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Lunar expanded its series D round to $307m while RefleXion Medical raised $80m and Silent Eight raked in $40m.

JPMorgan Chase and Salesforce Ventures took part in financial services provider Propel's $50m series B round while prayer app developer Glorify closed its second $40m round in three months.

Banking software provider Zeta netted $30m from investors including Mastercard at a $1.5bn valuation while drug development services provider Staq Pharma closed its series C round.

The corporate venturing industry is pushing towards a 50:50 split in senior investor roles.

CSAA participated in the first close of a series D round for Kin Insurance, which is part of the broader insurtech space, which has enjoyed the attention of corporate venture investors.

Carbon-to-diamond technology developer Aether raised $18m in a Helena-led round while healthcare fintech startup Lynx emerged from stealth with $17.5m from investors including Commonwealth Care Alliance.

Honeywell participated in a round valuing Volocopter at nearly $1.9bn as it as it races to be the first eVTOL vehicle developer to market in Europe and Asia.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The carmaker has exited the electric truck developer having sold the 7.5 million shares it owned, following the latter's poor financial performance.

South Africa-based cryptocurrency exchange Valr and healthcare operations software developer Qventus each raised $50m in corporate-backed rounds.