Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group led Binhui Biopharm's $47m series B-plus round while Sigfox has been snapped up by UnaBiz for under $30m after raising over $300m.

Web3 security software producer Certik received $60m from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund 2 while corporate-backed automation technology provider Vicarious is being bought after raising over $250m.

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

Appliance management app developer Fresco's $20m round was co-led by Vorwerk and Instant Brands while NBCUniversal and Hearst helped media measurement software provider TVScientific raise $20m.

SK Hynix, Marvell and M12 helped data centre technology producer D-Matrix pull in $44m while health insurance provider SafetyWing raised $35m from investors including Digital Garage and CreditEase.

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.

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

Exploiting research conducted at Kyoto Prefecture University of Medicine, Aurion Biotech is focusing on therapies that can restore vision.