series A round and has taken a board seat at the molecular glue platform developer.