Citi Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Telstra Ventures all invested in blockchain infrastructure provider Blockdaemon's series D round while GV backed cybersecurity software provider Obsidian's $90m series C.

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.

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

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.

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

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