Flextronics-backed fund Eclipse and Qualcomm invested in the second round closed by Swift, which is developing GPS technology to help self-driving cars navigate roads.

Energy storage software developer Greensmith has boosted its latest round to $18.3m after E.ON added to a round that already included $5m from American Electric Power.

MGM, Warner Music and Intel have joined a shareholder base already including Samsung, as part of an $18.2m round for the digital media company.

Axel Springer, SoftBank and NBCUniversal have reinvested in NowThis, a video media producer that has abandoned a homepage in favour of social networks.

Health analytics provider GNS has attracted Celgene, Cambia Health, Mitsui and Heritage Provider Network to its series C round, increasing its total funding to nearly $35m.

Gigster, backed by Bloomberg in its seed round, has secured $10m to invest in its core software development service technology.

Distill Ventures, the accelerator funded by alcohol producer Diageo, has made its first investment, injecting more than $15m into whisky producer Stauning.

The mobile ticketing app for public transport has added Keolis and Mastercard to its shareholders and has now raised more than $20m altogether.