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Several corporate venture investors participated in a round which took the crypto IoT network developer's valuation to $1.2bn. The round and the company are part of the larger crypto tech space, which has been attracting much interest and capital in most recent times.

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.

Aiko Solar and Midea Capital were among the participants in a round which will support ongoing construction of Gaojing's solar wafer production facility.

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.

Recombinant protein technology provider Healthgen netted over $87m while shared living space provider Hmlet is buying corporate-backed peer Habyt and Uniswap Labs is launching an investment vehicle.

Repsol led the waste-to-biofuel technology provider’s largest round in four years and plans to collaborate with it on Iberian projects.

Creo Capital and Legend Capital helped energy storage system developer MS Energy raise an eight-digit sum while Truora and Medfin each received $15m in corporate-backed rounds.

The latest round raised by Everli and backed by Pernod Ricard was boosted by just over $24m from United Ventures, taking the grocery delivery service's overall funding to over $143m.

Wipro and Intel backed customer experience platform developer Lilt's $55m series C while Pfizer is buying corporate-backed respiratory virus therapeutic developer ReViral for up to $525m.

Porsche, Baker Hughes and majority shareholder AME all invested in the round, which will support the deployment of HIF's hydrogen fuel projects.

Mitsui took part in oncology therapy developer Ensem Therapeutics' $67m series A round while Bioventus is paying up to $450m to buy the rest of portfolio company CartiHeal.