Asahi Kasei Ventures was among the investors in a round that boosted the food-freshness technology developer's funding to nearly $18m altogether.

The automotive e-commerce marketplace has secured $17.5m in a round that was co-led by SoftBank's Latin American fund.

Royal Vopak, Mitsubishi and Covestro helped the Erlangen–Nuremberg hydrogen storage technology spinout collect $19m in funding.

Equinor Energy Ventures and Evergy Ventures chipped in to help bring grid management software provider Sunverge's overall funding to nearly $65m.

Samsung Next has bet on secure telecommunications platform developer SignalWire in an $11.5m round that will support work on its newest product.

Royal Vopak, Mitsubishi and Covestro helped the Erlangen–Nuremberg hydrogen storage technology spinout collect $19m in funding.

Time and CyberAgent-backed Lazy Books collected $14.2m in a series C round that will enable the audiobook and podcast platform to expand its content.

The travel services platform has secured $12.3m in its most recent round, which followed a Grupo Palau, Palladium Hotels and Sabadell-backed round last year.

Sagawa Express, Japan Post and CRE have invested in a $11.7m series B round for the logistics platform developer that was led by Softbank.

SIG, CM Group, Consensys Ventures and Akuna Capital all contributed to an $18.3m round for the cryptocurrency-based lending platform.