Gene therapy developer Limelight Bio grew from research at University of Pennsylvania and has landed $75m in its first publicly-disclosed round.

The cancer drug developer emerged from stealth with $194m in funding, $85m of which was just closed in a round featuring returning investor Roche Venture Fund.

Language teaching app Duolingo has received series F funding from existing backer CapitalG and is now valued at $1.5bn.

The electric powertrain manufacturer has secured $41m in equity, debt and working capital in a round led by corporate venturing unit BP Ventures.

Pfizer Ventures led the immuno-oncology drug developer's latest round, which was spun out of Institut Paoli-Calmettes with the help of Satt Sud-Est and Inserm Transfert.

The automotive e-commerce and services portal was reportedly valued at $700m in a series D round led by Ping An Global Voyager Fund's first Indian deal.

Qualcomm Ventures contributed to a $60m round for last-mile delivery service Shadowfax that was led by Flipkart at a $250m valuation.

Autonomous bus fleet operator May Mobility secured the return of Toyota AI Ventures and BMW i Ventures to bring its overall funding to $84m.

The AI technology developer has now secured about $175m in total, and has added Chow Tai Fook to corporate backers including Lenovo, K11 and Red Star Macalline.

Cisco-backed CRM software producer Kustomer has now raised a total of $174m following a series E round that valued it at more than $500m.