Bikini brand Frankies Bikinis received $18m from strategic investor Victoria's Secret while department store retailer Lojas Renner has formed a $31m investment vehicle.

Amgen Ventures and existing backers GV, Heritage Provider Network and Alexandria Venture Investments helped the cancer and IBD drug developer secure fresh funding.

Hikma Ventures co-led the telehealth platform developer’s oversubscribed series B round, which will help it move into the digital pharmacy market.

Industrial data software producer OnePredict closed a $25m GS Energy-backed series C round while several corporates helped drone infrastructure provider Skyports raise $23m.

The drone technology provider received support from Mitsui, Seika, Kyushu Electric and Tokyu Land to bring its total funding to over $84m.

Hikma led a $15m extension to surgical robotics developer Activ Surgical's series B round, now sized at $60m, while data collaboration software provider Hex raised $52m from investors including Snowflake and Databricks.

Tencent co-led the cross-border human resources provider’s latest round, which included pre-series B funding raised in the second half of 2021.

Vicco, Mankind Pharma and Bennett Coleman and Co contributed to the study support service's latest round at a $120m valuation.

The cybersecurity testing software producer's series B round was co-led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and pushed its overall funding to approximately $36m.

Multiple corporates helped call centre software producer Cresta raise $80m at a $1.6bn valuation while agricultural intelligence provider Apollo secured $40m in a round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2.