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The molecular drug developer received funding from investors including GlaxoSmithKline, MRL Ventures Fund and GV in a Fidelity-led series C round.

The KDDI and Sinar Mas-backed video streaming platform developer is scheduled to float on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Growth Market on April 27 at a valuation of approximately $51m.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led the API marketplace’s latest round at a unicorn valuation, with returning investor M12 also taking part.

The corporate card provider was valued at $2.1bn in a round backed by Stanford University that increased its funding to $380m altogether.

Citi, SVB, State Street and JP Morgan were among the investors that helped the financial software provider boost its valuation to $1.6bn.

The drone technology provider received support from Mitsui, Seika, Kyushu Electric and Tokyu Land to bring its total funding to over $84m.

The Global and China L4 Autonomous Driving and Start-ups Report, 2021, found that except for a few companies, such as Waymo and Uber, which performed worse than expected, level four (L4) autonomous driving firms in other fields gained momentum.

Hikma led a $15m extension to surgical robotics developer Activ Surgical's series B round, now sized at $60m, while data collaboration software provider Hex raised $52m from investors including Snowflake and Databricks.

Animoca Brands, FTX, Adidas, Alphabet, MoonPay, Genies, Samsung and The Sandbox all took part in the the NFT platform developer's seed round at a $4bn valuation.

The corporate card provider was valued at $2.1bn in a round led by Tencent that increased its funding to $380m altogether.

Leaps by Bayer co-led an oversubscribed round for the oncology therapeutics developer, with the proceeds to go to clinical trials and supplementary licences.