Intel's corporate venturing unit formed a $100m smart device fund in China, and invested more than $350m, provided in addition to its parent company's $740m investment in Cloudera.

The confectionery company will fund startups producing relevant technology for its industry.

The fashion rental service boosted its total funding to $116m with a $60m round backed by existing investor Advance Publications, the parent company of Conde Nast.

The India-based company has now raised more than $1.9bn in 2014, and has filed to go public in Singapore.

Plant-based food developer Hampton Creek has raised $90m in a series C round that will support ambitious expansion plans.

SoftBank is now the largest investor in Locon, the operator of real estate platform Housing.com, which also counts Qualcomm as a backer.

The venture firm, which raised $100m from backers including Tencent, KDDI and NHN for its first A-Fund, is raising another fund that will invest in Android-focused companies.

The unit committed 36% of its funding in 2014 to health and life sciences, while the mobile and enterprise sectors also benefited from a retreat from consumer investments.