Novo and existing backer GV participated in a round that lifted the heart disease drug developer's overall funding to more than $215m.

The last-mile delivery platform has amassed $121m in overall funding having completed a series E round featuring existing investor Google.

Prosus Ventures led an AgFunder-backed series C round for the agricultural goods and services provider it looks to expand its presence across India.

University of Washington spinout AltPep will use the proceeds from the Alexandria Venture Investments-backed round to advance a lead asset targeting Alzheimer’s disease.

Tencent and Lenovo Capital are among the investors in the service robot developer’s latest round, which pushed its funding from the past 10 months to $77m.

Microsoft joined carmakers General Motors and Honda in a round that pushed the driverless car technology developer's valuation to $30bn.

The Anthem and Comcast-backed remote healthcare provider doubled its valuation for the second time in 10 months, in a series E round valuing it at $1.5bn.

Tencent took part in a round sized at nearly $100m for the English language learning platform, which counts Bertelsmann among its earlier investors.

DA Consortium, Gree Ventures, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners and SBI Group were among the backers in a $48.2m round for the marketing, media and ride hailing service operator.

The mobility service provider will use the $50.1m cash it secured from SoftBank and Didi Chuxing to expand from Chinese tourists to local Japanese users.