Leaps by Bayer co-led an oversubscribed round for the oncology therapeutics developer, with the proceeds to go to clinical trials and supplementary licences.

The chipmaker's Snapdragon Metaverse Fund will provide equity financing and grants for metaverse and extended reality technology startups.

The cybersecurity testing software producer's series B round was co-led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and pushed its overall funding to approximately $36m.

Digital asset exchange Zipmex increased its corporate-backed series B round to over $51m while Digital Garage-backed 1plusX in a $150m acquisition.

The expense management platform developer more than doubled its valuation to $8.1bn in a Stripe-backed round consisting of $200m in equity funding and $550m in debt financing.

End-to-end automotive e-commerce marketplace Fair is set to be acquired by peer Shift in a deal part financed by SoftBank, an investor in both companies.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the e-commerce automation software developer’s latest round, helping it reach unicorn status and lift its total funding to almost $200m.

RingCentral Ventures participated in the retail customer experience platform’s latest round at a unicorn valuation, bringing its total funding to $152m.

Multiple corporates helped call centre software producer Cresta raise $80m at a $1.6bn valuation while agricultural intelligence provider Apollo secured $40m in a round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2.

General Motors agreed to buy out SoftBank and invest a further $1.35bn in the autonomous vehicle developer, which it spun off four years ago.