NGP Partners led retail analytics software provider Celect's series C round, which included Fung Capital and existing investors Activant Capital and August Capital.

Pypestream took its total funding to $35m in a $15m round led by WR Berkley, whose director of investments has joined the chatbot developer's board.

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and existing investor JPMorgan Chase provided $17.5m of funding for the financial data software developer.

Blockchain technology developer Orbs has added some $15.4m in cryptocurrency to the $118m it raised in May, and expects the funding to last seven years.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Johnson & Johnson and BioMotiv have provided $13m of funding to help Aro develop protein-based therapeutics aimed at treating cancer.

Modern Times Group has invested in app demo development platform AppOnboard through its MTGx digital subsidiary, after backing its April 2018 series A round.

The smart device developer, which counts SEB and Xiaomi as backers, has raised tens of millions of dollars in its third funding round this year.

The NewSpring-led round took the B2B e-commerce platform's funding to$40m to date, from investors that include Novel Group and Creative Artists Agency.

The Xiaomi and Ping An-backed toy maker has completed a $14.6m funding round led by venture capital firm Volcanics Venture.