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

Real estate developer Tishman Speyer's Proptech Venture Fund is targeting $150m to back innovative real estate technology, following a series of investments by its parent.

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 Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

Accounting services provider Contabilizei pulled in $60m through a SoftBank-led round while luxury food brand KoRo raised $54.9m from investors including The Social Chain and HV Capital.

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.

Digital asset exchange Zipmex increased its corporate-backed series B round to over $51m while Digital Garage-backed 1plusX in a $150m acquisition.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the e-commerce automation software developer’s latest round, helping it reach unicorn status and lift its total funding to almost $200m.