Samsung, The New York Times, Dentsu and Harel all invested in the audience engagement platform developer in a round valuing it at $1bn.

Cybersecurity platform developer SafeBreach and home improvement technology provider Block Renovation each raised $50m or over in corporate-led rounds.

UTEC is celebrating an exit as Agara is acquired by Coinbase for a reported $40m to $50m.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The Max Group and TVS-backed fashion and beauty marketplace operator has listed on the BSE and NSE and has achieved a market cap of $13.5bn.

Capgemini, Salesforce and ServiceNow helped visual commerce platform developer Threekit net $35m while Tencent led a $26m round for UGC management software provider Mod.io.

The Capital One, Synchrony Financial, Santander, Citi and Wells Fargo-backed identity confirmation software provider’s latest funding valued it at $4.5bn.

Ikea’s parent company swooped in to help the fulfilment services provider push its total funding past the $120m mark.

DivcoWest, JLL and Allegion combined in a $60m round for workplace data platform developer VergeSense while Sanofi committed up to $60m to ocular therapeutics developer Gyroscope.