Yamaha has joined existing investors in the series B round which was secured alongside a $100m asset financing deal backed by Anypay.

Xi'an Jiaotong University's foundation was among the investors in domestic services booking platform 24tidy as the company increased its total to at least $62.7m.

The fund will invest a total of up to $100m in artificial intelligence startups and has already made its first investment in facial and object recognition company AnyVision.

The company will take its wearable technology and healthcare platform to Japan following a Mitsui-led series B round that was worth between $30m and $35m.

The Great Eagle-backed co-working space provider has raised $30m to open additional sites across the US.

Cambridge Enterprise-backed Fluidic Analytics' third funding round will help fund the launch of its first microfluidics-based protein analysis machine.

The cross-board payments provider has reached the first close for a targeted $45m round thanks to a first tranche backed by Telkom Indonesia, Kasikorn Bank, Rocket Internet and SBI.

Sinar Mas and AirAsia have backed the communication platform's global expansion plans by joining its series B round.

Merck & Co and AbbVie co-led the biotech company's funding round, which included Mayo Clinic, Alexandria Venture Investments and Amgen.

Drugmaker Strides Pharma Science has invested $15m in the first close of a series B round with a $100m target, bringing the first tranche to $35m.