SBI Holdings was among the participants in a round for CompareEuropeGroup, which provides automated advice on financial and home services plans.

Naval defence equipment provider DCNS has formed a marine renewables subsidiary that is also backed by Technip Group, BNP Paribas and Bpifrance.

Gerako, AI Partners and several insurance providers have backed Butterfly Venture Fund III, which will invest in seed-stage Nordic-based startups.

Unmanned vehicle-based delivery service Starship Technologies has raised $17.2m in a seed round led by Daimler, a strategic partner since September.

Italian wireless broadband provider Linkem has secured $106m from backers including existing backer Leucadia, which held a 56% stake as of the end of 2015.

The peer-to-peer lending marketplace has now raised more than $370m in equity funding, with Rocket Internet joining its latest round as a new investor.

Oxford spinout Oxsonics and its sister company Orthoson have attracted $11.4m from backers including Oxford University.