NEC has co-led a series B round for Tascent, which also welcomed Min Aik Technology as a backer.

Lidar technology developer Blickfeld has secured a $5.7m extension from investors including Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners to bring its seed round to $10m.

University of California-backed Congruent Ventures is among the investors in Bellwether Coffee, which is marketing an ethical coffee roasting system.

Sallie Mae has led a series C round for Deserve, which offers credit cards to students without a credit history.

Point72 Ventures led a $15.4m round for Reinventure-backed human resources management platform developer Flare that will support hiring.

ZestMoney added a $13.4m second tranche led by Xiaomi to a round including PayU that now stands at $19.9m.

The corporate-backed transport booking and payment service has raised $10.4m in a round that took its total funding to almost $30m.

Asahi Broadcasting, Colopl, WFLE, Asahi Shimbun and Nagoya Broadcasting Network helped provide $11.7m for the influencer marketing platform.