The funding, provided by a consortium including mapping specialist Here, adds to a $6.4m series A round secured in 2015 and a $1.3m seed round a year earlier.

Motorola Solutions Venture Capital has committed capital to a series A round that will help Neurala further improve its deep learning networks platform.

Drone-as-a-service startup Measure has raised $15m in a series B round led by IT services provider Cognizant's corporate venturing unit.

Wesfarmers-backed Icix, which monitors supply chains to ensure food safety, has received a cash injection from private equity firm Arrowroot Capital.

Fosun's Kinzon Capital subsidiary has co-led the series A round closed by facial recognition technology developer Shenxing Tech.

Pain management drug developer SiteOne Therapeutics has secured Amgen as a research and development partner and lead investor in its series B round.

Airbnb has led the series A round closed by restaurant booking platform and strategic partner Resy, investing alongside participants including First Data.

D.Light, which is backed by Mahindra & Mahindra, has received $5m in equity funding from Norfund and $5.5m in grants from Shell Foundation and Beyond the Grid.

Intel Capital led the artificial intelligence technology developer's latest round, which included GV and Accenture Ventures, and which brought its total funding to more than $27m.