GE Ventures has become the founding sponsor of a $20m Pittsburgh-based accelerator aimed at startups developing robotics technologies.

Microfinance firms Accion and Lok Capital were among the investors in a $25m round for IFMR, which provides financial services to remote Indian communities.

Online gaming services provider Curse has revealed it has secured $52m in the past year, including $30m from Riot Games last month.

The healthcare IT technology developer's series B round follows a $4m round in 2013 backed by telecommunications company Rogers Communications.

The online peer-to-peer lending company raised the capital from backers including Rocket Internet, Access Industries and the VC firm spun out of HV Holtzbrinck.

Jibo, the Samsung-backed developer of a helper robot, has extended its series A round by $11m with backing from Acer, Dentsu, KDDI, NetPosa and LG Uplus.

Mogujie led the online luxury goods retailer's series B round, closed alongside a strategic collaboration agreement between the two companies.

The American Express-backed mobile payment technology provider has now raised $35m since it was founded in 2011.