Former BMW i Ventures partner Greg Smithies is leading a venture firm Fifth Wall's Climate Tech fund, which has a reported $200m target for its close.

Panasonic-backed Conductive Ventures reinvested in a round that lifted the credit building app developer's total funding to $77m.

Fresh from an announced takeover by Salesforce, Slack is putting $50m into a vehicle that will expand its enterpise software focus.

The Airbus Helicopters-backed air transport service will go public through the deal, with the combined company to be valued at $825m.

CR Pharma was among the investors in a $45.8m round that pushed the gene therapy developer's funding to about $170m in the past 14 months.

UCB Ventures and GV returned for the neurodegenerative, neuromuscular and retinal disease drug developer's series B round.

China is benefiting from its government’s focus on artificial intelligence (AI) with unlisted companies having raised RMB203.7m ($30bn) in venture capital since 2016, according to Nikkei Asia Tech and 36kr.

Drug release technology developer Rani has now raised $211m in all, from investors including GV, Novartis, Ping An Ventures, KPC, AstraZeneca and Stevanato.

Sony Innovation Fund and Verizon Ventures came onboard as the drone avoidance system developer closed its series B round.

The energy-processing technology provider has raised $12.5m in a round led by newly minted strategic partner Synaptics.