Several existing shareholders including Woodford have returned to back a $17m funding round for Metalysis, which produces metal powders for 3D printing.

Movile provided $18.3m for Zoop and plans to integrate the company's payment technology across its mobile commerce business.

Groupe ADP and existing investor Airbus Ventures kicked in funds as the transport management platform boosted its total funding to more than $16m.

Boeing HorizonX Ventures and Singtel Innov8 contributed to the internet-of-things satellite developer's latest round, which follows an ExactEarth investment in 2015.

Nanosatellite internet of things technology developer Myriota has attracted $15m in series A funding from investors co-led by Main Sequence Ventures.

Deutsche Tele Medien, NWZ and PD Ventures all participated in a $19.9m round for the social media platform that was led by Burda Principal Investments.

BMW i Ventures led the lidar sensor developer's series B round, which also featured another corporate venturing unit, Toyota AI Ventures.

Randstad Innovation Fund and Gradient Ventures are among the investors in the recruitment automation platform, which has just emerged from stealth.

SBI Investment's blockchain and artficial intelligence fund has led a $10.4m series A round for autonomous driving software developer Ascent that will fund R&D.