SoftBank has divested 57 million of its 625 million shares in the NYSE-listed e-commerce marketplace, having invested $3bn between 2015 and 2018.

Ideo contributed to female-focused debit card provider Sequin's $5m seed round while Nikon has exited motion data software developer Wrnch.

Online furniture retailer Gaia, warehouse robot provider Locus Robotics, recruitment platform developer Canvas and ESG software producer Measurabl all raised $50m.

M12 backed three deals in recent days, including a $50m series D round for Split.io that also featured fellow corporates Atlassian and ServiceNow.

McCain helped meatless nugget producer Simulate secure a $250m valuation while retail technology developer Grabango raised $39m from investors including Unilever and Honeywell.

Alibaba could potentially sell $550m of shares in the deal, which has been given approval by regulators and which will give Tata a 64% stake in return for $1.2bn.

Rakuten took part in a $37m round for virtual kitchen operator Taster while Nano Dimension is buying M12-backed 3D microprinter developer NanoFabrica for up to $54.9m.

SafeGuard Cyber has raised $45m in a Cisco-backed debt and equity round while Pine Labs has paid the same amount to buy portfolio company Fave.

The Tencent-backed online sports app operator’s latest secondary round valued it at nearly $5bn, though the identity of the sellers has not been disclosed.

Deutsche Telekom-backed DTCP was among a group of investors that acquired a $270m stake in the cybersecurity management platform developer in a secondary transaction.