Sectors

Wipro has returned to back a $47.6m second close for the Amazon, L’Occitane and Times Group-backed beauty service provider’s series C round at a reported $300m valuation.

Naver Financial Corporation co-led the grocery ordering app operator’s series D round, which included fellow corporate venturer Z Venture Capital.

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Dell Technologies Capital has hired Radhika Malik, formerly a senior associate at Samsung’s $500m Catalyst Fund.

Denso took part in a $71m series D round for artificial intelligence technology provider Blaize while inflammatory disease drug developer Aristea closed a $63m Novo and Arena-backed round.

the augmented intelligence software producer more than doubled its valuation to $6.3bn in a ServiceNow-backed round and has bought corporate-backed Algorithmia.

M12 returned to reinvest in the quantum computer developer at a valuation topping $3bn, boosting its overall funding to $665m.

Ping An Global Voyager Fund has returned to back the asset management platform developer’s latest round, at a $4bn valuation.

Koch Industries and Oshkosh are backing a $540m private placement supporting the merger between advanced battery maker Microvast and a special purpose acquisition company.

The digital asset technology provider boosted its valuation to over $2bn in a round co-led by Siam Commercial Bank’s SCB 10X vehicle.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a round for the IoT tagging technology developer that was backed by several other corporate investors.