White Star Capital has pivoted its attention towards blockchain and digital assets through the final close of an investment vehicle dedicated to the space.

Theodorus has invested in Giiant Pharma’s $11m seed round.

A consortium including Itochu, Fujifilm, Kyocera and Global Power Synergy have backed the lithium-ion battery manufacturer through its series E round.

The UC Berkeley spinout-derived genetic eye disease therapeutics company has launched with fresh funding featuring new and founding investors.

Axa Venture Partners has helped put $60m into Virtuo, while Super collected $50m and Salto picked up $42m.

Q&A with Justin Smith-Lorenzetti, investment director, Intact Ventures

SoftBank has led the series E round, doubling MIT Media Labs spinout Formlabs’ valuation to $2bn in the process.

Next47, CreditEase, SBI Group and Morgan Stanley are all among the backers of Pipe’s latest round, which was oversubscribed by $100m and valued the business at $2bn.

SoftBank has led the series E round through its Vision Fund 2, doubling Formlabs’ valuation to $2bn in the process.

Asapp has doubled its valuation to $1.6bn in the space of a year, thanks to a $120m series C round backed by returning investor Telstra Ventures.