The lithium-ion battery provider's latest financing came through a private placement co-led by Volkswagen that also featured Scania.

The Daimler-backed bus and train service hiked its valuation to $3bn in a series G debt and equity round that will fund the expansion of its routes.

Existing backers Creditease and Salesforce Ventures contributed to a round led by Target Global that valued the online insurance provider at $3bn.

The online household items and fresh produce marketplace has sealed a $1.2bn majority acquisition by the Tata unit, enabling Alibaba to exit.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the e-commerce holding company's latest round, reportedly the largest series A ever closed by a US-based company.

Samsung Ventures was part of a Silver Lake-led round that hiked health management app developer Noom's valuation to $3.7bn.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led the digital analytics technology developer’s latest round, which was closed at a $2.8bn valuation.

Returning investor Allianz X helped the digital investment service provider nearly quadruple its valuation to nearly $4.1bn in seven months.

Alibaba could potentially sell $550m of shares in the deal, which has been given approval by regulators and which will give Tata a 64% stake in return for $1.2bn.

Bonnier was among the investors that added $800m to the marketing technology provider's latest round, with $600m funding its purchase of SparkPost.