Total has re-invested in the renewable energy storage company, which will use the funds to build its first commercial-scale production facility.

The Sumitomo-backed marketing technology company has now raised almost $48m in less than three years.

EDF-backed fund Electranova Capital has provided the funds for the second close of a $27.7m round for the wind sensor company.

The new venture, partnered with Moscow State University, will provide support to early-stage projects.

The France-based medical software developer has now secured almost $40m in funding since it was founded in 2001.

SI-Bone, which has developed a device to treat lower back pain, will now seek to expand beyond the US into more than a dozen other markets.

Sotera Wireless, a portfolio company of Intel Capital and Qualcomm Ventures, has secured $20m in a round that has taken its overall funding to $78m.

The website building service will use the funding, provided by investors including Tencent, to branch out into new regions and enhance its R&D.

Aerpio Therapeutics, a developer of drugs to combat vascular diseases, has raised $22m in a round featuring pharmaceutical company Novartis.