IT

AI chip developer Mythic has closed a $40m round led by SoftBank Ventures that included another corporate venturing unit, Lockheed Martin Ventures.

The corporates, together with venture firm Yahoo Japan, have committed $100m to a Southeast Asia-focused tech fund that will invest up to $15m at series B stage and later.

Appulse Power, a spinout from University of Toronto, has been acquired by Silanna Semiconductor for an undisclosed sum.

Fidelity subsidiary Eight Roads Ventures has attracted $375m for a Europe and Israel-focused fund that will target enterprise, consumer, fintech and healthcare IT.

Salesforce has agreed to buy Mulesoft, a portfolio company that has more than doubled in value since its 2017 IPO, in a deal with an enterprise value of $6.5bn.

GV has led a $14.5m series A round for Blue Vision, which has emerged from stealth as it prepares to roll out its collaborative augmented reality platform.

DocuSign, valued at $3bn as of its last funding round, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering that would offer exits to more than a dozen corporate investors.

MassMutual Ventures helped Solebit close a series A round that will support the cybersecurity platform's commercialisation, sales and marketing.

The cloud software provider took its overall financing to at least $67m in a Dell-backed round and will spend the proceeds on growth, product development, sales and marketing.

GV and Walden International co-led the Stanford spinout's series A round, which was announced as it emerged out of stealth.