Bertelsmann returned to invest in the content monetisation platform developer's series C round, which increased its total equity funding to $24m.

Civitas Learning, a Software-as-a-Service predictive analysis edtech platform, nets $16m in series C.

Contract research company SNBL has backed an $18m series A round for Wave Life Sciences, which focuses on engineering precise molecular structures for drug development.

Mobile commerce company Movile has invested $15m in the local business reviews app, which operates across Latin America.

Contract research company SNBL has backed an $18m series A round for Wave Life Sciences, which focuses on engineering precise molecular structures for drug development.

Novartis, already a strategic partner of SomaLogic, was an investor in a $16.5m round raised by the clinical diagnostics company.

Tsinghua Holdings one of the backers in $10m series A for Uthing.cn.

FiscalNote, which uses big data to track legislators' voting habits, has received $10m from Renren, taking its total funding to more than $18m.

Online women's fashion retailer Ichuanyi has secured $10m from investors including e-commerce company JD.com.

Alibaba has invested $10m in Ouya, a game console maker launched with a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in 2012.