Deepcore, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Oita Venture Capital and YJ Capital were among the backers that injected $18.7m into the computer security service provider.

JIC Venture Growth Investments has injected $19.2m into the IoT technology developer, which is already backed by Dentsu, NEC, NGK, Mikasa Shoji, Mitsui, Salesforce, SoftBank and Toyoda Gosei.

EDF and Dream Project Incubators are investing in the Africa-based solar system provider, the former having launched a partnership with it two years ago.

Asahi Intecc, Dai-Dan, StemCell Institute and Taiko Pharmaceutical all took part in a $19.3m round for the cell-derived heart therapy developer.

Kyoto University Innovation Capital has taken part in a $19.3m round for the cell-derived heart therapy spinout of Osaka University.

Eight Roads Ventures Japan has led a $12.5m round for the employee performance management software provider, investing alongside AG Capital, Dai-ichi Life, SCSK and SMBC Venture Capital.

Channel 4’s corporate venturing unit has joined earlier backers Sistema and Yandex to become a shareholder of the educational resources provider.

JLL Spark was among the investors in a $15.5m round for the interior sensor technology developer that was led by Northzone.

The cryptocurrency exchange aggregator has closed its second round of the year, which included Gumi Cryptos, raising its total funding to $14.8m.

Oil and gas business Shell has joined energy companies Centrica and Eon to invest in a $14.5m round for the energy brokerage platform developer.