The fitness app has attracted investors including Bertelsmann Asia Investment to a series C round that will support the introduction of new features.

CloudMinds, a startup developing intelligent, connected robots, has raised $30m in an early-stage round backed by the contract electronics manufacturer.

The Bertelsmann-backed dating app developer aims to reach 10 million users by the end of the year, having completed a series C round that boosted its overall funding to $50m.

Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson-backed Mitralign has so far secured $39.8m in series E funding but has not named the round's investors.

Novartis returned to invest in Caribou Biosciences, which is developing genome engineering technology for therapeutics, agriculture and industrial biotechnology.

The POS technology developer has closed a $22.5m round featuring retail firm Metro Group that boosted its overall funding to about $40m since 2011.

Existing shareholders including Softbank, Telstra and American Express returned to back the e-commerce platform's $30m series E round, which was led by GGV Capital.

Healthcare expenses tool Simplee has attracted American Express to a $20m series C round that almost doubled its total funding to $38m.

GV, which previously took part in in the enterprise software developer's 2015 series A round, has joined Intel Capital for a $28m series B.