Coinbase, Ripple and Ideo took part in the $12.1m series A round, which will go towards the launch of Near's decentralised application development platform.

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

Mesmer has emerged out of stealth with a $15m series A round led by Intel Capital to launch an AI platform that automatically detects bugs in software.

Casi Pharmaceuticals took part in drug developer Juventas' $14.5m series A-plus round after licensing the latter's Car T-cell drug candidate for haematological malignancies last month.

Evotec has spun out Breakpoint Therapeutics and equipped the oncology drug developer with $35m in funding also backed by Taiho Pharmaceutical.

Sinar Mas Digital Ventures has taken part in the $14.5m round, which will enable the logistics provider to expand its warehousing capacity and grow its fleet of vehicles.

Autoimmune disease drug maker Citryll has hit the first close of a targeted $19m series A, having sourced commitments from BrightGene and ModiQuest.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Naspers Ventures co-led a $33.9m round featuring Axel Springer Digital Ventures that will enable Dott to expand its scooter rental service further into Europe.

UTokyo Innovation Platform has contributed to a series A round for Connected Robotics, which develops cooking robots for restaurants.