The BCC and SIG-backed news aggregator was valued at about $550m in a round led by technology investment firm Vy Capital.

Greenhouse gas monitor GHGSat boosted a Schlumberger-backed round to $45m while Toyota’s Woven Planet subsidiary is buying spatial intelligence software developer Carmera.

The gene editing technology developer is the latest spinout emerging out of the lab of David Liu at Broad Institute.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Tiger Global Management provided the cash, increasing the mobile financial services provider's overall funding to over $1.7bn.

Imperative Care boosted its total funding to at least $379m, with Ascension Ventures participating in the stroke care technology provider's series D round.

Alexandria Venture Investments was among the participants in a series B round for Wugen, which is developing cellular therapeutics for cancer.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a series C round for the driver safety technology developer at a valuation of almost $1bn that also featured M12.

FedEx Express has provided the shipping and logistics service provider with fresh funding which will boost its pick-up and delivery services across India.

Patient Square Capital led a series B round for the gene therapy developer that included existing corporate investor Dexcel Pharma.

Bank Central Asia’s Central Capital Ventura unit and Cohen and Company were among the investors in the banking software provider’s latest round.