HomeLane has now taken in over $104m of funding since it was founded, including a series E round backed by Pidilite Group.

Myeg returned for augmented reality technology developer HiScene's $41.6m series C-plus round while celiac disease drug developer Calypso Biotech hiked a corporate-backed round to over $33m.

Mediengruppe Oberfranken and Tengelmann-backed luxury watch marketplace Chronext plans to float on the SIX Swiss Exchange later this year.

Stratasys spinoff Evolve Additive Solutions secured $30m from 3D Ventures while CollegeDekho - spun off by GirnarSoft - raised $26.5m.

Keio’s synthetic silk producer increased its valuation to over $1.2bn in a round led by Carlyle Japan Partners.

Relx-backed language learning app developer Babbel could be valued at up to $2.4bn through an initial public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Home rental finance service Jetty bagged $23m from investors including Citi, Farmers Insurance and CreditEase, while ByteDance co-led IoT technology developer RiVai's latest round.

Country Garden and Poly Group-backed Real Estate Industry Chain Empowerment Fund led a series B round for the vacuum cleaner producer that included Xiaomi.

Urmin Group helped the tea provider raise $23.5m in a round that increased its overall funding to more than $39m.

Channel Talk, Segari and Borneo are all among the companies that have raised corporate venture capital, while Tepco celebrated an exit with the acquisition of Me:New.