National Grid Partners contributed to data protection software provider Baffle's series B round while Axa and Zendesk exited sales enablement platform developer Seismic.

Smile Group returns to invest in Zupee’s platform, which lets users compete for real money via trivia games.

Bike taxi service provider Rapido has surpassed $130m of overall funding through a series C round featuring corporate investors Shell Ventures, Yamaha and Positive Moves Consulting.

KAUST agricultural technology spinout Red Sea has added $6m to a pre-series A round featuring the university that now totals $16m.

Ventricular assistance system developer CH Biomedical closed a Baheal-backed series D round while peer-to-peer lending platform Alami secured $17.5m in a round led by EV Growth.

The smart electronics producer, backed by Xiaomi, closed series C funding to accelerate research and development with a focus on 5G technologies.

The Ant Group, Samsung and Citi-backed cross-border trading software provider secured series D funding from Affinity Equity Partners.

Nio Capital returned for the lidar system developer's series B-plus round, which will support research and development activities.

Investors including AppHarvest have added $6m to the $10m the saltwater farming technology developer raised in a Wa'ed-backed close in June.

Henkel Adhesive Technologies has contributed an undisclosed sum to the investment firm’s latest vehicle, which also counts Saint-Gobain, Solvay and Asahi Kasei among its LPs.