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.

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.

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 oncology analytics software developer received a top-up from investors including NEC Corporation at a unicorn valuation.

Wipro and Intel backed customer experience platform developer Lilt's $55m series C while Pfizer is buying corporate-backed respiratory virus therapeutic developer ReViral for up to $525m.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 co-led the virtual avatar infrastructure builder’s $110m series C round, which emerged alongside a $20m series B featuring new and returning investors.

Mitsui took part in oncology therapy developer Ensem Therapeutics' $67m series A round while Bioventus is paying up to $450m to buy the rest of portfolio company CartiHeal.

Crypto.com, Huobi and BitMart invested in cryptocurrency scaling technology developer Boba Network at a $1.5bn valuation while natural fibre composite provider Bcomp netted $34.9m in a BMW-led round.

Fertility financing service Future Family, machine learning software developer Black Crow AI and digital twin software provider vHive each nabbed $25m in corporate-backed rounds.

AMR Action Fund added $20m to a round for the drug-resistant bacteria treatment developer following a Mayo Clinic-backed first close last May.