SoftBank has invested in Beisen through what the latter claims is the largest investment deal to date for a China-based human resources software provider.

The Takkt-backed operations management platform developer is eyeing international expansion following a series C round led by Insight Partners.

Bertelsmann helped crypto financial service provider Babel Finance close a $40m series A round while Blind raised $37m from investors including Cisco.

Legend Holdings' Legend Star unit led a round for optical chip producer Turing Quantum sized above $15m while several Japanese companies also raised money.

Opioid addiction care provider Groups Recover Together and healthcare management platform developer Vim each raised $60m, with Optum Ventures backing both rounds.

GV is set to exit educational software portal developer Clever in a purchase by Kahoot set to be sized between $435m and $500m.

Citi Ventures has returned to help the administrative support marketplace hike its valuation to over $1bn in a series D round led by Durable Capital Partners.

The Lennar-backed accommodation provider will take a Nasdaq listing having previously raised $530m, and was valued at $1.3bn as of June 2020.

JD.com's logistics spinoff, which counts China Life and Tencent as investors, has received approval for an offering set to be between $3bn and $4bn in size.