The heath and nutrition product manufacturer's Otsuka Nutraceutical Emerging Ventures vehicle will target early-stage investments in North America.

SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund took part in blockchain payment network Paystand's $50m series C round while Flipkart co-led consumer brand builder G.O.A.T Brand Labs' $36m series A.

The electric truck developer has closed a round co-led by Amazon and Ford Motor Company, pushing its overall funding past the $10bn mark.

The Mitsui and Intel-backed video software developer has a market capitalisation of almos $1.5bn following its initial public offering last week.

SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 has backed the life insurance platform developer at a $2.7bn valuation, taking its overall funding to over $400m.

Rakuten is exiting the online reading platform developer in a $500m acquisition by online education provider Byju’s following $50m in funding.

AGC, JSR Life Sciences and Merck & Co all scored exits as the synthetic biology technology developer floated on Nasdaq, whose valuation reportedly stands at nearly $2bn.

Goldman Sachs' digital wealth management spinoff has six other banks as backers and has reached a WestCap-led first close of its series B round.

Takeda has returned to back the cancer therapeutics developer’s series D round after committing $120m in equity and milestone financing just over 18 months ago.

Branding services provider Tailor Brands raised $50m in a GoDaddy-led series C round while Orix is set to exit hiring software developer PandoLogic in a $150m acquisition.