GAC has returned to lead the Tencent and Guangzhou Public Transport-backed automated taxi developer’s latest round, which included WeRide and Pony.ai.

Swiggy helped boost Rapido's valuation to $800m in a round that featured Shell Ventures and TVS Motor. This is a deal of a rather surprising size and valuation in a space that has not been as hot over the past years, as far as corporate-backed deals are concerned.

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.

Swiggy helped boost the ride hailing service's valuation to $800m in a round that included Shell Ventures and TVS Motor Company.

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.

Direct Line and Sistema are exiting Five, a developer of self-driving software testing technology, in a deal intended to give Robert Bosch an end-to-end autonomous driving technology offering.

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.

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.

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.