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The Mitsui-backed money transfer service formerly known as TransferWise was valued at $5bn in a secondary share sale almost a year ago.

The GV-backed fleet management technology provider has increased its total funding to $417m in a series E round valuing it at $2bn.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led artificial intelligence technology developer Vianai Systems' series A round, participating alongside a range of private investors.

University of Ulm spinout WITec has agreed to a $50m acquisition by Oxford Instruments, itself the first-ever spinout of University of Oxford.

Chuck Vallurupalli and Preeti Chalsani will serve as senior director and deputy director, respectively, of the quantum accelerator.

The oncology therapeutics developer has added $66m to its coffers thanks to investors including Berkeley Catalyst Fund.

Flagship Pioneering has re-opened its Fund VII to raise an additional $2.23bn that brought the vehicle’s total capital to $3.37bn.

The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre will invest in research projects at Scottish universities to support the creation of more spinouts.

Alexandria Venture Investments was among the participants in a series A for the cellular cancer therapeutics developer based on work at Institut Curie and Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Accenture Ventures, M12 and Workday Ventures all contributed to a series C round reportedly valuing the recruitment and retention technology provider at $800m.

Standard Industries' 40 North unit co-led a series D round that included LG, Schneider Electric, Rockwell Automation and Siemens at a reported $1bn-plus valuation.