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The Alphabet and Salesforce-backed human resources technology provider secured the funding from new and returning investors at a $9.5bn valuation.

Reliance New Energy Solar helped the renewable energy battery developer raise funding that will be used to expand its manufacturing capabilities.

The online marketplace has added $20m from Taiwan Mobile to a round with a reported $200m target for its final close.

The firm’s Impact Investing Fund will back and partner local black-founded companies in areas including infrastructure, capital access and sustainable neighbourhood planning.

The Hawthorne Collective will invest on behalf of Scotts Miracle Gro's cannabis-focused subsidiary, The Hawthorne Gardening Company.

Country Garden Venture Capital led a $66.3m series B2 round for the bioplastic and pathogen detector developer that included Septwolves Venture Capital.

Existing corporate investors Block.one and Coinbase Ventures participated in a round valuing the digital currency exchange at $1.1bn.

GV contributed to a series C round for the programmatic labelling technology developer at a $1bn valuation, pushing its total funding to $135m.

Oxford and Imperial College-linked Xayn has attracted capital from KDDI and others.

EV Growth has returned to help the B2B2C insurance portal operator close its latest round, which included Emtek and Sinar Mas’ SMDV unit.

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