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Solidia Technologies, Kelun Biotech and Doer Biologics all raised more than $70m while Sony added cash to a round valuing Discord at $7bn.

Shapeways is another company from the 3D printing space, which has gone public through a reverse merger, after its peer Desktop Metal in 2020. The additive manufacturing space has seen a somewhat modest interest from corporate investors in the past decade.

Driverless vehicle developer EasyMile closed a $66.4m round featuring Alstom and Continental while UCB and LivaNova-backed EEG technology developer Ceribell secured $53m.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Alibaba could potentially sell $550m of shares in the deal, which has been given approval by regulators and which will give Tata a 64% stake in return for $1.2bn.

Prosus Ventures has reinvested in the commerce services provider through a round valuing it at $400m.

Rakuten took part in a $37m round for virtual kitchen operator Taster while Nano Dimension is buying M12-backed 3D microprinter developer NanoFabrica for up to $54.9m.

The food ordering app developer's largest shareholder, Info Edge, is set to sell $100m of shares in the proposed dual offering.

CSIRO-founded Main Sequence Ventures has pocketed $194m for its second fund, which has added decarbonisation to the firm’s list of targeted technologies.

Renal care provider InterWell Health and skincare product manufacturer Make Essence both raised approximately $46m while Salesforce-backed JazzHR agreed a merger.

Apple last week introduced AirTag, “a small and elegantly designed accessory that helps keep track of and find the items that matter most with Apple’s Find My app”.