SoftBank led a series A round for the robotic waiter developer that included fellow corporate investors Line Ventures, Lotte Group, Smilegate and DSC.

BMW iVentures took part in the latest round for electric motor technology developer Software Motor Company, whose earlier investors include JLL Spark.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, Salesforce and General Electric all contributed to the equity portion of the consulting services platform's series E round.

Tiger Global and Steadview Capital provided the series B financing, which came roughly five years after a Paytm and Alibaba-backed series A round.

Visa and FIS joined an investor base that already includes Mastercard, as the Africa-focused payment technology provider closed its series B.

Fulltime System, Goodpatch, Hankyu Hanshin Properties, Mitsui Fudosan and Shinsei Bank chipped in as the smart lock startup closed its $31.4m series A round.

ClalTech returned to back a series B round that brought speech-to-text transcription platform developer Verbit’s total funding up to $65m.

Livestreaming platform Joyy and its VC offshoot, Engage Capital, both invested in e-commerce tool provider Shopline, which will put the money into hiring and geographic expansion.

Sony Innovation Fund has led a $30m investment for the car rental service as part of a series D round targeting a $100m final close.

Nippon Life returned to help the listings portal raise a $36.4m round featuring Globis, Sony and Zenrin DataCom, which will be used to promote brand awareness and talent acquisition.