Citi Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Telstra Ventures all invested in blockchain infrastructure provider Blockdaemon's series D round while GV backed cybersecurity software provider Obsidian's $90m series C.

Takeda and Bristol Myers Squibb were among the investors that helped the cellular medicine developer close its series B round.

Lowercarbon Capital has secured $350m to invest in carbon removal startups, with Stripe reportedly among the limited partners.

BMW and Ralph Lauren contributed to an $85m round for sustainable materials provider Natural Fiber Welding while Credit Saison invested $80m in virtual credit card service Julo.

Salesforce Ventures returned for a series C round which will support an ongoing acquisition spree for the digital transformation services provider.

The messaging platform developer has revealed the latest eight companies to take part in its 13-week startup programme.

Decentralised finance technology developer BloXroute raised $70m in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 while Ackermans & van Haaren helped digital health technology developer Medikabazaar score a $700m valuation.

The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a round for cloud software marketplace Pax8 that included Liberty Global Ventures at a $1.7bn valuation.

The AI-powered call centre technology developer raised fresh capital in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that also featured Zoom, Next47 and NGP Capital.