Co-working space provider Fountown has achieved a $150m valuation in a series A round led by CDH Investments that included Huazhu Hotels Group.

Rakuten has joined investors including Highland Capital and Alsop Louie to fund Blackstorm, which aims to help developers sell their apps outside the two big stores.

The automated loyalty marketing platform, which is also backed by NTT Docomo, has now raised almost $74m altogether and is valued at $205m.

Novo and others are set to reinvest in Apollo Endosurgery after it agreed to acquire Nasdaq-listed Lpath in a deal that will speed up its progress towards an initial public offering.

Alkemics, a smart data platform that helps manufacturers manage product details, has added $22.5m to its coffers following a series B round backed by SEB.

The Syngenta and Sumitomo-backed agritech developer has raised $20.4m in the first tranche of a series E round expected to close at $24m.

Cisco and Liberty Global returned to back a late-stage round for Celeno Communications, which provides chipsets for wifi routers and set top boxes.

PremjiInvest has bought $20.4m of shares in the eyewear retailer from IDG Ventures India and invested a further $9.6m at a $270m valuation.

Engie has reinvested in solar energy platform BBoxx, expanding the off-grid solar energy provider's total funding to $40m as it prepares to expand in Africa.