Truist Ventures and PayPal have co-led the vehicle’s $62.1m final close, which included backing from Foot Locker, Bank of America and Synchrony.

Lilith Games helped artificial intelligence software developer Inspir.ai secure $46.3m while Microsoft AI spinoff Xiaoice closed its series A round at a billion-dollar valuation.

GV participated in a series C round for the online flexible staffing portal at a valuation of $560m, hiking its overall funding to $100m.

Munich Re and Microsoft helped CO2-to-chemicals technology provider Twelve raise $57m while Eli Lilly and Kaiser Permanente-backed CRO dMed-Clinipac secured $50m.

NTT Docomo Ventures and 31Ventures returned for the smart key system provider’s $15.8m round, which included Kokuyo, NN Corporate Capital and JR East Start Up.

The Baupost Group has invested in the SIG and Gruner + Jahr-backed content discovery technology provider, which is set to float in an IPO this year.

Drug discovery technology developer Standigm added $10m to the cash it raised from SK Chemicals last week while Six FinTech Ventures helped fintech software provider Toqio secure $9.4m.

Q&A with Oliver Finch, investor, Maersk Growth

Santander’s independent venture capital spinoff has led a series B round for byrd, which increased the business’ total funding to $30.8m.

The venture firm is working on a new vehicle which could be larger in size than its Sega Sammy and Septeni-backed second fund.