The corporate investor returned to lead a round that reportedly valued life insurance portal Ethos at $400m to $500m.

CSAA Insurance is among a group of backers that provided $47m to support the launch of a Florida-focused home insurance carrier, the first of Kin's subsidiaries to underwrite its own policies.

GV was among the investors for Stanford-backed online life insurance provider Ethos's latest round, which brought the its total funding to more than $106m.

Huohua Siwei more than doubled its total funding to $160m after attracting $85m in a round that featured an investment vehicle for Longfor Properties.

Grid-scale energy storage developer Form Energy has closed a series B round led by Eni Next that will fund a prototype of its lithium-sulphur battery.

MIT grid battery spinout Form Energy has secured capital from investors including The Engine and Eni to bring its funding haul to nearly $50m.

Accor, Hilton, IHG and Marriot provided a total of $50m for the event-booking management platform, which will use it to beef up engineering, sales and marketing.

The workspace operator has now raised more than $220m altogether, following a round featuring Equinox, TF Cornerstone and Granite Properties.

Microbiome drug developer Finch Therapeutics has collected investments from SymBiosis and SIG among others to push its total funding to near $95m.

Royal Bank of Canada was among the investors in a $44m series B round that brings the customer loyalty app developer's total funding to more than $71m.