Ecovacs Robotics invested in the emotion-recognition technology developer as part of a series B round, participating as an existing backer.

Mitsui and Dai-ichi Life have backed a $22.9m investment round led by 31Ventures Global Innovation Fund that will fund the launch of Axelspace's latest satellite.

The AI-based contextual insight service has closed a $33.6m round that included Stanford University, taking its total funding to almost $56m.

Kozo Keikaku Engineering and BayBG were among the investors in a round that took the indoor mapping technology developer's total funding past $45m.

The AI-based contextual insight service has closed a $33.6m round that included SoftBank, Relx and Crescent Enterprises, taking its total funding to almost $56m.

Robert Bosch Venture Capital reinvested in the augmented reality technology developer as part of a round that valued it at $96m.

IP Group has backed AR technology developer WaveOptics, building on the position taken by Touchstone Innovations, which it now owns, in 2015 and 2017.

Previously backed by Stanford-StartX Fund, Firefly installs digital advertising screens on taxis to provide drivers with greater income and collect urban data for municipal authorities.

M17 Entertainment, backed by MCN, Yahoo Japan and LeSports, has collected $25m after a failed attempt at an IPO earlier this year.

Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners returned for a round that boosted the enterprise architecture technology developer's total funding to approximately $40m.