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

SoftBank has led the Ant, Bestseller, Bonnier, CBA, H&M and Visa-backed consumer finance platform’s latest round at a reported $46bn valuation.

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan has led the round that valued the ETS-backed student recruitment platform at more than $3bn.

Nityo has become the largest shareholder in the banking software provider after backing a round at a $600m post-money valuation.

Financial advice service Credit Sesame pushed its overall funding past $160m while small molecule drug developer Genhouse and AI technology developer Gideon Brothers each raised $31m.

The lithium-ion battery provider's latest financing came through a private placement co-led by Volkswagen that also featured Scania.

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

The SoftBank and Sinopharm-backed medicine delivery service will allocate the funding to diversifying its business, potentially adding teleconsultation, counselling and insurance.

Tata subsidiary Tata Digital Digital has hired CureFit’s CEO as part of a $75m investment round for the Unilever Ventures-backed health and fitness app developer.

SoftBank is set to exit smart scheduling software developer X.ai as its Vision Fund 2 invests in artificial intelligence technology unicorn AInnovation.