SoftBank’s investment will help the online retail investment service expand into the United States and ride a wave of consumer demand.

Homebuilder Icon boosted a corporate-backed series B round to $392m while FTX, Munich Re and Alphabet contributed to IoT technology developer Helium's $200m series D.

Softbank Vision Fund 2 co-led academic support software producer Paper's $270m series D round and a $144m round for online lender Funding Societies.

GV returned to reinvest in the customisable home developer’s series C round, taking its overall equity funding to $148m.

Lockscreen content provider Glance is raising $200m from Jio Platforms at a unicorn valuation while Sobot, Smart Logic and Akulaku each secured $100m.

Legend Capital led the 3D printing technology provider’s latest round, which included Lingang SC-Innovation and which came seven months after a Haier Hai Chuanghui-backed series B.

The staff management software provider's SoftBank-led series C round marks the latest data point in the ongoing digitisation of the restaurant space.

Tencent reinvested in the buy now, pay later sector, backing Alma in a round consisting of $131m in equity and $108m in debt financing.

Data analytics platform developer Starburst raised $250m in a Salesforce-backed round valuing it above $3.3bn while SoftBank co-led a $140m round for small molecule drug developer Ventus.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $300m round for business-to-business marketplace ElasticRun and co-led blockchain creation platform developer Aleo's $200m series B.