BMW and Ralph Lauren contributed to an $85m round for sustainable materials provider Natural Fiber Welding while Credit Saison invested $80m in virtual credit card service Julo.

Decentralised finance technology developer BloXroute raised $70m in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 while Ackermans & van Haaren helped digital health technology developer Medikabazaar score a $700m valuation.

Recombinant protein technology provider Healthgen netted over $87m while shared living space provider Hmlet is buying corporate-backed peer Habyt and Uniswap Labs is launching an investment vehicle.

Wipro and Intel backed customer experience platform developer Lilt's $55m series C while Pfizer is buying corporate-backed respiratory virus therapeutic developer ReViral for up to $525m.

Mitsui took part in oncology therapy developer Ensem Therapeutics' $67m series A round while Bioventus is paying up to $450m to buy the rest of portfolio company CartiHeal.

Crypto.com, Huobi and BitMart invested in cryptocurrency scaling technology developer Boba Network at a $1.5bn valuation while natural fibre composite provider Bcomp netted $34.9m in a BMW-led round.

The Binance-backed cryptocurrency exchange has put its weight behind Nanovest, Avarik Saga, Avarta, Diamond Protocol and Play it Forward DAO

Fertility financing service Future Family, machine learning software developer Black Crow AI and digital twin software provider vHive each nabbed $25m in corporate-backed rounds.

Quantum computing technology provider Horizon Quantum Computing raised $12m from Tencent while identity verification technology developer Tru.id hiked an NHN-backed round to $9m.

Smiths Medical and WuXi AppTec are exiting infusion pump developer Ivenix in an acquisition that could reach $240m, while AI software developer Syntiant raised $55m from investors including Renesas.