Purpose Financial has bought portfolio company Ario through subsidiary Thinking Capital Financial having backed the enterprise financing software producer in 2018.

The child developmental therapy provider closed an $18.1m round co-led by Optum Ventures, which will take a board seat at the company.

Wells Fargo Ventures has exited zero-access security tool developer Fyde, which had raised at least $5.3m in funding.

Qualcomm Ventures' 5G Ecosystem Fund has backed Azion Technology and Pensando Systems as well as series B rounds for Celona and Cellwize.

NYU-founded game training platform developer Statespace has now raised $48m in total, having closed its second round in six months.

Gene editing technology developer Metagenomi advances research from UC Berkeley and has raised a series A co-led by Bayer.

The unit, which oversees a portfolio including NextDoor, Pony.ai, Bird and Hippo, will operate as part of Comcast's business development division.

The sales readiness software producer added SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to an investment base already containing Qualcomm Ventures at a reported $500m valuation.

Toyota and EDF-backed Nuvve, a developer of electric vehicle charging technology, is merging with Newborn Acquisition Corp to form a $202m business.

Gene editing technology developer Metagenomi closed its first round since emerging from stealth, with Leaps by Bayer the co-lead.