The corporate took part through its Motorola Solutions Venture Capital unit, helping to boost wearable communication device maker Orion's total funding to more than $15m.

Campbell Soup has committed the money to a venture capital vehicle called Acre Venture Partners, which will fund food technology startups.

Financial services provider and strategic partner SBI Holdings has increased the size of Yello Mobile's latest round, raised at a $4bn valuation, to $73m.

Tencent-backed relationship communication app Couple, which raised $4.2m in 2012, has been acquired by Life360 for an undisclosed sum.

E-commerce platform Wadi.com, founded by the Rocket Internet and MTN-backed Middle East Internet Group, has secured $67m in a round led by travel firm Al Tayyar.

Bennett Coleman & Co, the media conglomerate also known as Times Group, has taken part in round that valued e-commerce platform Snapdeal at up to $7bn.

Rocket Internet, Deutsche Telekom and Georg von Holtzbrinck spinout Holtzbrinck Ventures all contributed to the discount e-commerce company's series B round.