Intel Capital, Fidelity and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan returned to take part in a round also backed by Lenovo that took Cloudian's total funding to $79m.

US-based cloud storage technology developer Cloudian secured $41m yesterday from investors including consumer electronics manufacturer Lenovo and Intel Capital, the corporate venturing subsidiary of chipmaker Intel.

The round was also backed by Japanese public-private partnership Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), City National Bank, Epsilon Venture Partners, DVP Investment, Goldman Sachs and Eight Roads, an investment subsidiary of financial services group Fidelity.

Cloudian provides scale-out object storage technology that helps IT service providers and enterprises supply hybrid cloud storage products.…