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The Tencent, Naspers and BCC-backed educational course provider secured the funding at a $16.5bn valuation, adding to $1bn it raised in April.

Berkshire Hathaway led a second tranche of a series G round, raised by Nubank, a Tencent-backed virtual bank based in Brazil, at a $30bn valuation.

Transcarent has raised $58m from Bayer and Merck, while Nvidia has bought DeepMap, one of its portfolio companies also backed by Bosch.

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan has led the round that valued the ETS-backed student recruitment platform at more than $3bn.

The Tata unit has reportedly bought a 55% stake in the Intel Capital-backed digital pharmacy operator, which was valued at $200m as of mid-2019.

The SoftBank-backed online tutoring course provider has floated in a $41.7m offering that comes in the wake of some $1.1bn in venture funding.

Techstars will find startups in eight areas, such as tax, legal tech, human resources, compliance and technology.

Blockchain game developer Mythical Games pulled in $75m while enterprise software developer Morning Consult reached a unicorn valuation in an Advance Venture Partners-led round.

ETH Zurich spinout Nexxiot has added $25m to its coffers thanks to a round led by QVIDTVM.

Bridge Bank and Multiplier Capital have co-led a $14m funding round for Sharpen Technologies, whose shareholders already include the IU Philanthropic Venture Fund.

Financial advice service Credit Sesame pushed its overall funding past $160m while small molecule drug developer Genhouse and AI technology developer Gideon Brothers each raised $31m.