CAC, Bandai Namco and Sega all took part in the round as new investors, helping the WPP-backed emotion recognition software company boost its total funding to $34m.

Oxford spinout Zegami aims for a $10m funding round to commercialise its data discovery platform.

CAC, Bandai Namco and Sega all took part in the round as new investors, helping the WPP-backed emotion recognition software company boost its total funding to $34m.

Advanced radiology startup Zebra Medical Vision will work with the US-based care system to further develop its intelligent imaging analytics technology.

Mithril Capital Management invested $15m to take the energy storage company's Mitsui and RWE-backed series C round up to $68m.

A universal flu vaccine developed by Oxford spinout Vaccitech shows promising results in trials as the firm launches with a $14.5m seed round.

Samsung made its second investment in the autonomous car software developer, taking part in a series A round that also included the Singaporean government.

SEB and ABN Amro made strategic investments as part of the personal finances app developer's series B round, which will fund the next iteration of its product.