Nikkei invested the cash as part of a partnership agreement based around a real-time data feature recently introduced by NTT Docomo-backed Evernote.

On-demand laundry service Edaixi, which is operated by laundry franchise Rongchain and backed by Tencent, has raised series A funding, four months after its seed round.

Men's fashion retailer Menlook has secured $29m in a round in which Allianz-backed IDinvest Partners and BPfrance became shareholders.

Quanta has raised $43m in a series B round for the launch of its advanced haemodialysis system, bringing the total raised by the company to $57.3m.

Stratoscale, a software company for data centres, has attracted $32m in a series B round which involved Intel, Cisco and SanDisk.

Intel has led a $35m series F round for dentity management platform Gigya, bringing its total funding up to $104m.

NantBioScience, a biopharmaceutical firm with links to Colorado University, raises $25m and looks for a total $100m.

Imago BioSciences, which is working on treatments for orphan diseases, has raised $26.5m in a Merck and Amgen-backed series A round.

E-commerce website Fashionandyou.com, backed by Intel, Nokia and Norwest Venture Partners, has raised $20m of a planned $50m series E round.