Amazon provided a $7m extension to the connected car technology developer's series A round, which already contained Deutsche Telekom.

Michigan spinout Vesper's investors include Amazon's Alexa Fund, AAC Technologies, Mirae Nano Tech and XinGang Electronics.

Advanced microphone technology developer Vesper's investors include Amazon's Alexa Fund, AAC Technologies, Mirae Nano Tech and XinGang Electronics.

Kooksoondang Brewery's GN Tech Venture was among the investors in an $18.9m round that took the anti-tumour therapy developer's total funding to $27.7m.

The biosurgical products company has received $10m from investors including MedEdge.

The solar technology provider, an Oxford University spinoff, received additional capital from investors like Statoil's $200m energy ventures fund.

The funding has been supplied by a consortium featuring GE Ventures, Microsemi Corporation, Corning and Paladin Capital Group.

RDC, a joint venture between defence companies Rafael and Elron, co-led the round for the incident response technology developer.

Online logistics platform Yimidida has raised capital from investors including GLP.

Precision medicine developer Metabolon, whose backers include Sumitomo, will use the additional $15m from Essex Woodlands to buy back shares.