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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.

Light Street Capital has led the Digital Garage, Nissen and Tokio Marine & Nichido-backed human resources software provider’s series D round.

McCain helped meatless nugget producer Simulate secure a $250m valuation while retail technology developer Grabango raised $39m from investors including Unilever and Honeywell.

Amex Ventures and Citi Ventures were among the returning investors that backed the identity verification software provider in its series D round, at a $1.75bn valuation.

The SoftBank and Sinopharm-backed medicine delivery service will allocate the funding to diversifying its business, potentially adding teleconsultation, counselling and insurance.

SoftBank is set to exit smart scheduling software developer X.ai as its Vision Fund 2 invests in artificial intelligence technology unicorn AInnovation.

HubSpot has exited the marketing platform developer in an acquisition by Attentive that follows some $8m of funding.

Nina Gerson, Jamie Rosen and Jeremy Zhu have all stepped up after conducting a number of deals on behalf of Alphabet's growth equity subsidiary.

Prosus has joined Kaszek Ventures to invest in the last-mile delivery service, which already counted Engie Factory as an investor.

Etsy is acquiring the Gen Z-focused social commerce platform Depop, giving an exit to Lumar. The transaction and its large size may be indicative of a potential momentum for exits from emerging enterprises in this space.