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ABB, Carasso Motors, Talcar, Automotive Equipment and Comasco backed the artificial intelligence chip developer in a series C round which took its total funding to $224m.

The CRM Platform Fund, formed three years after the unit's inaugural fund, will invest in enterprise software producers from seed to late stage.

SIG China and Legend Capital have returned to back the networking software provider’s latest round, pushing its total funding past the $130m mark.

Singtel Innov8 is set to exit cybersecurity technology developer Bitglass in an acquisition deal while Nio Capital contributed to marketing software developer Whale's $50m series B round.

SoftBank helped the internet communication software developer secure $300m in a round which brought the company's overall funding to $697m.

Mobiliar took part in a $35m round for medicine transportation system developer SkyCell while Nice Investment co-led wealth management software provider Fount's $33.4m series C.

Existing investor Salesforce participated in a round for Wiz that valued the the cybersecurity software developer at $6bn.

SoftBank led the computing performance platform developer's series C round, which will support the growth of its outbound partner programme work.

Corporate-backed cloud networking software provider Pluribus pushed its total funding to at least $110m while IAG has exited Hyper Anna in an acquisition by Alteryx.

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

Lithium mining process developer Lilac completed its series B round, which received backing from a several corporates. A sizeable round like this has been somewhat rare to see from the mining space, which has been so far somewhat neglected by corporates.