Intel Capital has co-led a series A round for the motorcycle helmet maker, which celebrated a $2.4m crowdfunding campaign last year.

The drone technology company has now raised $85m across three rounds, after Qualcomm joined O'Reilly Media as an investor.

Two Rocket Internet-incubated grocery startups, ShopWings and Bonativo, have received series A funding from Tengelmann Ventures.

Bertelsmann-backed lifestyle e-commerce company Pepperfry has entered talks to raise up to $80m from existing and new investors.

Itochu and Mitsubishi UFJ both exited the online flash sales company in a $14.8m purchase by internet company Mixi.

Softbank-backed e-commerce company Gilt has raised $50m in series F funding, pushing back a flotation initially expected to be launched in late 2014.

The agricultural biotechnology developer had raised $101m from investors including chemical producer BASF.