The educational app developer raised the money as part of a wider round it is reportedly looking to close at between $100m and $150m.

Cash Capital provided up to $42.4m for the iris recognition technology developer, following a Gree Electric investment in September.

Osaka-founded Kringle has increased its round to $15.5m thanks to investors including OUVC in order to fund development of its rare disease treatments.

MicroPort Scientific's cardiovascular technology spinoff secured $130m at a $1.1bn valuation, with the cash to fund R&D, manufacturing and market growth.

Xiaomi is the second largest shareholder in Kingsoft's cloud services spinoff, which has filed to raise up to $100m on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Undisclosed backers have supplied series C funding for the SoftBank and Line-backed business finance provider, which has now raised more than $72m in total.

Returning investors Seven Bank and SBI Group contributed to a $21.6m first close of the microfinance provider’s series D round.

Chinese Academy of Sciences vehicle Cash Capital provided up to $42.4m for the iris recognition technology developer, following a Gree investment in September.

Amazon returned with three other existing investors to bring consumer and enterprise financing provider Capital Float's total funding to $125m.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.