Tencent was among the investors in a round which valued the automotive e-commerce platform developer at $1.75bn.

Access Industries and Workday Ventures contributed to a series D round which more than tripled the workforce management platform developer's valuation to $3.7bn.

Softbank, Foxconn and Xiaomi all backed a series C round for the smart robotics technology developer, which is now valued at over $1bn.

Amgen, Bristol Myers Briggs and Vertex Pharmaceuticals were among the investors that brought the gene therapy developer’s overall funding to over $164m.

The gene therapy developer secured backing from Lundbeck and Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a series B round that will support the advancement of its clinical pipeline.

Liberty Global helped the MathCapital and Here-backed customer intelligence software provider take its series C funding to $71.5m.

MassMutual Ventures and Advance Venture Partners returned to back the relationship management tool provider’s latest round, which brought its overall funding to $120m.

Eli Lilly and Alexandria Real Estate Equities are among the investors in a round that took the protein drug developer’s total funding to over $150m.

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

Palantir and Leonardo have helped solar-powered aircraft technology developer Skydweller fill out its oversubscribed series A funding round.