Optum has signed on to the fight against obesity, backing the telemedicine programme provider and taking its overall funding to over $127m.

SoftBank Vision Fund and Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures partcipated in a series C round that will fund the roll out of Energy Vault's grid-scale energy storage systems.

Corporate card and spend management software provider Ramp more than doubled its valuation to $3.9bn through a series C round featuring Stripe.

The Bloomberg Beta-backed autonomous flight technology developer is set to accelerate its growth with a round reportedly valuing it in excess of $1bn.

BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Ensemble and Citi all provided series B funding for the advanced construction technology developer, which also counts a number of real estate firms as investors.

Tencent came onboard as the digital business banking developer raised cash which will be put towards growing its customer base.

Tencent and Unilever Ventures returned for a round valuing the accounting and invoicing platform developer at nearly $600m.

SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2’s first investment in Africa is set to help the mobile payment app expand its reach.

The comics app developer has reached unicorn status through a series F round backed by Tencent and One Store.

SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 contributed to the e-invoicing company’s series D round.