Financial

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.

Venture capital funding for Indian firms hit a six-year high of $12.1bn in the first six months of 2021

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

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

Roc Nation's Arrive unit participated in a debt and equity round that boosted the home rental-to-mortgage service provider's total financing to $182m.

ANZi has been renamed 1835i Group and will operate as an independent company with sole funding from banking parent ANZ.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's MUFG Innovation Partners unit has followed its 2019 debut fund by putting the same amount into a second vehicle.

SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 has invested at a $2.7bn valuation, taking the Stanford-backed life insurance platform developer’s overall funding to over $400m.

SAP.io took part in email software provider Sedna's $34m series B round while Byju's picked up BCC-backed learning app developer Toppr in a deal reportedly sized at about $150m.

BBVA helped the banking software provider raise series D funding that supported its acquisition of digital banking services provider Contis.

Visa invested in the digital payment platform developer at a valuation above $1bn, taking its overall funding to almost $300m.