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Abico Group, Gree, Mixi and Otto Group are all among the LPs that helped the venture firm close its fourth fund, which is set to back about 40 Asia-based internet, e-commerce and fintech startups.

Corporate-backed teleconferencing system provider Baijiayun raised cash at a $465m valuation while financial software provider Prime Trust closed a $64m round featuring Nationwide and Samsung Next.

GV was among the participants in a series C round that boosted the neurological communication technology developer's total funding to more than $360m.

Salesforce and Twilio backed the API platform developer in a series D round led by Lone Pine Capital, bringing its overall funding to $315m.

The Slack Fund-backed password management technology developer has raised a series B round that valued it at $2bn post-money.

Samsung-backed robotics software developer Covariant hiked its overall funding to $147m in a round led by returning investor Index Ventures.

Amazon Climate Pledge Fund committed capital to battery recycling services provider at a reported $3.7bn post-money valuation. GCV Analytics data suggest there is a heightened interest in deals from this space and an upward pressure on valuations.

SoftBank-backed barbershop booking service Squire raised $60m at a $750m valuation while card issuing platform developer Lithic was valued at $800m in a round featuring Exor.

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

The content management platform developer more than trebled its valuation to over $3bn in a round featuring Tidemark.

Carbon-neutral blockchain technology developer Core Scientific raised $54m from Celsius while autoimmune disease therapy developer Topas Therapeutics took a BIVF-backed round past $47m.