Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing led a round that boosted SoftBank, Telstra and Amex-backed BigCommerce's overall funding to $219m.

The beauty retailer added $11.2m to a round now sized at $25.5m, on the heels of 2016 investments from Max Group and TCL.

The government-owned Scottish Investment Bank has returned to pour more funding into Strathclyde mycoprotein spinout 3F Bio.

SoftBank is set to sell a big slice of its stake at a 60% profit as part of a deal that will value the India-based e-commerce company at $20bn.

Existing investor SIG Asia was among the participants as the maternal and baby clothing retailer raised $47.6m to spend on marketing and supply chain enhancement.

Ant Financial has invested an eight-figure RMB amount in electronic goods marketplace Neisha, which has now closed its series A+ round.