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MicroPort Scientific's cardiovascular technology spinoff secured $130m at a $1.1bn valuation, with the cash to fund R&D, manufacturing and market growth.

Ntwrk co-led the round for Faze Clan through a commercial partnership that will involve the latter's esports merchandise integrating with its video commerce platform.

Xiaomi is the second largest shareholder in Kingsoft's cloud services spinoff, which has filed to raise up to $100m on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Several corporate investors backed the latest $250 round raised by data management platform developer Cohesity at a valuation of $2.5bn. The deal is part of the dynamic broader space of big data technologies which have captivated the attention of corporates over the past decade.

Undisclosed backers have supplied series C funding for the SoftBank and Line-backed business finance provider, which has now raised more than $72m in total.

Returning investors Seven Bank and SBI Group contributed to a $21.6m first close of the microfinance provider’s series D round.

Chinese Academy of Sciences vehicle Cash Capital provided up to $42.4m for the iris recognition technology developer, following a Gree investment in September.

The business-monitoring software developer secured new funding in an Intel Capital-led series C round also featuring SoftBank Ventures Asia and Samsung Next.

Amazon returned with three other existing investors to bring consumer and enterprise financing provider Capital Float's total funding to $125m.

Mobile game studio Nifty Games secured funding in an Axiomatic and Century Game-backed round as it gets ready to release its first title.

The investment bank's diversity-focused accelerator has adopted a digital format with participants from across the financial, healthcare, industrial and services sectors.