Carnegie Mellon spinout Voci will use the money to bolster sales and marketing activities.

Corporates Gree and Gunosy have invested in the beauty and cosmetics-focused social media platform which will spend the funds on hiring and marketing.

Cybersecurity technology provider Denim Group has agreed to an $8.8m investment by Wipro in return for a 33% stake.

Motorola Solutions Venture Capital and Verizon Ventures helped the augmented reality video software developer secure $5.5m.

Existing investor Qualcomm Ventures has contributed to a $6.2m round for the online ticketing platform that will support partnerships and acquisitions.

The MIT spinout formerly known as Baseload Renewables hopes its lithium-sulphur battery could offer a sustainable energy source.