Microsoft-backed automated drone provider Airobotics took its total funding past the $100m mark with a round led by Singapore's Pavilion Capital.

Parent company Admiral supplied $10m of convertible debt financing for car insurance spinoff Compare.com in a round that took its overall funding to $185m.

GV and existing investor Arrive both contributed as the digital life insurance platform raised money at a valuation of more than $100m.

Bloomberg and Mastercard-backed expenses automation software provider AppZen has now raised a total of $52m, after closing a Lightspeed-led series B round.

Intel Capital and Coinbase Ventures both chipped in as the blockchain technology developer raised its second round in less than a year.

Data analytics software provider Quid has secured $37.5m in a round led by Relx subsidiary REV Ventures that included Lixil and Salesforce Ventures.

The Recruit-backed conversational AI technology provider took its overall funding to $87m in a round that will support product development and sales and marketing.

Canadia’s Strategic Innovation Fund has invested $37.6m in the fusion power technology developer, which had previously raised more than $83m from investors including Cenovus.

Virtualisation technology provider Scale Computing has reached the $21.2m Lenovo-led first close of a round expected to close at $34.8m.

Dentsu Ventures participated as a new investor, as food safety technology developer Clear Labs closed a series B2 round that took its funding to $45m in total.