Unilever Ventures has joined existing backer MMC Ventures in backing recipe box delivery service Gousto, which has raised $8.3m in series A funding.

Mobile payments platform Carta Worldwide has raised $7m from DC Thomson and Difference Capital in the first tranche of its series D funding.

The online beauty products retailer will use the cash to grow its business across the Asia Pacific region.

The technology discovery company has now raised $7m in the space of a month from investors including Google's corporate venturing unit.

Medical device company Esco has launched a venture capital fund targeting the life sciences, medical and healthcare technologies sectors, which will invest $8m over a three-year period.

Soneter, which manufactures water flow and leak sensors, has raised $6m at the same time as it signed a strategic agreement with Flextronics.

The cancer diagnostics developer raised $7.4m in the Wuxi Pharmatech-backed round, and has now secured more than $15m in overall funding.

The valet parking start-up will use the cash, provided by investors including Wells Fargo-backed Norwest Venture Partners, to expand geographically.

Semiconductor company Intel's corporate venturing unit invested alongside Flint Capital, VTB and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.