Sectors

Next47, CreditEase, SBI Group and Morgan Stanley are all among the backers of Pipe’s latest round, which was oversubscribed by $100m and valued the business at $2bn.

SoftBank has led the series E round through its Vision Fund 2, doubling Formlabs’ valuation to $2bn in the process.

Asapp has doubled its valuation to $1.6bn in the space of a year, thanks to a $120m series C round backed by returning investor Telstra Ventures.

Novo Holdings has invested in the immuno-oncology drug developer which already counts 3SBio Group and Eisai as existing backers.

Lilly Asia Ventures has led a $90m series B round for Duality Biologics, which revealed it has now secured $120m altogether from backers also including WuXi Biologics.

LinkedIn has made a strategic investment in the developer of software tools for the media industry.

The Mouro Capital-backed business lender has secured a mix of debt and equity investment in a round led by Lakestar.

Tsinghua Research Capital has participated in a $23m series A-plus round for the self-driving technology developer.

Sparx has returned to lead the OUVC-backed cell-based therapeutic technology developer’s series B round, which brought its overall funding to almost $45m.

The Applied Materials and Scatec Innovation-backed titanium components producer has floated shares on the Euronext Growth Oslo by securing $35m in a private placement.

Checkout.com-backed Thunes has added $60m to its coffers, while Desktop Metal purchased Adaptive3D less than a year after Arkema invested.