The business expertise connection platform has closed a round that increased its funding to more than $33m altogether.

The talent acquisition technology developer, backed by Salesforce at series B stage, has raised $30m in a series C round that takes its overall funding to $55m.

Media firm Bennett Coleman & Co has invested $25m in taxi service operator Meru Cabs as part of a round that could eventually reach $100m.

The UCL Technology Fund invests in gene therapy company Freeline, which hopes to treat blood diseases such as haemophilia B.

EMBL Ventures backs Allecra Therapeutics' series B round that will support a phase 2 clinical trial for a therapy aimed at drug-resistant bacteria.

E-commerce firm and existing investor Vente-Privee has returned to take part in another funding round for online flight booking startup MisterFly.

The online lending platform's latest round, made up of $20m in equity and $12m in debt, was led by Bertelsmann's local corporate venturing unit.

GV, the corporate venturing unit formerly known as Google Ventures, led the risk monitoring system developer's latest round, bringing its overall funding to near $35m.

3Nod has co-led the IoT platform's latest funding round, with participation from investors including corporates Cisco and Mitsui.

Saudi Aramco, Airbus and Schlumberger all took part in a round that boosted the GV-backed industrial collaboration technology company's total funding to about $28m.