Salesforce Ventures, an investor in the sales generation software developer since seed stage, returned for a round hiking its overall funding to $158m.

Call centre software producer Replicant closed a $78m series B round backed by Salesforce Ventures while Ashvattha Therapeutics raised $69m from investors including strategic partner Huadong Medicine.

Vishal Gupta, formerly a director at the SoftBank division that oversees its Vision Funds, has joined TA Associates in a similar role.

Corporate-backed medical imaging technology producer Lunit is preparing to float in South Korea while cancer drug developer Pheast secured $76m from investors including Alexandria Venture Investments.

SoftBank Ventures Asia is reportedly among the firms investing in the owner of interior design app Today’s House at a $1.45bn valuation.

The cosmetics producer has supplied over $54m for the first close of the $160m circular economy-focused vehicle, a joint venture for Cycle Capital and Demeter.

Appliance management app developer Fresco's $20m round was co-led by Vorwerk and Instant Brands while NBCUniversal and Hearst helped media measurement software provider TVScientific raise $20m.

Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund will invest in logistics technology developers while the corporate's AWS Impact Accelerator is targeting founders from underrepresented backgrounds.

Alphabet subsidiary GV was among the investors participating in a series E round valuing the digital freight services marketplace at $3.8bn.

SK Hynix, Marvell and M12 helped data centre technology producer D-Matrix pull in $44m while health insurance provider SafetyWing raised $35m from investors including Digital Garage and CreditEase.