Verizon led a round for the connected vehicle technology developer that also included Cisco, Orange and Yamaha Motor Company.

Allied Minds invests in its subsidiary Federated Wireless' $22m series A round to help it bring its phone spectrum management system to market.

The company, which has developed fraud prevention technology for e-commerce, has added Phoenix Insurance and NTT Docomo to its shareholders.

Intelligent energy storage system producer Sunverge Energy has added Australian utility AGL to an investor base already containing Siemens and Total.

Nikkei subsidiary Quick Corporation led the round and will assist financial data services provider Xignite with its expansion efforts in Asia.

The virtual reality network operator has now accumulated almost $40m in financing, and attracted Samsung, HTC, Orange, Madison Wells and Digital Garage as backers.

Tengelmann, Asia Pacific Internet Group and Holtzbrinck Ventures have all returned for the realty portal's $31.4m series C round, after investing in its $18m series B.

Bus booking app Dadabus received the funding as part of a strategic collaboration with the plastic pipe maker, which is looking to expand into new-energy vehicles.

Memory technology developer Avalanche Technology has confirmed a $23m funding round that featured existing investor Rogers Communications.