11Street and CJ Group contributed to a $71.8m round for on-demand logistics provider Barogo while Eli Lilly helped provide $66m for macrocycle drug developer Circle Pharma.

Alphabet, AutoNation and Magna International all returned to reinvest in the driverless car technology developer having backed a $3.2bn round last year.

Bitwise Asset Management completed a $70m round backed by Coinbase at a $500m-plus valuation, while luxury goods wholesaler Joor raised $46m to take its overall funding to $81m.

Kraft Group has once again participated in a funding round for the RNA drug developer, having backed its series A round three years ago.

Gene therapy startup VectorY has raised more than $37m in an Eli Lilly-backed seed round while AR helmet developer XYZ Reality pulled in over $28m.

The Google-backed on-demand ride service spun off by Kakao has received fresh funding from returning investors Carlyle and TPG.

Online vehicle retailer Motorway, restaurant ordering software provider Popmenu and meat and fish e-commerce platform Licious have all raised between $65m and $68m.

SoftBank has returned to reinvest in the American Express-backed payment technology provider, which is now valued at nearly $2bn.

The charter bus booking platform is planning a significant expansion following a capital injection supplied by investors including SoftBank.

Transcarent has raised $58m from Bayer and Merck, while Nvidia has bought DeepMap, one of its portfolio companies also backed by Bosch.