Sectors

Salesforce Ventures led a round valuing the customer engagement software company at $21bn while Zoom continued to grow its corporate venturing bonafides.

Play-to-earn funding continues to roll in, with the Vietnam-based game developer raising money from investors including Good Guild, Mask Network and KardiaChain.

Professional education provider Platzi pulled in $60m through a Prosus-led round while e-commerce software producer Marketplacer took in $38m from investors including Salesforce Ventures.

Already active in blockchain gaming investment, the corporates are teaming up to accelerate the monetisation of the sector.

Hometap's home equity finance model - part of a wave of digitisation in the property finance space - has been validated again by an American Family-led round.

Zomato led a round valuing the online fitness and wellness services portal at $1.4bn as the digital fitness sector continues to grow.

Salesforce Ventures helped supply $62m for business intelligence software developer Klue while GS Retail invested $55m in mobility services provider Kakao Mobility.

Corporate-backed artificial intelligence technology developer SenseTime has set terms for an offering which could illustrate where China's troubled public markets space currently lies.

The semiconductor tech company is considering going back on the stock market as its $40bn deal with Nvidia is facing a grim prognosis.

HV Capital was among the investors in a series B round making Jokr the latest on-demand grocery provider to hit a unicorn valuation.

The semiconductor producer completed a nine-figure series C round from investors including SAIC Motor. This is a deal from the semiconductor and chips space, which does not normally see many corporate-backed deals but our data suggest valuations are currently experiencing upward pressure.