Kensho, the developer of an artificial intelligence app for the finance markets, has raised $10m from backers including Google Ventures.

The fertility drug developer has now secured $20.9m after welcoming Novo to its investor base.

The payment service has secured $17m in total funding and will now seek to expand into new regions.

Health food supplier NatureBox has now raised $28m in funding, and has secured Softbank as an investor.

The Irish government agency will invest up to $16m in the Mayo-backed venture, which will aim to commercialise US medical technology at Irish universities.

UK-based Aveillant has now raised about $21.7m from investors including ESB and original parent company Cambridge Consultants.

AdvanDx, which develops treatments to combat hospital infections, has secured $12m in its latest round, which included pharmaceutical company Merck.

The education provision startup has raised $10m from a group of new and existing investors, and has now secured $21m since it was founded in 2012.

Altia, an Intel-backed developer of panoramic camera technology for video and web collaboration, has now raised $17.2m in total.

The corporate venturing units of Qualcomm and Samsung both participated in a round that lifted Ineda's total funding to $26m.