Telstra was among the investors in the cloud app security company's $30m series B round, which will be used to expand its workforce.

The pharmaceutical company has acquired a 45% stake in Alkahest, which aims to fight diseases using plasma transplants from younger patients.

Online credit rating service Wecash has closed its series B round at $20m, boosting its total funding to $26.6m.

Event-planning service HoneyBook has now received $32m in venture funding to date, following a $22m series B round.

Antibiotics developer Macrolide Pharmaceuticals has secured its first funding with a $22m round backed by Novartis, Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.

The pharmaceutical company has acquired a 45% stake in Alkahest, which aims to fight diseases using plasma transplants from younger patients.

Harvard life sciences spin-out Macrolide secures $22m at launch.

Cloud-based marketing platform Booker boosted its total funding to $77m with a $35m series C round backed by First Data's corporate venturing unit.

SoftBank and SK Telecom-backed in-game advertising company RockYou has increased its funding to more than $160m after raising $23m.